Hassan Cheema

Blame domestic cricket for Pakistan's losses

The pitches don't encourage the development of world-class talent, so what can the captain, or anyone else, do?

08-Jan-2017•Hassan Cheema

Why Pakistan wanted to be Australia

For decades, the team from down under was held up as an example of everything Pakistan cricket needed to aspire to being. Things are a little different now

10-Dec-2016•Hassan Cheema

Is Pakistan's streak about to end?

They've gone seven series without a loss for only the third time in their history, but this just might be as far as it goes this time

23-Nov-2016•Hassan Cheema

The myth of Pakistan's weak pace attack

Sure the fast bowling unit picked for the New Zealand tour is second-string, but it has delivered more often than not

10-Nov-2016•Hassan Cheema

Why Pakistan cricket is stagnating

Looking at their "home" record brings to light a number of reasons why their one-day game, particularly, is leagues behind that of other teams

10-Oct-2016•Hassan Cheema

The Younification of Team Misbah

This Pakistan team's ability to prove people wrong time and again is remarkable. So also the shaping influence of two elder statesmen

17-Aug-2016•Hassan Cheema

The truth about Younis and Yasir

Or, the Pakistani way of judging talent and contributions

28-Jul-2016•Hassan Cheema

Will the real Pakistan please stand up?

The world watches to see whether they will validate their current form as one of the world's top teams or return in tatters, having become tabloid fodder

13-Jul-2016•Hassan Cheema

How important is the England tour for Pakistan?

It just might be their most significant series in years - not that you could tell by the way they've gone about preparing for it

18-Jun-2016•Hassan Cheema

Pakistan's soft coup

That the PCB is implementing some of former coach Waqar Younis' recommendations is good news. But will the optimism last?

31-May-2016•Hassan Cheema

Why aren't Pakistan's captaincy candidates getting the grooming they need?

Yet again, like with so much else, the PCB has missed a trick

03-May-2016•Hassan Cheema

Pakistan are built to fail in T20

Their cricket culture, their selections and their approach to limited-overs cricket are all anachronistic

31-Mar-2016•Hassan Cheema

What the Afridi-Nazir partnership reveals about memory and Pakistan

That there's a difference between truth and fact

08-Mar-2016•Hassan Cheema

The contrasting halves of Pakistan's T20 history

They were the best team in the format till the 2010 World T20. Since then, things have been particularly bad

17-Jan-2016•Hassan Cheema

Pakistani cricket ads: what we remember

One of the best ways to gauge the evolution of the relationship of the fan with the national team is to look at the history of the country's cricket ads

28-Dec-2015•Hassan Cheema

A tale of two Pakistani bowlers

The two Mohammads, Irfan and Amir, are a study in contrasts in terms of how they are perceived

05-Dec-2015•Hassan Cheema

The curious case of Younis Khan's ODI career

They said he would never make it as a Test batsman, but he proved them wrong. He couldn't quite do it in 50-overs cricket, though

13-Nov-2015•Hassan Cheema

Pakistan overachievers? Who'd have thought it?

Over the last five years they have won over half their away series and have not been beaten at home. It is a stark contrast to what went before

30-Oct-2015•Hassan Cheema

Young Pakistan can find stability in anarchy

The domestic stars coming into the national set-up need to find a way to get over their initial form slumps and adapt to stay in the side

08-Oct-2015•Hassan Cheema

Peshawar's smart Pathan boys are challenging conventions

They may not get a franchise to themselves, but they have shown through teamwork, discipline and an unorthodox coach that Pakistan's new T20 league needs them

19-Sep-2015•Hassan Cheema

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