Ahmer Naqvi

Lights, camera… actions!

Deceptive, languid, animalistic, terrifying and revealing: five favourite bowling actions

04-May-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Why we loved Wahab's spell

Pakistanis glory in spectacle because it provides a buffer against the disappointment they have come to accept as their lot

08-Apr-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Misbah in the context of Pakistan's lifesavers

Like medics who go beyond the call of duty in trying circumstances, Pakistan's captain inspires his side to victories while dealing with less-than-ideal situations

16-Mar-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

The vices and virtues of Misbah

The debate about whether Misbah-ul-Haq is holding Pakistan back or holding them together is obscuring the team's real problems

01-Mar-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

For the love of 1992

We're forever nostalgic for the format of the fifth World Cup, but really it's all about how competitive World Cup games are

21-Feb-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Starman, countryman

The World Cup is the end of the two-decade career of a unique ODI cricket icon. What has Shahid Afridi shown Pakistan about itself in that time?

04-Feb-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

The World Cup: one-day cricket's hour in the sun

Except in the case of Australia, a World Cup win becomes a big part of the victorious captain's legacy

31-Jan-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Pakistan's top-order problems could cost them at the World Cup

The side is unimpressive on paper, and the bowling line-up is spotty too, but Pakistan have always done well with the odds stacked against them

12-Jan-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Telling Pakistan's story through its cricket

Osman Samiuddin's history of the game in Pakistan is much more than its subtitle advertises it as

10-Jan-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Was it right to play the fourth ODI?

Why there really is no point in the PCB trying to get international cricket back to Pakistan

18-Dec-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

A song called Younis

For a country torn by internal strife, he offers hope with his magnanimity, humility and cheerful disposition

27-Nov-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

In praise of those who don't set the pulse racing

Pakistan cricket has largely been about celebrating the winners, the mercurial, the flamboyant, but its current success has been built on players who are largely the opposite

08-Nov-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

The thing about Australia's superiority to Pakistan

The numbers are all in Australia's favour but the fact that they haven't played in Pakistan for 16 years weighs against them

22-Oct-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Confessions of a Pakistan fan-turned-cynic

It is time we accept that the team is a lesser force now, and will be. Highs are momentary, enveloped by a sense of hopelessness

09-Oct-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Four Pakistan women to watch in the Asian Games

As Pakistan look to defend their title in Incheon, we look at two bowlers and two batsmen who could be crucial to their campaign

22-Sep-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Strange love

A lifetime of supporting cricket's most infuriating team, and now five years of no home international cricket, places the Pakistani fan in a unique predicament

03-Sep-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

All hail the new, macho Fawad Alam

He had phenomenal numbers before he sprouted luxuriant facial hair, but it seems Pakistanis have started to take him seriously only now

27-Aug-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Is Pakistan's slow approach now holding them back?

Under Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan have had a lot of success when they have batted for time and strangled teams with spin. But they may need a different tactic now

12-Aug-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

No home advantage in World Cups

A small pool of teams could be an important reason why only one team has lifted the trophy in front of its home crowd

21-Jul-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Sport's what you make of it

The beauty of sport is that it can take on a variety of meanings, depending on where you stand

25-Jun-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

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