Ahmer Naqvi

Isn't it time Pakistanis were in the IPL?

There were reasons for why the two countries stopped playing each other, but they aren't all that valid anymore

03-Jun-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Pakistan's Game of Thrones characters

Aren't there resemblances between the hit fantasy show and an unpredictable, thrilling cricket team?

19-May-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

An alternative definition for the spirit of cricket

It's the game's ability to provide struggling societies with a sense of national identity and belief

27-Apr-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Why T20 is about cricket's natural evolution

The shortest format is but a logical extension of cricket's bias towards batsmen, and our changing ideas about time

08-Apr-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Brash youngsters or scapegoats?

It's easy to blame some of Pakistan's young batsmen for their brash approach but how about singling out the underperforming senior players instead?

23-Mar-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Sealed with a six

Shahid Afridi's recent Mirpur heroics added a new chapter to the tradition of climactic final-over finishes in games between India and Pakistan

12-Mar-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Steyn's heady concoction

He has just about every weapon a fast bowler needs but he also possesses an irresistible aesthetic perfection

26-Feb-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Reflections from the Faysal Bank T20

No emerging fast bowlers, not too many up-and-coming batsmen, and an end to the dominance of Sialkot

19-Feb-2014•Ahmer Naqvi and Hassan Cheema

Pity the poor young English cricket fan

For those who grew up watching a team that always had Kevin Pietersen in it, his departure marks the end of an era

11-Feb-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

The beauty of the maghrib chase

The Sharjah chase took you back to the days of playing street cricket and wanting to complete a game before the sun set

23-Jan-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Australia's Ashes win: a blast from the past

The 5-0 result was the ultimate validation of the impulse towards an idealised notion of Australian cricket

14-Jan-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Is Misbah one of Pakistan's best captains?

If you go by the numbers of wins and individual performances while in charge, he hasn't done too badly

31-Dec-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Why Mitchell Johnson fails the hipster test

He may be all the rage but to a hipster-connoisseur of fast bowling, he's not quite the real deal

13-Dec-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Two more to Pakistan's fast bowling tally

It's too early to anoint Bilawal Bhatti and Anwar Ali as the next big things, but it's great to watch them send stumps flying and batsmen hopping

25-Nov-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Sachin mania: it's about religion

Like saints were revered and worshipped by people of various faiths, Tendulkar transcends differences and brings his devotees closer to the divine

16-Nov-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

The existential dread of the Pakistani fan

Pakistani fans genuinely fear the death of the country's cricket. There are reasons for this

01-Nov-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Slow strangle in the UAE

Pakistan's bowlers have developed a style of attacking but attritional cricket that saps the opposition's strengths, like the heat and aridity of the Middle East do

18-Oct-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Little England on top

England's best sporting moments have mostly come when they have been cast in the role of the scrapping underdog. That has changed somewhat under Andy Flower, though not much

15-Oct-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Aren't Pakistan catching 'em young anymore?

What has happened to Pakistan's celebrated history of throwing barely pubescent youngsters into international cricket?

04-Oct-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

Masala goes Boom Boom

An unabashedly populist new potboiler uses cricket to offer a window into modern Pakistan

21-Sep-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

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