Ahmer Naqvi

The existential dread of the Pakistani fan

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

Kamran Abbasi

Pakistan's first-innings malaise

Kamran Abbasi: Over the last few years Pakistan's batting order as a whole has failed to respond to the challenge of batting first in an international matc

Hassan Cheema

Where are Pakistan's daddy hundreds?

Hassan Cheema: Gone are the days of Miandad and Zaheer Abbas. Now a kid coming in aims to make a fifty at most

Hassan Cheema

The fan's torment

Hassan Cheema: Cricket offers supporters plenty of time to think, and to swing from extreme pessimism to false hope and back again

Saad Shafqat

Waiting for the boys

Saad Shafqat: You're never too grown up to be an autograph-hunting, hotel foyer-pacing fan

Kamran Abbasi

The sweet taste of M&M's

Kamran Abbasi: For a nation accustomed to poor opening combinations, Khurram Manzoor and Shan Masood offered a gourmet treat

Ahmer Naqvi

Slow strangle in the UAE

Ahmer Naqvi: Pakistan's bowlers have developed an attacking but attritional style that saps the opposition, just like the heat of the Middle East does