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The multi-faceted domestic giant

Gul Hameed Bhatti made numbers fun, and knew and cared more deeply about domestic cricket in Pakistan than probably anyone who has passed through the doors of the Gaddafi Stadium administration

05-Feb-2010•Osman Samiuddin

'Shahid's desire to win was there for all to see'

Shahid Afridi was banned for two Twenty20s after being caught on camera biting the ball during the final ODI in Perth. Disbelief and jokes followed

03-Feb-2010•Cricinfo staff

Please, WACA, gimme some shade

A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator

30-Jan-2010•Luke Juniper

'The IPL and India have made fun of us'

No Pakistan player was picked in the IPL auction. Players, boards, governments, all had something to say about it

21-Jan-2010•Cricinfo staff

India should have been more inclusive

IPL remains India-centric but a cricketing powerhouse like India should think bigger

21-Jan-2010•Ramiz Raja

Australia all the way

Pakistan had a chance but blew it, and overall Australia completely dominated in all aspects in the three-Test series which ended in another whitewash for the visitors

19-Jan-2010•S Rajesh

Pakistan's fielding caught in a time warp

There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan

18-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin in Hobart

Butt continues to walk a crooked path

Salman Butt has intrinsically the mind to play a Test innings, but most always finds himself needing to secure his spot

16-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at Bellerive Oval

All grown up

As another Under-19 World Cup gets underway, we look at the boys of the 2008 edition who are now men with international responsibilities

15-Jan-2010•George Binoy

A World Cup's no picnic

Just how much can conceivably be riding on an Under-19 tournament - even if it is the biggest in the world? More than you think perhaps

14-Jan-2010•Sidharth Monga

Marcus North's chance to regain form

Stats preview to the Hobart Test, where Australia have never lost in eight Tests and Pakistan have lost two in two

12-Jan-2010•Cricinfo staff

Test cricket strikes again

For all the pulsating, crowd-pleasing action they generate, fluctations in Test matches are beyond one-innings matches that remain limited in more than just the number of overs available

10-Jan-2010•Tony Cozier

The darkest hour

The Lahore attacks overshadowed every other crisis the country's cricket had ever been through, but the World Twenty20 win and two teenagers eased the pain a touch

07-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin

The inquisition begins for Yousuf

There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss

07-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

Pakistan played like they did not believe

Never at any point did Pakistan believe they could win this Test and for that alone they deserved the sorry fate that befell them at the SCG

06-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Winning after conceding 200-plus leads

Australia's thrilling 36-run victory over Pakistan was only the sixth instance in Test history of a team winning after trailing by 200-plus in the first innings

06-Jan-2010•Cricinfo staff

Pakistan fight themselves on crucial day

Pakistan are close, very close, to something very big. But in Australia you are never over the line until you are over the line

05-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Asif: A master strategist

In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off

03-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

An unexpected and memorable comeback

For a good hour on a gloomy, memorable day, Mohammad Sami suddenly was again what he promised long, long ago: Pakistan fast bowling's next big thing

03-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Ricky Ponting pays heavily for overconfidence

The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities

03-Jan-2010•Peter English at the SCG

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