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Twenty numbers

Cricinfo brings to you twenty key numbers from the recently-concluded Asia Cup held in Pakistan

07-Jul-2008

Blighted by bad timing, dead pitches

For two weeks in Karachi almost everyone talked about cricket, but none bothered to turn up at the National Stadium

07-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Play it again, Saqi

The inventor of the doosra talks spin, Twenty20 and county cricket

07-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter

Pitch transformation

Sidharth Monga presents the Plays of the day for Pakistan v Bangladesh, Super Four, Asia Cup, Karachi, July 4, 2008

04-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Mercurial Pakistan continue to confound

Some strife, considerable friction within the side, a run of bad results and a boggling glut of off-field controversies seems to be what spurs Pakistan on

02-Jul-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Pakistan in need of another bounce-back

For Pakistan, this is not so much do-or-die as do-or-don't be around. The equation is now simple: beat India, hope Sri Lanka beat India, beat Bangladesh, all the while with an eye on a better net run-rate

01-Jul-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Wide-eyed in Karachi

Pakistan's premier city is one that provokes many observations - not least about the similarities with India across the border

01-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga

Unsure Malik lacks authority

With the captain not only unsure of where to bat, but also apparently unwilling to fulfill his all-round role, Pakistan have been uninspiring

26-Jun-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Inconsistency survives against inexperience

"We weren't as bad as that," Shoaib Malik, Pakistan's captain, said after a scrappy but ultimately comfortable win over Hong Kong

24-Jun-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Twenty numbers

Cricinfo takes a look at a few numbers from Asia Cups in the past

23-Jun-2008

Lopsided series does little to sway critics

Does one-day cricket have a future, especially after the smashing success of the Indian Premier League and the chests of cash Allen Stanford is ploughing into the Twenty20 format?

15-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Dhaka

Pakistan brought down to earth

George Binoy on Pakistan's 140-run loss to India, their first defeat after a run of 12 successive victories

11-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Mirpur

Sehwag's calm as good as a storm

There were no airy slashes, few high-risk shots, and yet Virender Sehwag's innings had the same effect as so many of his cavalier knocks

10-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Mirpur

Pakistan's true test of strength

Pakistan have won 12 ODIs on the trot - beginning with a dead rubber against India in November 2007- but, as impressive as that feat is, don't let it fool you

09-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Mirpur

Ashraful shows signs of changing script

Bangladesh spent the time between their 5-0 whitewash in Pakistan and now working hard on individual weaknesses but the script in the Kitply Cup opener remained the same

08-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Mirpur

Focus shifts to one-day internationals

Exactly a week after the climax of the IPL, one-day cricket will face its first trial during the Kitply Cup in Bangladesh

07-Jun-2008•George Binoy in Mirpur

Thrills, spills, yawns

How has the IPL been received outside India?

01-Jun-2008•Cricinfo staff

The coach's coaching manual

Ivo Tennant looks ahead to Bob Woolmer's coaching manual, The Art and Science of Cricket

14-May-2008•Ivo Tennant

Once more, with feeling

Sussex's talismanic, long-serving legspinner is back for what might be his final season for them

06-May-2008•Andrew McGlashan

Thank god it's Yousuf

In September 2005, Yousuf Youhana discovered faith. Soon we began to rediscover ours too

05-May-2008•Osman Samiuddin

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