Tag: shahid afridi

‘Main Hun Shahid Afridi’ – Pakistan’s very own cricket-based film

Cricket and cinema are two of the favourite pastimes of people in the subcontinent, and the success of films like ‘Lagaan’ proves that. The...

Misbah, Afridi head-to-head in a T20

All-rounder Shahid Afridi will captain Chairman PCB XI while skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's will lead Chairman CDA XI's team in a Twenty-20 cricket match scheduled to...

PCB stops players from Toronto T20 participation

Several senior Pakistan players, including captain Misbah-ul-Haq and former captain Shahid Afridi, are unhappy with the PCB as they have not got permission to...

Afridi to quit if unable to deliver his 100 percent

Shahid Afridi has rubbished reports that he had been carrying a shoulder injury for the past few months and expressed his desire to continue...

Afridi apologizes over airport outrage

The star all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who returned from Dhaka on Friday after winning Asia Cup, has apologized from his overwhelming fans over his outrageous...

Happy times, sad times

We talked but not politics My three-day visit to London last week after nearly two years was both happy and sad. Happy because I got...

Afridi, Younus steer Pakistan to easy win

All-rounder Shahid Afridi took five wickets while Younus Khan and Imran Farhat both hit half-centuries as Pakistan beat Afghanistan by seven wickets in the...

Fans in a fix for their support at Sharjah one-dayer

Expats from both Pakistan and Afghanistan thronged the Sharjah Stadium for the first-ever one-day international here on Friday, with the fans uncertain who to...

Afridi, Malik in, Razzaq out of one-day, T20s

Pakistan on Tuesday included all rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam in its one-day and Twenty20 squads for the rest of this month's series...

Pakistan can whitewash England

Pakistan's former captain Shahid Afridi feels the team is capable of handing out a 3-0 whitewash to world number one England given the way...

Not a meek coach

Considering how he has formulated a winning team Tactical nous seems to be underrated, or at least not talked about as much, in cricket. Perhaps...

Afridi, Razzaq fail to inspire Renegades

Pakistan’s star all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq failed to inspire Melbourne Renegades in their opening match of the Big Bash League as Adelaide...

Razzaq, Afridi gear up with Australia stint

Pakistan all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq expressed hope Monday that their Twenty20 stint in Australia would stand them in good stead to beat...

Afridi bats for Mohsin Khan

Pakistan’s star all-rounder Shahid Afridi ignited another likely storm Wednesday when he said Mohsin Hasan Khan was doing a fabulous job as head coach...

Afridi’s five leads rout of BD

Shahid Afridi grabbed five wickets for 23 runs and then kept his cool in a batting crisis as Pakistan overcame Bangladesh by five wickets...

Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq: A blessing in disguise

Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq is fast turning into one of the most successful captains in the history of the country’s cricket by not only leading his...

Pakistan look to pile more misery on Sri Lanka

When Misbah-ul-Haq and his charges step onto the field in what is their last but one encounter, Friday’s Twenty20 match their last of the...