Stories by Ahsan Butt
Pakistan is not among the fancied sides for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup starting on February 7.
Updated 25 Feb, 2026 06:59am
The freak Test-series win against England, while a cause for elation, should not blind us to the mismanagement at the heart of Pak
Published 10 Nov, 2024 07:08am
The mismanagement at the Pakistan Cricket Board is nowhere more shambolic than in how it handles our star players
Updated 14 Jan, 2024 11:39am
Sri Lanka was comfortably Pakistan’s most successful Test tour this millennium. And our coaching and management played a huge role
Published 06 Aug, 2023 08:20am
Rare is the country that is a dominant powerhouse in one type of cricket and a total unmitigated joke in another
Published 26 Mar, 2023 07:18am
Sending Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz up the order may have not only covered Pakistan’s middle-order weakness but could have some
Published 23 Oct, 2022 07:17am
Yasir Shah may have been a godsend for Pakistan Test cricket in the 2010s. But he’s past his prime and there aren’t very good new
Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:01am
In recent years, the centre of gravity of Pakistan cricket has inexorably shifted from the Punjab to the Pakhtun belt. It signals
Updated 01 May, 2022 02:05pm
Could the racism crisis in English cricket be a godsend for Pakistan to get even, not just with the Pig 3, but with the English...
Published 09 Jan, 2022 07:17am
Given this was his first experience in a World Cup T20 tournament, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam did more than fine. But if we...
Updated 21 Nov, 2021 01:22pm
Though brief, Ramiz Raja’s first time in charge of Pakistan cricket still had severe long-term reverberations. Now, within two
Published 17 Oct, 2021 06:39am
For all its inventiveness, cricket continues to be deeply vexed by rain. Can anything be done about it? Here are some suggestions…
Published 12 Sep, 2021 07:15am
What the recently concluded HBL PSL6 has demonstrated is that Pakistan’s most pressing weakness is the lack of a power...
Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:29am
Amazing as Messi's 500th milestone is, his goals obscure as much about his brilliance as they reveal.
Updated 07 May, 2017 07:43pm
Lionel Messi recently scored his 500th goal for his club Barcelona. Amazing as that achievement is, his goals obscure
Updated 08 May, 2017 03:20pm
There’s been something strange and oddly compelling watching Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis mold this Pakistan team....
Published 01 Apr, 2011 07:37am
Almost five years ago, football fans in England got their first real look at a wispy haired Argentine teenager from...
Published 30 Nov, 2010 04:32pm
The last week has shown the best and worst of Pakistan cricket…and by “best,” I really mean “worst.” By now, we’ve...
Published 03 Sep, 2010 02:48pm
IT may not seem so at first glance, but the national response to the floods is connected, albeit loosely, to the...
Published 31 Aug, 2010 12:00am
We’re going to get slaughtered in England. I think you should know this. It doesn’t matter what pitches we play on,...
Published 11 Jun, 2010 12:22pm
