Author: Mishaal Mubarak

England’s 3-0 win over West Indies on Sunday has earned them third-highest points in the World Test Championship 2023-25. However, despite having fewer points than only Australia and India, Ben Stokes’ men occupy the sixth position on the table, just below Pakistan. This owes to the penalty points they have accrued thanks to slow over rates. But it’s not about England at the moment. It’s about the other two red-ball cricket giants who, unperturbed by what’s happening with the remaining teams in the World Test Championship, are heading towards another potential WTC Final. India currently reside at the top of…

Bangladesh has been in the news quite a lot lately but not for any good reasons. The country has just sneaked out of a political turmoil that saw them going into an internet blackout for 11 days. The Government of Bangladesh also imposed a state of emergency to quell protests which led to the killing of at least 40 civilians. Where it has affected the country as a whole, the Women’s T20 World Cup preparations have received raised eyebrows from the outside world. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was awarded the hosting rights for the mega-event back in 2022. The Board…

England Cricket Board’s (ECB) Chief Executive Officer, Richard Gould, confirmed that the England cricket team and board are not only willing to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025 but also are committed to ensuring the mega-event is entirely played on the rightful hosts’ soil. In an interview with BBC Test Match Special during the Tea break of the recently concluded last Test match between England and West Indies, Gould voiced his strong support for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by saying, “There’s a great deal of determination to make sure it [Champions Trophy 2025] is [hosted in Pakistan…

All magic comes with a price whether it is spinning straw into gold or winning the final of the World Cup against the favorites. The price, although, needs not to be rendered immediately; a debt of like worth has to be cleared whenever. Jos Buttler had to pay off this debt with two shambolic World Cup defenses. Unlike fairytales, his story is expected not to end in a happily-ever-after. As the management sniffs around to find who is to blame for bottling not one, but two mega-events, many fingers point toward Buttler and his Jedi Matthew Mott.  For Buttler and,…

385 runs target. There are around 136 overs left of the game to be bowled in four sessions. The track has become flatter over the past few days. The task is daunting, yes. But it’s not entirely impossible for the West Indian team. Now that they have scored 61 runs without losing any wickets, they are onto just the start they need. Here comes the drinks break. If Captain Kraigg Braithwaite had even the slightest idea of the hell that was about to break loose, he would have requested poly juice potion to disguise himself and run as far from…

Sometimes, when one gets tired of hearing about the continuous movement of time which is forcing everything to move towards its doom, stumbling upon a picture of a newly-born star somewhere in the universe makes one think that maybe the end is not as near as it seems. The news of Test cricket growing weaker and hence nearer to death each day has been around for years now but when you think of it, this very news has equally been challenged by introducing new nations and strategies. The newly born Test nation Ireland is on its way to one day…

England’s white-ball team captain, Jos Buttler has picked a calf injury mere hours before the start of the fourth edition of the hundred-ball tournament, The Hundred. The 33-year-old was slated to lead Manchester Originals during the mentioned tournament, which, following his injury, has become a no-go area. This comes as a blow to not only Buttler but to his team and the tournament as well as the English wicket-keeper batter was the top-scorer during the previous season of the tournament. The injury news weakens Buttler’s position as a captain as he is likely to stay sidelined for at least 6…

The 4-day International Cricket Council Annual General Meeting concluded in Colombo on the 22nd of July with a few matters resolved. As per the ICC, the meeting was themed around the objective to capitalize on the Olympics 2024 which will begin in Paris this week. Besides this, many other matters were discussed in the meeting, which was attended by representatives from all 108 ICC members. The most pressing matter on the meeting agenda was the discussion about the budgetary overruns during the America leg of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The board members had earlier raised eyebrows regarding…

We are at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and it’s a November night in 2022. The ground is tearing at the seams with attendance numbers shining brightly on the screen. The number is nearly 1 lac spectators. Mind you, this game is in a country miles away from both the nations competing at the G today. Also, there are millions watching this game online with bated breath. But its not stuff for news. India versus Pakistan games have always sent seismic waves across the world just like this. Many think the craze this rivalry enjoys is because of the political tensions…

The fourth season of Global T20 Canada is slated to begin on the 25th of July in Ontario, a venue where the entire tournament will be staged. However, Pakistan’s main players including Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi will miss the complete edition after their request to acquire the No Objection Certificates (NOCs) was declined by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). PCB was expected to go down the same road by many but the governing body had not commented on the matter officially. That was until late 19th July when the Board released a media statement to announce…