Pakistan Cricket Past Present and Future

Salim Parvez - the author

Champions of Pakistan Cricket

Farewell to Zaman Park veterans

With all eyes on Pakistan’s fluctuating fortunes in the 2019 World Cup, Zaman Park, Lahore was in mourning, in the month of June, as it said farewell to two of its noted cricketers – Humayun Zaman and Ijaz Khan.

Akhtar Sarfraz – Obituary

A former Pakistan ODI player, Akhtar Sarfraz, lost his battle with blood cancer on Monday at the age of 43 in Peshawar, causing shock waves in the cricket circles. Apparently he had not shared details of his illness with wife or his two sons.

Farewell Aslam 'Taya' - An Obituary

One of Lahore cricket’s most esteemed names – Mohammad Aslam, best known as Aslam ‘Taya’, breathed his last at the Ittefaq Hospital, Lahore, on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Obituary - Pervaiz Cheema

A keen cricketer in his youth, Professor Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, much better known as a distinguished political scientist, an academic and a scholar . . .

Dedication Personified - Tajamul Hussain

Rawalpindi-based, Tajamul Hussain, a close associate of Zakir Hussain Syed, provided him with accurate scorecards of Pakistan international matches for the former’s columns for The Cricketer (International), for well over a decade.

Misbah Magic Turns it on for Faisalabad

On 10th February, 2019, Faisalabad region emerged as the winners of the Quaid-i-Azam Grade II, thus earning its return to first-class cricket for the 2019-20 season.

Khawaja Shuja-ud-din - Islamia College Stalwart

Khawaja Shuja-ud-din, typifies the first generation of Pakistan cricketers of the carefree amateur days.

Friends Reunion - March 2013 - (L to R) - Gulraiz Wali, Riaz Mahmood and Arshad Bukhari.

Ramzans - Runs in the Family

The 18-year old, Amaan Ramzan, represents the third generation of the family, determined to carry the legacy of his grandfather Mohammad Ramzan, middle-order batsman, leg-break googly bowler and one of the finest fieldsman of the 1950s in Pakistan.

PCB Taking a Fresh Guard

It took persuasion of prime minister Imran Khan, for Ehsan Mani to take over as the new chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which he did so last September

Zulfiqar Bokhari – An Obituary

Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bokhari, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, passed away on Friday 4th January, 2019, in Lahore, after a prolonged illness.