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Pakistan Cricket Past Present and Future

Salim Parvez - the author

Champions of Pakistan Cricket

Javaid Iqbal - Service with a Smile

Whilst running a successful sports retail outlet in Slough, Berkshire, Javaid Iqbal has played a crucial hand in the promotion and development of league cricket, in the south east of England.

Farewell A.R.Zaidi

A.R.Zaidi, an English cricket commentator, better known for his three-decade long association with Radio Pakistan, passed away due to a cardiac arrest, in Islamabad, on April 24, 2020, aged 62.

Aslam Qureishi - An Obituary

Sixty-six year old Aslam Qureishi, former medium-fast swing bowler for Karachi and Habib Bank and part of the PCB curator team in Lahore, passed away on June 6, 2020 in Lahore.

The passing away of Riaz-ud-din, struck by a cardiac arrest in his sleep on June 11, 2019, aged 60, was a severe blow for Pakistan cricket, for he was one of its most respected and accomplished umpires in the country.

Pakistan Grassroots Cricket - Up in the Air?

The people of Pakistan looked towards Imran Khan, as the saviour in a desperate attempt to hold on to its sovereignty and avoiding complete collapse of institutions.

Ismail Ibrahim - An Obituary

The passing away of Ismail Ibrahim on June15, 2020 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, closes the chapter on the life of a first generation of Pakistan cricketer.

Walking out to open the bat with J.Naoomal, against England. - Lord's 1932

Syed Wazir Ali - A champion Muslim cricketer

The brothers Wazir Ali and Nazir Ali, emerged from Jullundur, as the two most talented Muslim cricketers of their time.

Walking in at Northampton, 1954 - second from left - alongside (Left to right), Zulfiqar Ahmed, Mohammad Aslam and Wazir Mohammad.

Khalid Wazir - An Obituary

Syed Khalid Wazir, the only survivor of Pakistan’s opening Test eleven against England at Lord’s in 1954, breathed his last on June 27, aged 85.

Abdul Dyer - a legendary figure

Under the British rule in the Asian sub-continent., the Indian Rajahs, Maharajahs and the Nawabs, took to the game of cricket, to emerge as its chief patrons.

Iqbal ‘Bala’ Sheikh – An Obituary

The death of Iqbal ‘Bala’ Sheikh, caused by brain haemorrhage on December 19, 2019, in Lahore, surprisingly went unnoticed, even in his home city. One of the leading off-spinners in the 1960s, he had his bowling action questioned, as was the case with his chief rival Haseeb Ahsan, who managed to win 12 Test caps.