Former Australia cricketer turned coach Jason Gillespie, who recently quit as Pakistan’s head coach in Test cricket, said on Monday that he stepped down after being “completely and utterly blindsided” by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as well. Gillespie, whose contract was about to expire in 2026, resigned last week and he expressed his frustration […]

Despite playing in Pakistan, England were firm favourites in the Test series as Pakistan had faced defeats in recent times at home. But they bounced back well and won the series as well. After the win, Shan Masood said, “This is a team game and we should appreciate the fact that our batting unit has […]

Pakistan red-ball coach Jason Gillespie shared his revamped role, which involves only tactics for games with no say on the squad selection as well. Both the coach and captain Shan Masood were removed from the newfound selection committee, announced after the defeat to England in the first Test in Multan as well. “The PCB came […]

Pakistan played the first Multan Test against England last week with one specialist spinner. But, in the second, they fielded three specialist spinners and only one fast bowler and won the Test convincingly. Sajid Khan and Noman Ali, who became only the second pair of spinners in the history of Test cricket to take all […]

Four of the five England bowlers – especially their entire pace attack -had never played a first-class game in Pakistan before the recently concluded first Multan Test. But England, despite Ben Stokes’s absence, took 20 Pakistan wickets to win the match on the final morning on a flat and unresponsive pitch. “When they came back […]

Pakistan won a Test on home soil three years ago. Now, they have another chance to win as the captain Shan Masood wants his team to get inspiration from how close they had gotten to the win when they played the last time in Multan against England in December 2022 as well. And, Pakistan and Masood will […]

Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has denied the matter that there is a lack of unity within the team, contrary to others’ observations. The veteran has revealed that he has always focused on keeping the dressing room atmosphere well as captain as well. With Pakistan undergoing captaincy changes a lot in the last 18 months, […]

Former Pakistan captain Danish Kaneria has slammed the national team for their recent series defeat to Bangladesh at home. He also said that the level of the Pakistan team has gone down below that of a ‘Mohalla’ (community, village or town) cricket side as well. However, his reaction came as Pakistan lost the two-match Test […]

Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood said that the team is paying the price for not playing regular Test cricket. Batting for more red-ball games for current and upcoming players, he cheekily added that one cannot prepare for a science exam and sit for a maths paper as well. Under Masood, Pakistan suffered a 2-0 loss […]

Pakistan’s red-ball coach Jason Gillespie has supported the under-fire Shan Masood, claiming that he has led the side well despite having a humiliating 2-0 series defeat to Bangladesh at home. He also added that Pakistan haven’t played as a team and must work on with the series against England looming. However, Pakistan failed to prevent […]