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The 31-year-old grabbed 5-17 to keep Pakistan down to 144-7 in 20 overs

That's what it says. Why don't you just accept it? And why are people surprised to see this? It's not happening from just 5 or 6 years. It's been happening for 15 to 20 odd years. No good opener after Saeed Anwar. We can play what we have.I think that is a defeatist attitude. Even if there is no obvious candidate, why not experiment? I can think of former middle order players who can handle pace bowlers better than some of the specialist openers we have currently. Kamran Akmal? Umar Akmal? Sarfaraz? Umar Amin? These are all players who have been described as bright young talents and who have...

“ After Pakistan lost to India in a World Cup match yet again in 2019, I wrote the aforementioned line in a column and it hit home for a number of Dawn readers. A year and a half later, a situation arose recently that further reinforced the point. The point being that the Pakistan cricket team is plagued by much of the same problems we find elsewhere around us. The name of Mohammad Hafeez, who is in the form of his life, was absent in the Pakistan squad announced by selectors on Sunday for the Twenty20 international series against South Africa later this month.

But the video purportedly showing these women mocking their employee met the ire of social media users for a reason. It hit too close to home. The ‘banter’ was no longer between an employer and employee; it was a public dispute reincarnated by those who take so much pride in their knowledge of a second language that they dub it superior to their own – excluding themselves from the majority as the ‘educated niche’. The belief is so deep-rooted - the apology, so paper-thin. And that, perhaps, is what the owners of this restaurant either failed to acknowledge or chose to overlook.

0 Thread(s) This comparison is premature not only by lack of visible comparison, but also by team character. Haider Ali is to perform a far more different role for the Pakistan team as opposed to Shubman Gill. Gill takes his time and looks easy on the eye with immaculate stroke play. Haider, when he starts middling the ball, looks very elegant and flambuoyant. If you want to compare them at this stage, Shubman is far, far ahead. That being said, I'd be happy to see Haider get game time, preferably in domestic cricket before exposing him to the international level.