Pakistan Cricket Podcast

I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Ben Jones from Cricviz on Pakistan's performances at the T20i World Cup in Australia, alongside CD or Assad from the Cover Drive Podcast.  We talked about the ultra-aggressive batting of Muhammad Haris, the brilliance of Pakistani bowling, and what to expect from the semi-final vs New Zealand. We began the conversation reflecting on the madness that saw Pakistan qualify for the knockout round, after South Africa lost to the Netherlands. You can find them on Twitter here:  Ben Jones = https://twitter.com/benjonescricket CD= https://twitter.com/CoverDriveCric Also check out CD's own podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dkX4tEn0pJTfuiPDvb0TZ?si=f84e6d1b336e4367 I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a really special podcast as I have the pleasure of hosting an all-star panel on the 'Spirit of Cricket' and the 'mankad' with Zainub Razvi. We have three of the best cricket writers in the world with us today: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Andrew Fidel Fernando, & Melinda Farrell. You can find them on Twitter here:  Melinda = https://twitter.com/melindafarrell Fidel = https://twitter.com/afidelf Siddhartha = https://twitter.com/sidvee Please also check out Siddhartha's wonderful cricket podcast, 81 All Out, where he discusses some of the issues raised in our conversation: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/81-all-out-a-cricket-podcast/id1453728955 I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I had a great time chatting with the Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Presenter and Cricket Commentator, Aatif Nawaz.  We discussed his unusual journey into cricket commentary, the art of commentating, BBC's Test Match Special, and, at the end, I also asked him to reflect on the recently concluded T20i series between England and Pakistan. Here is his website: http://aatifnawaz.com/ I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Roller alongside my co-host Alvina Ahmed. Matt writes for ESPN Cricinfo and recently won the Young Journalist of the Year award by the ECB.  You can find Matt on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mroller98 Here is his article on the Art of the T20 finisher:  https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1309301/the-art-of-the-t20-finisher I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow my co-host, Alvina Ahmed here: https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Had the pleasure of speaking to 6 brilliant fans on the first "Pakistan Fan Forum" on the Asia Cup 2022. Although he discuss the defeat and the problems in our approach, he begin by looking at Sri Lanka's brilliant victory and end with some positives (namely Naseem Shah and Nawaz). Unfortunately, we also had to address the possibility of another Shoaib Malik return! You can find the panelists here: Alvina: https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds Assad: https://twitter.com/CoverDriveCric Raiyan: https://twitter.com/CricCritic2 Zain: https://twitter.com/PresidentMisbah Abdullah: https://twitter.com/Abdullah719_ Osama: https://twitter.com/sporrtingnerd I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So I’m really lucky to have interviewed Andrew Fidel Fernando—one of my favorite cricket writers—last week (August 3rd 2022). Fidel writes for ESPN Cricinfo and is also the author of a wonderful book entitled, Upon a Sleepless Isle: Travels in Sri Lanka by bus, cycle and trishaw. You can find Andrew Fidel Fernando on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/afidelf Here is his article on Sri Lanka's World Cup Victory in 1996: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/834255/the-lion-s-fairy-tale I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a special episode because not only is Zainub Razvi joining me as a guest host, we are joined by 6 members of “Pace is Pace Yaar” (aka PiPY). I want to thank two people in particular for making this happen: Zainub for coming up with the idea as well as the most important questions & Osman Samiuddin for helping me get MOST of the crew together. You can find PiPY on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/PaceisPaceYaar And some of PiPY's podcasts here: https://soundcloud.com/paceispaceyaar You can find Zainub on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/zainubrazvi I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So this is a special episode for the podcast. Not only do we have a wonderful guest in Nawab Hassan Hussein Qureshi from the Multan Sultans & Grassroots Cricket, I am also pleased to welcome the brilliant Hijab Zahid as a guest host for this episode for the first (of I hope) many occasions. We talked about Pakistani Cricket in the 90s, Multan Sultans, and Grassroots Cricket. And, as promised, Hassan made sure to mention Biryani, Nihari, and Samosas during the recording.  Sadly, Hijab lost electricity midway through the recording but she will hopefully be back very soon for another appearance as guest host soon! You can find Hassan here: https://twitter.com/HtotheQ You can find Hijab here: https://twitter.com/hijaaaaab I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I had the pleasure of speaking to my uncle Hammad Siddiqui (or Hammad Chacha to me), the former Pakistani first-class cricketer and cricket broadcaster.  You can check out his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzwkYABJg69E4J_eE_r6cw/featured I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This podcast is split into two parts. First, I had the pleasure of speaking to Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistani all-rounder and bowling coach, for a few minutes on his coaching philosophy. This interview was recorded on March 9th.  In the second part, I got the chance to speak to talkSport’s Cricket Editor and Surrey Cricket fan, Jonathan Norman about Pakistani players playing for Surrey over the years as well as Azhar Mahmood’s coaching reputation at Surrey. You can find the Following On podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6byw6es6RirUWnvNq0vDIn I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This podcast is split into two parts. First, I had the pleasure of speaking to Mickey Arthur, the former Pakistan Head Coach, for a few minutes on Zoom at the end of a long media day for his current team, Derbyshire. We spoke about the intelligence of players like Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, and Fakhar Zaman as well as the recent changes made to the Pakistani domestic structure. In the second part, I was able to go in-depth into the topic of Pakistani coaches with the brilliant cricket journalist and commentator, Kamran Muzaffer https://twitter.com/Krick3r Just FYI, later this month I will be releasing an interview with Azhar Mahmood on a similar topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m really lucky to have Taha Hashim with me today. Taha writes for Wisden Cricket Monthly and was recently commended for the Young Journalist of the Year award by the ECB https://twitter.com/taha_wisden?lang=en. Taha was recently in Pakistan covering the Pakistan-Australia Test Series, and joins me from the UK. We talk about Usman Khawaja's form, the Azeem Rafiq-Yorkshire racism story, the criticism of Joe Root's captaincy, watching Abdullah Shafique bat, Naseem Shah's action, Pat Cummins's ridiculous consistency, and much more. This is Taha Hashim's interview with Azeem Rafiq that first brought the Yorkshire racism story to the surface: https://wisden.com/stories/interviews/the-extraordinary-life-of-azeem-rafiq I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m really lucky to have two brilliant guests with me today. Danyal is the sub-editor for ESPN Cricinfo writing on Pakistani Cricket, and Bharat is an Australian based cricket writer who writes for Cricbuzz. He is also the author of The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. You can find their work here: For Danyal, see https://www.espncricinfo.com/author/danyal-rasool-689 For Bharat, see https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/bharat-sundaresan/235 I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m really pleased to be joined by Hijab Zahid & Alvina Ahmed to talk about: women's cricket in Pakistan, Bismah Maroof, the Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Cricket commentary, and online Pakistani cricket fan culture. Hijab is an aspiring cricket commentator, who was the runner-up in the Voice of Pakistan, an initiative to find new commentary talent in the country (https://twitter.com/hijaaaaab). Alvina is a Pakistani cricket fan and writes for Khiladi Sports, an online platform for sports analysis (https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds).  For a brilliant article on the history of Women's Cricket in Pakistan, see this by Kamila Shamsie:  https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1202296/the-story-of-pakistan-women-s-cricket-from-the-khan-sisters-to-sana-mir For an excellent blog on Women's Cricket in Pakistan today, see this by Eman: https://doublewicketmaiden.substack.com/p/on-womens-cricket-in-pakistan-part?s=r I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a podcast about the life and career of Bob Woolmer, the former English cricketer who coached Pakistan between 2004 and 2007 (made in collaboration with the journalist and broadcaster Andrew McLean).  Woolmer died in mysterious circumstances the day after Pakistan lost to Ireland in the 2007 World Cup. This podcast explores his career from the perspective of a Pakistani player (Azhar Mahmood), an International Cricket Council employee (James Fitzgerald), and a Pakistani fan and blogger (Zainub Razvi). Part I of this podcast focuses on the investigation into Woolmer’s death from the perspective of James Fitzgerald. James was the communications manager of the International Cricket Council (ICC) when Woolmer lost his life.  Part II features Andrew’s interview with Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistani cricketer who was a part of the 2007 WC team. Last but not least, I discuss Woolmer’s coaching from a Pakistani fans perspective with Zainub Razvi in Part III. Zainub was a blogger writing about cricket when Woolmer was Pakistan's coach, and interacted with him through his coaching website.   Here are the time stamps for the podcast: Part I: my interview with James Fitzgerald begins at 1 minute 15 seconds Part II: featuring Andrew’s interview with Azhar Mahmood begins at 38 minutes 10 seconds Part III: my interview with Zainub Razvi begins at 1 hour 12 minutes  I want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music from this amazing album: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures You can donate to my Patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod You can follow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices