The Rawalpindi Express has not played any international cricket for more than 9 months and his last performance for Pakistan was hardly spectacular. Akhtar managed 12 deliveries for 18 runs and took no wickets in a Twenty/20 match against the Australians in Dubai. Pakistan eased to a seven wicket victory, but Shoaib certainly didn't look the matchwinner of yesteryear.

PIA medium fast bowler Anwar Ali is a name that has been on the lips of many a Pakistani cricket fan for quite some time now. An Under 19 World Champion, Anwar was seen as a cricketer with a very bright future. However things always dont turn out the way you would expect and Anwar has only been given a solitary chance at international level in a Twenty/20.

Mudassar Nazar's work these days is a far cry from the turmoil that is Pakistan cricket, but he admits that he has more than just one eye on the unpredictable goings on back in Pakistan. As one of the coaches working for the ICC at their Global Cricket Academy in Dubai, Mudassar works with players from the Associate nations, a rather different role to when he was coach of the Pakistan team.

PakPassion.net caught up with Afghanistan's jubilant coach Kabir Khan who during his playing career represented Afghanistan's near neighbours Pakistan in 4 tests and 10 one day internationals.

Shabbir Ahmed is what you would refer to as a gentle giant. Polite, respectful, softly spoken and very amicable is how you could describe him. However this gentle giant is not a happy man at the moment and it's all down to the Indian Cricket League and it's false promises.

Enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar missed out on his comeback match for KRL yesterday due to a rain abandonment. Team mates of Akhtar confirmed today to PakPassion.net that Shoaib had been named in the KRL starting lineup against National Bank of Pakistan in Rawalpindi, but the match was postponed without a ball being bowled.

With 11 tests and 48 ODI, Mohammad Hafeez is one player who over the years seems to divide fans. There are those that strongly believe he is one half of the solution to our opening dilemma and then there are those that think he has been given enough opportunities to make his mark. Notwithstanding his international stats, Hafeez continues to be a success on the domestic front and it was no surprise

What promised to be a difficult tour of Australia for the Pakistan cricket team descended into a rather chaotic and at times embarassing series of events. Pakistan's track record in Australia didn't inspire too much confidence this time around, but an opponent missing cricketing legends such as Glen McGrath, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden were seen to be vulnerable and some rath

International cricket is a dog eat dog world and it would seem that there is very little room for sentiment out there between opponents. Cricket is very much a result orientated and cut throat business, but there are, it seems some exceptions to the rule.

He may only be 19 years of age, but Azeem Ghumman is a "smart cookie" when it comes to the game of cricket and at times during the Under 19 World Cup, it was difficult to believe that this was indeed a teenager making such bold decisions on a cricket field.