A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
Stephen Crane - War Is Kind and Other Poems
Fuck intent, fuck aggression, fuck technique. The only thing you need in cricket are nerves of steel and a mighty pair of balls filled with sulphuric acid.
This is one of those matches where we will score a 150-ish, and then we england will be something like 26-3, so some of us will start thinking "oh but can we?" and there will be a moment of hope, but we will not. and in hindsight it will be very obvious that we couldn't have.
Mohammad Abbas is a fighter! He’s always been a team man and someone who’s presence in the team lifts the overall spirits of a side.
Which begs the question… why was he not part of the team for 3 YEARS?!
This is one of the most ridiculous stats I have found. In the last 15 years, no Pakistan batter has hit 8 sixes against fast bowlers across their entire Test career. Razaullah has hit 8 sixes against pace in a single innings!!!