Pakistan Cricket Podcast

Episode 12: Review of the Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka w/ Andrew Fidel Fernando from ESPN Cricinfo

So I’m really lucky to have interviewed Andrew Fidel Fernando—one of my favorite cricket writers—last week on August 3rd. 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. He covered the Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka and joined me from Colombo. 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

Episode 11: The “Pace is Pace Yaar” Reunion Episode co-hosted with Zainub Razvi

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” (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  

Episode 10: 90’s Cricket, Multan Sultans, and Grassroots Cricket w/ Nawab Hassan Hussein Qureshi & (Guest Host) Hijab Zahid

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 and 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

Episode 9: Domestic Cricket in Islamabad and Cricket Broadcasting with former first-class cricketer Hammad Siddiqui

In this podcast, 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

Episode 8: Coaching, Surrey, and County Cricket w/ Azhar Mahmood and Jonathan Norman

So 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    

Episode 7: Mickey Arthur & Kamran Muzaffer on Coaching (Shadab Khan, Babar Azam, Azhar Mahmood, and Saqlain Mushtaq)

So 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.

Episode 6: Review of the Pakistan-Australia Test Series, Azeem Rafiq, & English Cricket w/ Taha Hashim (Usman Khawaja, Yorkshire Racism, Root’s Captaincy, & Naseem Shah)

So 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  

Episode 5: Review of the Pakistan-Australia Test Series with Danyal Rasool and Bharat Sundaresan (Fawad Alam, Marnus Labuschagne, Dead Pitches, and Cricket Writing)

So 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