Just when you think Pakistan cricket's internal problems couldn't get any worse, this happens; the obviously jaded and fed up Pakistan Cricket Board has come out and handed down punishments to 7 of its key players in the aftermath of the recently unsuccessful tour of Australia.

Of the 7 players in question, former captain Younis Khan and (until recently) current captain Mohammad Yousuf have been given what seems to be a life ban for representing their country after their infighting...

As a tournament, the Under-19 Cricket World Cup is amazing. For a relatively narrow sport, it somehow manages to be the biggest age-restricted tournament in the world, and each World Cup still manages to unearth future stars that have big futures for their country. This year's tournament in New Zealand was no exception.

Even though the tournament's main purpose is to showcase these future stars, you cannot say that the tournament wasn't exciting. Honestly, my only problem with the...

Initially when I started this series I only intended to cover cricketers, but the Australian Open has put me in a tennis sort of mood, and who better to cover than the man who is probably my favourite sportsperson of all time, Roger Federer, the Swiss Maestro.

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Luckily for them, the St George Cricket Club in the Sydney Grade Competition has three players now making regular appearances for the NSW side. These are, of course, Moises Henriques, new Saints recruit Josh Hazlewood, and star Blues debutant Trent Copeland. For this blog, however, I'm only going to focus on two: Henriques and Copeland.

On the one hand, you've got Henriques, the strapping 23 year-old all-rounder who has been touted for higher honours seemingly almost since he could...

I believe that there is a subtle revolution going on in Test cricket.

Just as sure as you will be hard pressed these days to find a side that does not have both a wicketkeeper who averages at least 35 with the bat and a fast bowler topping 150 km/h, there are few sides who have a number 8 who can't bat.

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