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...

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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One could be forgiven for adding the name of Cameron White to the long list of players who never transformed their potential into success at the highest level - simply because of how long he's been around the traps.

In reality, however, White is only 26, and a cricketer at the peak of his powers.

This perception of age comes from how extremely young he was when introduced to responsibility in first-class cricket; he was only 17 when he made his state debut for Victoria,...