This is a special episode in which Zoha Chishti previewed the 2023 Women's T20i World Cup and discussed the Pakistani Women's team in-depth. Please do check out their wonderful conversation and follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zchishtii & https://twitter.com/exharrie They also have an excellent YouTube show that you can find on the Change of Pace's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChangeofPaceLive/videos 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 h ..read more

This is a special episode in which Zainub Razvi interviewed Aayush Puthran on his wonderful new book, Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women’s Cricket. You can find them on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/aayushputhran & 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 Learn m ..read more

I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Jarrod Kimber on all sorts of subjects today. This is Part II of the conversation where we discuss Shadab Khan's action + his suitability or otherwise for Test Cricket & coaching (including a long conversation about Matthew Hayden and his mentoring role for Pakistan). Check out Episode 19 to listen to Part I of my conversation with Jarrod where we talked about Leg Spin & the T20i World Cup. You can find Jarrod Kimber here = https://twitter.com/benjonescricket I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://de ..read more

I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Jarrod Kimber on all sorts of subjects today. This is Part I of the interview where we discuss Pakistan's performance at the T20i World Cup in Australia, his love for Mushtaq Ahmed, the impact of Shane Warne on Australian cricket, the technical aspects of leg spin, as well as the brilliance of Abdul Qadir. Check out Part II which should be coming out in a week or so! You can find Jarrod Kimber here = https://twitter.com/benjonescricket I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/albu ..read more

I had a great time chatting with the Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Presenter and Cricket Commentator, Aatif Nawaz.  We discussed his unusual journey into cricket commentary, the art of commentating, BBC's Test Match Special, and, at the end, I also asked him to reflect on the recently concluded T20i series between England and Pakistan. Here is his website: http://aatifnawaz.com/ 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 t ..read more

I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Roller alongside my co-host Alvina Ahmed. Matt writes for ESPN Cricinfo and recently won the Young Journalist of the Year award by the ECB.  You can find Matt on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mroller98 Here is his article on the Art of the T20 finisher:  https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1309301/the-art-of-the-t20-finisher 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 p ..read more

Had the pleasure of speaking to 6 brilliant fans on the first "Pakistan Fan's Forum" on the Asia Cup 2022. Although he discuss the defeat and the problems in our approach, he begin by looking at Sri Lanka's brilliant victory and end with some positives (namely Naseem Shah and Nawaz). Unfortunately, we also had to address the possibility of another Shoaib Malik return! You can find the panelists here: Alvina: https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds Assad: https://twitter.com/CoverDriveCric Raiyan: https://twitter.com/CricCritic2 Zain: https://twitter.com/PresidentMisbah Abdullah: https://twitter.com/A ..read more

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 ..read more

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 DeKo ..read more

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 appea ..read more