Auni returns with a tribute to New Zealand’s classy captain Kane Williamson. With Steve Smith’s form fluctuating somewhat over the last twelve months, is Williamson currently the best batsman in the world? There were no fireworks and no fanfare. There were no viral retweets of him shadow-batting in his hotel room nor were there any slick promotional posts on his Instagram account. But Kane Williamson walked off the Hagley Oval having just guided this tiny Pacific Island to number...
Fawad Alam, Pakistan, And Beauty Contests
Today new writer Auni Akhter discusses the underrated and oft maligned Fawad Alam. He argues that substance is more important than style and that Pakistan cricket in general is somewhat underappreciated. Do you agree? It was a long wait, a long innings in a long test match at the end of an exceptionally long year. But Fawad Alam scored his first century after being isolated for more than a decade, proving at long last that Pakistan cricket is not a beauty contest. Fawad’s unorthodox technique...
