Imran Yusuf
‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I can assure you, it’s much more important than that.’...
Published 27 Oct, 2009 02:05pm
The umpiring in the New Zealand semi-final was poor, but things are much better than they used to be. The umpire...
Published 14 Oct, 2009 12:58pm
Imran Yusuf delivers a satirical look at Saturday's Champion's Trophy encounter between Pakistan and India. Before...
Published 25 Sep, 2009 04:40pm
The most interesting thing about the Champions Trophy is that everyone is interested to see if ODIs are still...
Published 16 Sep, 2009 12:19pm
Imran Yusuf examines why Test cricket has failed to capture the public imagination in Pakistan. The recently...
Published 26 Aug, 2009 07:49am
Pakistani men are good together. Hell, they’re great together. Watch them in the dhaba, at the office, on the ...
Published 13 Aug, 2009 12:34pm
Imran Yusuf laments the glorious sound of leather on willow being drowned out by the tones of tweeting. Let me go ...
Published 05 Aug, 2009 01:45pm
Imran Yusuf has a dream. I had a dream last night, which I share with you below. For some reason my subconscious ...
Published 15 Jul, 2009 01:28pm
Nothing in cricket exposes the soul of a team as glaringly as a collapse, writes Imran Yusuf. The Pakistan team...
Published 08 Jul, 2009 01:10pm
Imran Yusuf picks his best Twenty20 team from Pakistan's cricket history. Pakistan will soon resume Test cricket...
Published 02 Jul, 2009 03:56pm
Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan, Umar Gul? Nope. Mohammed Aamir was Imran Yusuf's favourite World Cup ...
Published 24 Jun, 2009 04:05pm
Imran Yusuf offers advice to archetypal supporters of the Pakistan cricket team on the eve of the Twenty20 World Cup...
Published 20 Jun, 2009 12:20pm
It’s mango season in Pakistan, but over in England, Daniel Vettori seems to have gone bananas, says Imran Yusuf ....
Published 16 Jun, 2009 01:56pm
Imran Yusuf enjoys a giggle as the Pakistan team makes it through to the Super8s. When The Netherlands collapsed to...
Published 10 Jun, 2009 05:54pm
At the very non-momentous time of Tuesday afternoon, under the cloudy summer skies of north London, against a ...
Published 08 Jun, 2009 06:31pm
The Shoaib Akhtar genital warts story provided further proof, if any more was required, that in Pakistan cricket, ...
Published 03 Jun, 2009 11:32am
This year’s IPL had everything: explosive starts (think of Adam Gilchrist) nail-biting finishes (Shane Warne),...
Published 28 May, 2009 05:29pm
The Pakistan team recently took part in a training for the 20/20 World Cup at a mountain resort. This ‘conditioning...
Published 21 May, 2009 01:41pm
The Pakistani cricketer’s qualities are best revealed in the Twenty20 format, says Imran Yusuf. Thirteen wins, three...
Published 11 May, 2009 02:55pm
