Waleed Hussain

In the grand tradition of Pakistan cricket administration – a body that has long treated dysfunction as a competitive advantage – the Pakistan Cricket Board has once again outdone itself. Reports emerging this weekend reveal that PCB officials in London have taken the mobile phones of several national team players into “custody.” The devices will remain locked away until the final ball is bowled in the third Test against England at Edgbaston, which begins on September 9. One can only imagine...

India sit fifth in the 2025-27 World Test Championship standings with 68 points from 11 matches and a points percentage of 51.52. That figure places them behind Australia (80 per cent), South Africa (75), New Zealand (72.22) and Bangladesh (55.56). Only the top two teams at the end of the cycle will contest the 2027 final. With seven Tests remaining — two away to New Zealand in November and five at home against Australia from late January to early March — the path is narrow, demanding and...

AI Generated Image The Pakistan Test team - that glorious institution where hope goes to die a slow, bureaucratic death, and every series feels like a carefully choreographed exercise in national disappointment. As of August 2026, they sit somewhere between seventh and eighth in the ICC Test rankings, clinging to respectability with the same grip a drowning man might apply to a brick. Their recent form has been less “proud cricket nation” and more “why do we even bother turning up?” Let’s...