The lets thank PakPassion Team Thread!

[Waq]

Tournament is over and we are the champions.

Apart from the action on the middle, the most enjoyable part of the tournament has been PakPassion updates, interviews, exclusives and exciting threads.

The mods have probably spent hundreds of pounds to attend games which must of also had a significant impact on work and family. The non UK based mods must have also have to work double hard to moderate posts as the site has been so busy.

All of this hard work must have taken some of the enjoyment away from them and given straight to us.

Thanks to you all for your hard work during the last three weeks and well done from making PakPassion a small forum for Pakistan fans to a well respected website with links to genuine cricketers and beyond.

The Wasim Akram interview was the icing on the cake!

:)

[JeeraBlade]

Would like to extend HUGE thank you to Oxy and Saj for making it a GREAT T20 experience on PP.

Brilliant and wonderful. Thanks for your hard work!!!! This tournament would not have been the same without your guys!

[Amjid Javed]

Well done Guys PP is run in a fantastic manner and thats due to great management!

[pakistani_banda]

thanx to the pp team. ur the best :D

[Adeel786]

Yes, Thank You Guys!!

[offcutter]

amazing job guys - keep it up :)

[Mian Hassan]

Brilliant guys... you are legendsss

[darkmoon459]

Amazing job guys,Thank You

[12thMan]

It has been great. Thank you all PP staff for providing the coverage which we as fans cannot get from anywhere else. The interviews have been exceptional. We got coverage from ground and press conference plus their audios and the photos. There were few on location and then there were few here on website keeping things under control, updating the site, getting deals for streams and keeping it running with heavy traffic.

[pakistani_banda]

well done guys :D

[Rizwan25]

every morning i get up and first thing i wud do is go to pakpassion for news updates and interviews....great job saj and oxy

[inam_1]

thanks alot pakpassion

[crick786]

Absolutely amazing job guys.....due to ur coverage of the tournament it felt as though I was at the grounds during the games, I never seemed to have missed a beat.
Thank you, and I am sure we will all be entertained in the future as well.
Your contribution sets this site apart for the others by miles.

[Kamranz]

Thanks to Saj and his team of Mods and to Pakpassion for taking this website to newer heights at an incredible speed.

[shobiii]

you guys are the real deal. well done!

[Golden arm]

Pakpassion has once again proved to be the best website for Pakistan Cricket filled with emotions and passion.

[abc_to_xyz]

Yes... Esp. Saj, he must take some rest after all hard action he did during WC...

[UP]

Indeed they were great.

Thanks!

[Lethal]

Yes. Many thanks to Oxy and Saj. Great coverage.

Much appreciated.

[elfarzo]

Awesome coverage, well done!

[pakcricketfan]

AWW... I didn't notice this thread and made another one!!

[Sufian84]

thank you guys.

[feather]

Sajid has done an amazing job. Took days off from work and then went around the country following the Pakistan games to provide first hand coverage of the events taking place.

Oxy and other members also put in great amount of work ensuring PP continues to function and also travel to the matches and take plenty of pictures in case of Oxy.

Its only fitting that Pakistan didn't disappoint us.

[The Godfather]

yeah got to say pp is going places long may it continue

[Lara400]

Yes many Thanks Saj and the whole team. The coverage here has been second to none with real time stuff and and inside information.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Saj deserves an enormous amount of credit - the amount of hours and effort he has put in just for PP is nothing short of amazing. You wont find many people that would do as much as he did so everyone can have a great experience. He should definately take a bow, deserves it

Oxy has been amazing as well - has been to many of the matches and has at times sacrificed his own viewing pleasure so he can bring some great pictures for the sake of PP - unbelievable stuff.

:14: :14: :14: :14:

[Lethal]

I think there is a similar thread to this already but its all good.

Special thanks to Oxy and Saj including everyone that works hard within PP.

Also thanks to PP members. PP is special.

[pak_fanatic]

Thanx PP

[Savak]

Well done to PP, especially Saj and Oxy.

[RumiNYC]

How bout a free Pakpassion T-SHIRT for all the regular poster ;)

[who_dares]

hats off to you guys, thanks a million

[Afridi_Fan]

Thank You Saj and Oxy.You wre Brilliant.

[Umta]

Saj and OXY u guys are real heroes. Thank you for great job

[Kashif]

Hats off to Saj, Oxy and the PP team. Must have been a rollercoaster for you guys too.

[FAM]

Thanks PP. You guys made this tournament enjoyable.

[Mohsin]

Thanks Saj and Oxy for the time and effort in making the coverage sooo great!

Thanks PP!

[Wiji]

Yeah guys. It's been fantastic the way you covered this tournament, and managed the forums. The website has peaked at the same time as Pakistan cricket has. Well done! And good luck for the future as well!

[Inswinger]

Yes. Thank You everyone at PP (especially Saj and Oxy) for giving us behind the scenes coverage.

Really appreciate the effort.

[*sallu*]

Thanks a lot Saj and Oxy,
You guys were brilliant :)

[Inswinger]

Yes. Thank You everyone at PP (especially Saj and Oxy) for giving us behind the scenes coverage.

Really appreciate the effort!!

[filosofee]

Sorry I didn't forum here more often recently, hence missed out on a lot of entertainment.

Saj, Oxy and the Pakpassion team are heroic, grateful for all their hard work.

[filosofee]

Agree with sentiments, thanks to the great team behind PP :-)

[cricketpassion]

Thanks Saj and Oxy for the coverage.and with limited resources i think you have done wonderfull job .well done

[iman2413]

Seriously guys, even though I'm in America, you guys made it feel like I was almost there. Thanks for all your hard work, it is much appreciated.

[Kamranz]

Pakpassion success is also credited to Noddy Bhai also. The man who we all need to respect.

Pakpassion is one and only site that's given us insight into the Team and it's future developments.

Thank you all once again! SAJ, ALL the Mods, and Noddy Bhai.

[Bilsher007]

:27: ;-)

Oxy, Saj, Mig, Daoud, Merc, kashif and all senior and junior members have made pakpassion the best cricket forum in the world and we love you guys for putting in brilliant coverage of this T20 2009 world cup.

Amazing performance by you guys, Well done ..

[checkers.llvllaster]

Awesome job guys, specially Saj, Oxy, Merc, Kashif,, MIG and the other mods who I'm forgetting, for the numerous hours! You guys deserve a round of applause :) Keep up the good work and know that we here appreciate the good work and the amount of hours you all put in! Thank you!

[Shahid A]

Nice one GUYS! Keep it up for upcoming matches :P

[mmkextreme_1]

I must say Saj and Oxy bro...thanks a lott! Yall have really helped Pakistani cricket!!

Great coverage by yall two! Thanks a lott!!

Congratz to yall on the victory!!

[atiff_uk]

yeah this is amazing.. site.. we should organise a tour so we can go see a match or 2 abroad or somthing

[Saj]

Many thanks for the kind words guys and of course many thanks to all our members.

Its been a long tiring couple of weeks but it all seems worthwhile after the great victory at Lords yesterday.

[Ahmad]

Undoubted - great job guys. I'm not a very active poster, but I make sure I'm at the site after each match, if not before and during it. Certainly is a credible and honest view you get here. There is a visible level up from the mods, Saj, Oxy and the rest.

Take a bow guys! Brilliant job. Thank your families for their understanding... :D And keep it up!

[cricwiz]

Thanks alot mods as well as all the PPers. Mods have been special (and their contributions become even more special knowing that most of them are not just single but have families as well)... So they really did a remarkable job.. And who can forget the PPers..

Sorry for not being able to participate alot in last few weeks :( Tough times in my PhD ...

But again guys... loads of congrats !!!

[Savak]

Many thanks for the kind words guys and of course many thanks to all our members.

Its been a long tiring couple of weeks but it all seems worthwhile after the great victory at Lords yesterday.

Any plans for the future saj?

How did you manage to balance your professional job commitments and covering the T-20 tournament for PP as much as you did?

Get some well deserved rest.

[BAADSHAH]

!!!PakPassion Zindabad!!!

[Phuzz]

Yes thanks to the PakPassion team for all the hard work you guys have done! You've provided amazing coverage of this 2020 Cricket World Cup and that Wasim Akram interview you brought us was amazing.

[Zeenix]

Amazing work by the Pakpassion Team specially Saj and Oxy. It has been a wonderful wonderful experience sharing this victory on Pakpassion. The passion for Cricket and Pakistan found here is second to none.

Many Many Thanks to the whole of Pakpassion Team. Long may it continue.

[whatever]

I especially liked the press conference audio. Thank you PakPassion!

[Saj]

Any plans for the future saj?

How did you manage to balance your professional job commitments and covering the T-20 tournament for PP as much as you did?

Get some well deserved rest.
Well of course the tournament being in the UK was a big help as quite few of the guys like myself are based here.

I took 2 weeks off work on annual leave to cover the tournament.

[Saqlain_doosra]

Thanks to Saj and team for brining us live coverage.

[classic]

you guys at pakpassion have created something very special for all cricket nations especially pakistanis..cricket experiance will never be the same again without pakpassion. A big thanks to everyo ne involved in creating and managing this unique site for all to share and gain so much inside information....pakpassion is truly priceless .

[princess_of_punjab]

PakPassion the biggest pakistani cricket team supporter in the world!!

[fanimw]

thankx pakpassion for every thing :( :yk :gul :misbah :akmal :malik :afridi

[MIG]

Apart from the excellence of the material that you have seen on PP, what Saj and Oxy have achieved has NOT been done in any Fan Website.

Remember we are not in the same league as Cricinfo/ESPN (and TSN :D) - but look at the weight we have pulled here !

What has happened now has made the world of cricketing journalism to sit up and recognize a Fan Site as an effective force in this domain.

We are truly pioneers in this area and kudos goes not only to Saj and Oxy but ALSO to others members of this team:

In particular, the names that you dont see that often :

1. Salman - gets Willow TV and others to listen to fan demands
2. Feather - responsible for the technical content of this site
3. Merc - Its his incisive questioning and dogged determination to get interviews with players/personalities that people enjoy so much
4. Momo, Sehsan and other mods who spend time online to run and monitor PP at fairly odd hours.

All of the above put in an extra ordinary amount of time and their reward is kind words of appreciation as above.

On behalf of all of these - I thank the members of PP.

[Saj]

Can I just thank everyone who has posted in this thread and all those of you took time to email me and send me PMs.

If I could just echo what MIG is saying, some really hard work put in by all the guys behind the scenes made the World Cup a memorable one for Pakistan and for PakPassion.

[Savak]

:D Apart from the excellence of the material that you have seen on PP, what Saj and Oxy have achieved has NOT been done in any Fan Website.

Remember we are not in the same league as Cricinfo/ESPN (and TSN :D) - but look at the weight we have pulled here !

What has happened now has made the world of cricketing journalism to sit up and recognize a Fan Site as an effective force in this domain.

We are truly pioneers in this area and kudos goes not only to Saj and Oxy but ALSO to others members of this team:

In particular, the names that you dont see that often :

1. Salman - gets Willow TV and others to listen to fan demands
2. Feather - responsible for the technical content of this site
3. Merc - Its his incisive questioning and dogged determination to get interviews with players/personalities that people enjoy so much
4. Momo, Sehsan and other mods who spend time online to run and monitor PP at fairly odd hours.

All of the above put in an extra ordinary amount of time and their reward is kind words of appreciation as above.

On behalf of all of these - I thank the members of PP.

No thank you to the fans? :D J/k

[MIG]

And I like to thank Savak personally for his support of Akhtar who is also a friend of PP ( seen in our PP shirts.. ) :31:

[dani2k]

Surely a great site to be part of. A big thank you to the mods and the whole team of Pak Passion.

It is fun being here. There have been a few odd discriminatory posts but the mods have promptly taken care of them. That is the reason I keep coming here as I feel at home :)

Great Job PP team. Keep up the good work! :19:

[MIG]

Surely a great site to be part of. A big thank you to the mods and the whole team of Pak Passion.

It is fun being here. There have been a few odd discriminatory posts but the mods have promptly taken care of them. That is the reason I keep coming here as I feel at home :)

Great Job PP team. Keep up the good work! :19:

In Phainti (with size 90 Bata chappal) we trust.... :ibutt

[dani2k]

^^ Pardon me, but what does "Phainti" mean? Is it Punjabi? Jus curious :)

[MIG]

I suppose it is but it signifies a mega beating - admininstered with extreme force and one whose effects will last for a long time on the phainteed individual :D

[dani2k]

^^ I guessed it could be something connected with blows (due to your reference with Bata chappals). This explains it.

Thanks for improving my vocabulary MIG. Will make use of it at an appropriate time to drive home my point here :D

[Waq]

Massive booyaka bump to this thread

Everybody please read very carefully:

- All PP moderators do not make a profit from this website and I just heard thats some fund it from their own pocket!

- They all have busy jobs/lives, not students or even bums like some members on this forum

- They all will have family commitments. I am sure that Saj, Oxy, Mig, Geordie Ahmed will not mind me posting that they are all fathers. I am sure many more moderators are too.

- When something major like matchfixing comes out then they possibly have to work though the night, without any sleep to ensure the integrity of the site is not damaged.

- If you have a few hundred or a thousand posts then the chances are that you have spent hundreds of hours reading this forum. That is hundreds of hours free of charge.

- Please stop whinging and moaning about this site. The PP team do not make profits as said earlier. This is not facebook, youtube or twitter where the website makes billions and has a dedicated customer service team. They are ordinary fans like us, and dare I say lead busier lives then most. I know by spending a few years in this forum that many of the moderators lead succesful careers.

Many more things I would like to get of my chest, must the key message must not be forgotten.

Thankyou so much PP team for your efforts. you are all dedicated and tenacious to put up with some morons on this forum. I could not do what you do and your efforts should be remembered more carefully.

[insaftak]

Thank YOU PAKPASSION!!!!!!!

[Waq]

Where else in the whole wide world including the internet can you get this level of discussion regarding this Pakistan scandal?? I can tell you now - absolutely nowhere!

We are all privileged to use this site. We must all show our gratitude to the PP team for this.

Mods - I order you to make this a sticky. All the wingers and moaners have to see this.

[kingusama92]

Thank you for your kind message.

We've never asked for a "pat on the back" in the past and never have we really expected it. Still, it's very nice of you to support us and we ask for similar support from all other posters.

It doesn't have to come through a message or anything. Just keep posting here and make our jobs easier by posting within the rules. :)

[GLORY OF '92]

Thank you PP.

Without this site being a Pakistan fan would be a lot duller. At the joyful moments like the T20 WC win etc it is brilliant to be able to share your happiness if you don't live somewhere with a lot of other Pakistanis on PP.

[Ismailtoca]

every morning i get up and first thing i wud do is go to pakpassion for news updates and interviews....great job saj and oxy

Lol Same,

[Waq]

MODS - Why is this not a sticky yet.

Do you want any praise or what!

[saj001]

+1

[SOSami]

Well played boys.

I think most of us would have exploded with anger if we didn't have this release during these tough (yet strangely entertaining?!) times.

[ShehryarK]

Thanks for all the kind words guys, means a lot. We are all just fans of Pakistan cricket, and wish to get the best for Pak cricket and to improve it - sadly, that's where all of us PPers differ from most others, including those running (and ruining) Pak cricket!

[MIG]

MODS - Why is this not a sticky yet.

Do you want any praise or what!

Our sticky cupboard is really full ! But people keep on reading and adding to this makes it better than a sticky.

Thanks chaps!

[LegendsXI]

Thanks guys for giving cricket crazy people like me, to blow off some steam and get things into perspective after this incident.

PP the best cricket forum, and managed by very intelligent people.

Thankyou.

[Waq]

Time to bump this thread and give a bigup to badboy Mig, Saj, AZ and everybody in the PP team - that is frontline moderators and backroom staff.

If you did not exist then the worldcup would have been poorer for us fans and you continue to do a fabuluous job.

Hope you MODS don't mind me stepping in and raising some awareness! - Just incase yo forget or do not know, the PP Mods and team work for FREE, yes FREE!! They all I am sure have families and responsibilities and work tirelessly.

Lets give them some love.

[Fireworks11]

Thank you for all your efforts.

[KingKhanWC]

Yep thanks to the PP team for bringing the latest news, pictures, video's, press conferences and keeping up with the moderation and merging, excellent job which all makes this the ultimate forum for Pakistan cricket fans.

[AZ]

many thanks for the kind words guys, you are a much bigger part of PP than we are after all! has been fantastic, and we've watched so many great matches and had so many wonderful moments!

a special shout out to the Graphics Gurus - Jazzz, JilaWatan, Sledger, A-1 & abc_to_xyz - for all their brilliant contributions! :14:

and of course my fellow admins, who have worked so tirelessly behind the scenes whilst I have been goofing off! :P

[shahrukh619]

Good job guys, also credit to digital, saaj(srilankan one and also the real one:P) and Mr Pak to.

[SOSami]

Also....

Most users ever online was 1,819, Yesterday at 19:10

[shahrukh619]

oh yeah, and also JAZZ for his wonderful KIT designs. Because of him the players wore good shirts in the WC.

[AZ]

Good job guys, also credit to digital, saaj(srilankan one and also the real one:P) and Mr Pak to.

oh absolutely!

Digital
saajidrox
MrPakistan786

their help and input during the WC was absolutely priceless!

[sunnykhan]

Well done PP :14:

[talha3]

Great work brothers! Before I knew about Pakpassion I was still an obsessed supporter, but it's not even been a year on here and I can't imagine life as a cricket and pakistan supporter without it. It would feel so empty if (god forbid) it was to shut down.

But once again, top work and keep it up. :)

[JilaWatan]

this was my first time working with these guys. and it has been an honor, making stuff for PP. i hope to continue to contribute as much as i can. special thanks to AZ for bearing with me and being patient.

[ddss]

Great job everyone!

[W63L35]

All I have to say is this........

Standing ..... :14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14:

[s.h.a.k]

Thanks and Well done PP. This forum is just great and i just love it and thanks for the hard work you all have put in for this.

[freelance_cricketer]

Yea thanks to PakPassion for all that. As i said in another thread, this has been a great ride. Following this world cup here with top blokes has been a real pleasure

[Quick Single]

Great job PP.

Coming here made 'that defeat' a little easier to take in, it was still heartbreaking though.:(

[avidlearner]

Awesome work by PP Team and Mods, congrats :19:

[Afridi_Fan]

Okay. Ye bhi theek he ho ga.

:14: :14: :14: :14:

[James]

Great work lads.

[mastermind_quad]

:14: :14: :14: :14: :14: :14:

[murphyslaw79]

great work guys!!!

[SOSami]

great work guys!!!
Thanks to you too murphy.

Your match reports for Team PP have kept us entertained and lightened the mood.

I personally know it isn't easy getting people together (and even more amazingly, kitted out) to play sport with all the commitments people have.

Well played!

[Waq]

Time for a bump.

What a huge and tiring year for PakPassion and Pakistan cricket as a whole.

Thank you PakPassion for allowing us to post on here and you tirelessly keeping the site up and running. All of us use this site as our primary cricket source and more.

This year I had the pleasure of meeting Saj, Mrs Saj and family. What a lovely bunch. We met at Titans of Cricket and Saj travelled all the way down to keep you guys updated. Saj was even at court keeping us posted.

MIG has worked tireslessly by attending events and matches. Some are glamorous and some are not.

I took photos and CoverDrive worked tirelessly to watermark and post them.

AZ is always a champion on here and working hard for free. (Sorry for the grief today but it was fun!)

I have interacted with many more and they are all exceptional volunteers. This site is my favourite website in the world and likely to be for most of you too.

Once again - they all do it for free!! We moan and take this for granted.

I had a tough year in my personal life and a few mods were aware. They even remembered and occasionally sent their well wishes to me. Very humbling indeed.

Please lets all show our appreciation. This last year would have been much poorer without it, like every year!

[Waq]

Also, why not personalise posts and put down incidents where the PP team has done something to help you.

I will start by mentioning MenInG (MIG). He once sent a random message wishing me well during a hard time in my private life.

Small but heart warming gesture. I least expected him to remember but this really is a community.

[12cavalry]

A truly wonderful site. Moderated and run by some very sensible people. The stuff here on PP like the interviews, the write ups they are all absolutely world class, and comparable to any sports website.

With the whole fixing saga behind us, lets pray that the future of Pakistan cricket is bright and we share some good times here on PP.

A big :19: to Saj, MIG, AZ and the rest of PP team.

Well done lads.

[Waq]

^absolutely agree!

[MenInG]

many thanks for your kind words.

The honour of serving Pakistans dedicated band of followers is solely ours :)

[1137moiz]

I've been critical of the site but the moderators are simply top class. Unbelievable you chaps are just unpaid amateurs because you run this site better than a professional site

[kkmix]

Good job guys for the effort you put behind running this site.

[AZ]

many thanks for your kind words guys, you are too kind :)

It is an honor and a pleasure to do our bit for Pakistan cricket, a dream for any true fan :)

[Saqs]

I can personally vouch for the tiring job they do behind the scenes in running the site and doing the mundane day to day tasks as moderating posts and handling users.

Tried it but couldn't commit - and it was amazing to see so many other committed individuals in the team, now and over the years.

[Statsman]

What great work? I am almost having a break up with my girl friend for "sitting in front of PP" the entire day!!

:P

But seriously, a very nice job! The moderators, the interviews. Alls top notch. :14:

[pakistanbest]

PP is the best, the work done behind the scenes by the guys is not appreciated enough but Thanks to all the PP team aswell as the quality posters :)

[pakistanbest]

Without PP, Internet is not worth going on. If only PP became a profit organisation which would enable the special Mods and Admin team to get paid for their valuable time.

[talha3]

Great work by the PP team.

Especially in this past week, the moderators have been extremely busy trying to handle the extra unnecessary threads and extreme posts flowing from PPers. :))

[shidatalli]

Thanks to the PP team for a wonderful job during these difficult times. True passion shown for the wonderful game of Cricket and Pakistan.

[mastermind_quad]

Great work from PP team as always.... :14: :14:

[attock]

PP is the best......When PP was off for a couple of days Internet was so boring.......Best forum ever......

Thanks to all the MODS and every one involved......... :)

[MenInG]

I can personally vouch for the tiring job they do behind the scenes in running the site and doing the mundane day to day tasks as moderating posts and handling users.

Tried it but couldn't commit - and it was amazing to see so many other committed individuals in the team, now and over the years.

Come back !!! :)

Thanks Saqib for your kind words of encouragement

Infact - thanks to all.

[MVP26]

A job well done by the pp team. Keep it up

[Ashraful_Rox]

Hi Folks! Salam and Greetings to all the lovely Staff!

This thread is to Acknowledge all the great people in PP which I think is the best cricket debating forum over the Internet.

Also, special thanks to Saj bhai for interviewing our favorite cricketing stars and asking interesting and witty questions. He should definitely apply for a commentating position.

Also, to the mods for their hard work and unbiased posts and making PP an entertaining forum bringing people from all over the world to debate and not to mention unite as well.

We never acknowledge something while it exists so come on all, share your thoughts and express thank you to the great site, that has united us all. From Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians, Windies brahs, Bangladeshis, Srilankans, Aussies, English, Kiwis, Proteas to everyone from each corner of the world.

Respect guys! Thanks for all your hard work brothers :moyo

SalamEveryone, be kind enough to show your gratitude to the PP staff and our brothers and sisters. :amla

http://skinnymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/salute-girl.jpg

[PakPrince]

PP staff do a great job considering its all volunty

[freelance_cricketer]

I have been missing a lot of the quality staff memebrs lately, where have they been? Most of the mods are among the best forumers actually. One of the reasons behind PP's success. Nobody likes being moderated by a bunch of you_know_who :D

Great stuff guys, appreciation from me too. :14: