A day before South Africa and England continue their battle for the top ranking, Pakpassion looks at how this added competition has helped revive test cricket.

Following the 1st test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, which contained a host of umpiring errors, Pakpassion.net considers why it is vital that the UDRS is rolled out across the board.

Pakpassion considers why, despite all the inconsistency and off-field trouble. Pakistani cricket has developed such a diverse fan base all over the world.

Pakpassion considers the complex relationship between the players, the fans, and the media.

This weeks Beyond the Boundary discusses the importance of management supporting their newly-appointed supporting coaches, particularly given the unique motivational challenges posed by the Pakistan team.

In our 13th year of existence, PakPassion.net is proud to maintain it's position as the standard bearer for excellence.

The cricketing world was taken aback last week with the abrupt and unforeseen retirement from limited overs cricket of Kevin Pietersen. Considering that he is very much still in the prime of his career in all formats, the news was particularly hard to fathom for many.

The 2012 list of centrally contracted players was announced by the PCB this week, and it yet again proved to be a mixed bag of acceptable and unusual decisions. One omission, not a surprise anymore, was Fawad Alam. Why does he continue to go unnoticed by the selectors, the media, and the majority of fans?

A glance at the implications of Sialkot Stallions' participating in the CLT20 on world cricket.