Mazher Arshad

Mazher Arshad Cricket statistician and analyst.
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21/08/2026

Bad news is that Pakistan are on the verge of another Test defeat. Scary news is that these are your best players. You can’t fault the selection this time. There isn’t much else out there.

20/08/2026

Sarfaraz Ahmed was a very good captain tactically and he is turning out to be a very good coach too. Not many would have gone with a spinner in Leeds. It is not just this match. In both Tests in the Caribbean, Pakistan’s bowling combination was well suited to the conditions.

20/08/2026

Ali Usman is the first left-arm spinner from Pakistan to take a 5-wicket haul in Tests in England. But this is not his best feat this year. The best was a spell of 6-9 for PTV to defend a target of 40, a record in 253 years history of First Class cricket.

20/08/2026

Pakistan have become a poor T20 team because they don't have batters with 140-150 SR and have become a poor Test team because they don't have bowlers who can bowl at 140-150 kmph.

20/08/2026

It's rare for a visiting left-arm spinner to take a five-wicket haul in Tests in Leeds. The last spinner, before Ali Usman today, to do so was New Zealand's Tom Burtt, 77 years ago!

19/08/2026

Pakistan’s last 5 wickets collapses in Tests since 2024. For 16 innings in a row, they failed to add 100 runs after losing the 6th wicket.

21-5 vs Eng
76-5 vs WI
67-5 vs WI
34-5 vs WI
62-5 vs BD
82-5 vs BD
11-5 vs BD
37-5 vs BD
33-5 vs RSA
17-5 vs RSA
17-5 vs RSA
16-5 vs RSA
57-5 vs WI
24-5 vs WI
25-5 vs WI
33-5 vs WI

19/08/2026

Abdullah Shafique has scored 233 runs without being dismissed in Tests since comeback. 160 not out, 24 not out and currently 49 not out.

19/08/2026

Trust Pakistan fans to pick the most useless thing to criticise players. Azan Awais played his 9th innings today, and he has faced the first ball every time. But because he got out today, the blame falls on Imam-ul-Haq? Absolute nonsense.

An inexperienced batter taking first strike isn’t novel. For example, David Warner gave first strike to three debutants (Ed Cowan, Cameron Bancroft and Will Pucovski) in Tests. Awais wasn’t even a debutant.

Some batters look at it differently. They believe the first delivery of a new spell is likely to be a loosener. It’s subjective. You can’t fault Imam.

19/08/2026

First time in Pakistan’s 74-year Test history that they have lost a wicket on the very first ball of a series. Azan Awais is trapped LBW off the first ball.

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