Archive - Good Areas

Staggeringly stupid, even by Pakistan's standards

PCB’s decision to move 16 professionals around mid-series shows starkly that they have no idea how to run modern sports teams.

10 hrs ago • Jarrod Kimber

August 2026

Pakistan’s cage of orthodoxy

They are strait-jacketed because there seems to be no one from their team who can disrupt plans for the opposition.

Aug 30 • Jarrod Kimber

The Red Woman, but Lord's has no light for Pakistan

Dan Lawrence may not be the most watchable player in world cricket, but on Day 3, he was

Aug 29 • Behram Qazi and Rob Barron

Pakistan’s bottle-job at Lord’s

They used to have magic, charisma, character. They now have none of these.

Aug 28 • Rob Barron and Behram Qazi

Ridiculous cricket, and the chain from captain to dropped to Superman

It’s a long way on from the infamous 2010 Lord’s Test, and Pakistan could yet shake the ‘worst in 50 years’ tag

Aug 27 • Rob Barron and Behram Qazi

How cricket will save the world in an alien invasion

Can we beat an advanced race that travels at lightspeed? With fielding, sledging, No. 11s and more - we have a fighting chance.

Aug 25 • Jarrod Kimber

Does Pakistan suck?

Pakistan wasn’t poor in the first Test, they were much worse

Aug 21 • Jarrod Kimber, Behram Qazi, and Rob Barron

Origami veterans and the Steyn impersonator

England showed sentience in the post-Stokes era. Pakistan folded like origami veterans.

Aug 20 • Behram Qazi and Rob Barron

Abdullah Shafique’s inside edge of destiny

A Headingley mash-up of on-drives, irresistible Simon & Garfunkel callbacks, and a Pakistan kind of story for England.

Aug 19 • Jarrod Kimber and Behram Qazi

Bangladesh's evolutionary leap in Darwin

Bangladesh have now won 100% of their Tests in Australia over the last 15 years. And Cricket Australia made that happen.

Aug 16 • Jarrod Kimber

21 runs and fours Shazams

When three generations, two thigh pads, and a lifetime of memories came together for one family.

Aug 14 • Jarrod Kimber

Australia's two timelines

They've had a generation blessed with remarkable bowlers, but they're all of the same age and no one else has come through.

Aug 11 • Jarrod Kimber

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