Denise Souza has been involved in sports since she was 14 years old. In her day job, she spends her time as a physical education teacher. Her other passion though is cricket. The Sportageous Team caught up with Denise to hear about her career as a cricketer in Brazil, a country dominated by football, where …
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Abdullah Ghazi shares the story of playing domestic cricket in the UAE. A professional in the FMCG industry, and an amateur boxer, Abdullah has played for numerous T10 and T20 leagues, cricket clubs and more around the world. In this feature, he shares what it’s like to be a migrant cricketer with the ability and …
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The 1992 World Cup win has attained mythical status in Pakistan. Sure, Pakistan has held the number one test side Mace, won a World T20 and an ICC Champions Trophy, but nothing has captured the imagination of fans like that. The older folks remember it as being a gift of God in Ramadan. The younger …
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Zushan Hashmi: Tell me a little bit about your cricket story? Muhammad Yaseen: I’m from Islamabad, Pakistan and am basically an all-round cricket player, who plays as a right-hand batsman and off-spin bowler. I started playing cricket in 2005 and I come from a poor background but my parents always supported me. As a professional, …
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Manpreet Sidhu is a former cricketer from India who is now a coach and performance analyst for the BCCI. He is also the founder of EKKAS Cricketing Excellence. In conversation with Sportageous, Sidhu shares what it means to strive for excellence in coaching and his experiences in the field around the world. Zushan Hashmi: How …
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Veronica Vasquez is the captain of the Argentina Women’s cricket team. An anesthesiologist by the day, she is also leading on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. A right-handed batter, she has also played in South American Women’s Championship. We caught up to hear her story and that of Argentine cricket in this feature. Zushan …
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Yoosuf Azyan is an international cricket for the Maldives cricket team. Having played premier cricket in Australia, Yoosuf is one of the upcoming stars of associate nation cricket. In this exclusive, we caught up with him to chat about cricket in the island nation and more. Zushan Hashmi: How did you get involved in cricket? …
In conversation with Machel St Patrick Hewitt, co-founder of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast: An independent media project bringing West Indies cricket to the Caribbean diaspora in the UK and beyond. Zushan Hashmi: Tell me a little bit about your career in journalism? Particularly, sports journalism? Machel St Patrick Hewitt: I’ve never truly thought of myself …
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There is a common Urdu saying in cricket, ‘pace IS pace, yaar.’ Which roughly translates to ‘pace is pace, buddy.’ But what has happened to this pace? Fast bowling is probably the most exciting aspect of the game, it glues viewers to the TV screens, it brings fans to the stadiums, it instils fear into …
Lee Booth is a cricket aficionado, a sports coach, development specialist and the head of delivery at Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB), a development organisation that uses cricket as a tool to assist communities. With access to countries where cricket isn’t well known, CWB has worked on ending FGM, developing gender equality and more. We chatted …
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