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"What do they know of cricket, who only cricket know?"

Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin look at cricket from beyond the runs and wickets to the larger sociocultural context of the sport.

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Noman Ali and the Aesthetics of Pakistan Cricket - Episode 84

October 15, 2025 • Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin • Season 16 • Episode 2

"Pakistan is a country of SLAs pretending to be pacers" - this throwaway text from Osman on PiPY led to this podcast: a discussion on the aesthetics of Pakistani bowling, how they changed irrevocably with Imran Khan, and how the continued presence of guys like Noman in the chaos since is what makes sports so beautiful.