‘This is the country of hospitality’ – Australia tour to Pakistan review

In the latest episode of the podcast we chat with cricket journalists Adam Collins and Bharat Sundaresan about their unforgettable trip – covering Australia’s first tour to Pakistan in 24 years.

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Talking Points:

• The uncertainty over Australia’s tour to Pakistan in the build-up
• The need to overcoming perceptions of ‘otherness’
• The historic first day at Rawalpindi – despite the flatness of the pitch
• The Shane Warne jolt at the end of day one of the first Test
• Abdullah Shafique’s ability to shift gears against a quality attack
• The Karachi Test – and Cummins and Starc paying homage to the two Ws
• Khawaja resists, Babar enthralls, Rizwan adds the cherry to the cake
• Mitchell Swepson’s debut and the match-sealing spell that wasn’t
• The grandeur of Lahore – and memories of the terrorist attack in 2009
• Umpire Ahsan Raza’s poetic moment
• The Naseem Shah spell that kept Pakistan in the game
• Is there anything Cummins can’t do?
• Nathan Lyon seals the historic win
• The importance of every team visiting Pakistan and normalising such tours

Participants:

Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)

Adam Collins (@collinsadam)

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

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Related:

So far yet so near – under Shafiq’s watch rises Abdullah – Bharat Sundaresan – Cricbuzz

The last night in Pakistan – Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon – The Final Word podcast

Ahsan Raza’s dream return to Lahore 13 years after bloody attack – Nic Savage – News.com.au

The menace and unfairness of Pat Cummins – Osman Samiuddin – ESPNcricinfo

Shaheen, Naseem and a partnership of devastation – Bharat Sundaresan – Cricbuzz

The final frontier – Adam Collins, Dan Brettig and Shannon Gill – The Greatest Season That Was Presents podcast

Shane Warne – magical, tireless, immortal – 81allout podcast

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Lead image from here.