An exclusive chat with Saad Bin Zafar, the Captain of the Canadian Cricket Team on his journey to playing cricket for Canada, his career highlights and the up coming T20 World Cup where he will be leading Canada against India and Pakistan.

0:00 - Intro

1:28 - How Saad got into cricket, when he came to Canada, and how he found cricket in Canada

12:14 - Saad's relationship with his Dad and the moment his Dad took him seriously

16:22 - When Saad transitioned from being a fast bowler to a spinner

19:34 - How Saad managed full-time studies and cricket

23:33 - What is the pathway to play for Canada and Saad's first away tour

28:25 - How the Canadian team can get better?

30:10 - Is it financially viable to be a cricketer in Canada

33:02 - How does Saad prepare to play 140 + kph bowlers?

36:18 - Saad's heroic innings in the 2018 GT20 Final

43:00 - Saad getting Shahid Afridi out for a golden duck in 2019 GT20

47:52 - The support Saad receives from his Mom and an emotional moment with Shahid Afridi

51:05 - What Saad has learned from sharing the dressing room with greats and who he has learned the most from?

55:35 - Canada in the upcoming T20 World Cup and facing teams like India and Pakistan

Pakistan has lost 3 T20i matches in a row vs NZ also losing the series in the process. Let's talk about it.

0:00 - Pakistan have lost the series 3-0

4:24 - Shaheen chooses to bowl first in all 3 matches

8:50 - Shaheen's bowling and captaincy

15:50 - Why is Usama Mir so bad, are we missing Shadab Khan and do we have a replacement for him?

22:26 - Saim Ayub blistering start and is Babar Azam a selfish player?

31:19 - Pakistan's middle order flopping and is Azam Khan international cricket material?

42:18 - Why this upcoming PSL will be critical for Pakistan and looking ahead.

This episode features Shayan Ahmed who is Pakistan's most prominent go pro cricket Youtuber. We talk to him about his journey as a creator, where he aspires his channel to go there are also a lot of random cricket chats as outlined in the timestamps below.

0:00 - Intro (this episode was shot in June 2023)

2:12 - Shayan's inspiration and how he started his channel

14:12 - Shayan's equipment, love from Indian fans and handling hate comments

26:40 - What does Shayan do when he doesn't score and the time he was threatened

34:17 - Shayan's initial Youtube days, GoPro cricket content creators

38:58 - What league Shayan plays and thoughts on Pakistan's domestic cricket

46:48 - Comparing Pakistani youngsters with Indians

50:22 - Is Shadab Khan Pakistan's best fielder his most iconic moment

52:08 - Why aren't there more players from Karachi in the PCT?

56:04 - Advice to upcoming cricketers and love for Virat Kohli

1:00:13 - Shayan has worked with Shoaib Jatt?!

1:02:30 - Is Babar a selfish player?

1:06:34 - Shayan's favorite innings of Virat Kohli and Dhoni's impact on Indian cricket

1:09:53 - Why Pakistan hasn't made their players into brands compared to India

1:13:39 - Babar's captaincy, and his comparison with Virat Kohli

1:22:13 - Ego factor in South Asian cricket culture and social media usage of players

1:24:43 - Who is the greatest batsman of all time and CT17 final

1:27:17 - Shayan's future plans with his channel and his first sponsorship

1:38:30 - Outro

Pakistan Vs New Zealand T20i series preview is here.

🕒 Timestamps:

0:00 - Pakistan Vs New Zealand Preview

2:30 - Changes in Pakistan's T20i squad and Mohammad Haris "rested"

10:35 - Can Shadab Khan be replaced?

14:14 - Azam Khan is back

22:12 - The end of the Babar-Rizwan opening partnership

27:47 - Rizwan announced as vice-captain and is Shan Masood dropped?

29:55 - Our predicted Pakistan playing 11 and the upcoming T20 WC

33:00 - More Backward Point live streams coming?

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Here's the episode reviewing the shortest test match in history.

Welcome back to another episode of Ask Backward Point where we answer your questions.

🕒 Timestamps:

0:00 - Thanks for sending in your questions!

1:58 - How far is Pakistan away from having a top-notch test team?

4:25 - Which highlights do we watch to feel better when we are sad?

7:38 - Will Pakistan ever be a good ODI and Test team

11:15 - How were the Shahid Afridi and Shaheen Afridi bats?

14:25 - Is the PSL negatively affecting PCT in longer formats?

17:08 - Should Pakistan change the Rizwan-Babar opening pair in T20Is?

20:02 - How did we overcome with initial struggles of starting a podcast

22:42 - Do we limit our cricket discussions off-camera

23:59 - Our favorite: current Pakistan player, all-time Pakistan player, upcoming Pakistan player, current overseas player, and all time overseas player

27:46 - Our dream guests on the podcast

28:42 - Pakistan's best and worst moments of 2023

30:15 - What changes would we make to Pakistan's domestic cricket?

33:28 - Shaheen's workload and how he can get his rhythm back?

35:55 - Why is Babar Azam struggling and will he be able to come back?

41:03 - Goals of the podcast in the future?

42:24 - Who are our T20 openers?

44:45 - Outro