Your feedback has been tremendous, so tremendous that I thought it might be useful to explain which comments will or will not be posted.

I want to encourage comment, debate, and conversation on Pak Spin—the people must be heard—but some rules are required to ensure that the blog is respectable, reactive, relevant, and rip-roaring fun.

1 Abusive or discourteous comments will not be posted
2 Libellous comments will not be posted
3 Off-topic comments will not be posted (this might include comments that start a side debate about a post by another commenter)
4 Comments longer than 150-175 words will not be posted (that’s the size of the window that I can see to moderate the comments)
5 Comments that do not include a name for the commenter will not be posted
6 Comments that do not include an email address will be not be posted
7 If I discover the email address is a fake, the comment will not be posted/will be deleted
8 Suggestions for playing elevens will not be posted (on the grounds that they become tedious reading after the hundredth batting order)
9 I reserve the right to edit the comment as I see fit before posting (without consultation with the commenter)
10 The blogger’s decision (ie mine) is final

A ball-tampering controversy followed by a captaincy shambles might spell disaster for most cricket teams, but when it comes to Pakistan cricket it might just mean that all is well with the world.

There was a time when I sulked in desperation at the latest incredible twist in events. The shenanigans and skulduggery were unimaginable. But then I grew to love it. Pakistan cricket is an administrative basket case but a voyeur's eye candy. And the result is that you never quite know what to expect on the field, a flash of genius or a flood of incompetence. Pakistan is the world's most capable team at being either very very good or very very bad within the same tour, the same match, the same session, or the same over. Throw in some of the world's fastest bowlers, most exciting batsmen, laziest fielders, and hottest hotheads and you have created an irresistible mix.

Pak Spin will celebrate all that is wonderful and miserable about Pakistan cricket. It will share the joy and the pain of following the world's most unfathomable cricket team. It might even make a difference, but then again who would want Pakistan cricket to be any different?