Pakistan about to get another new Captain

[slowfinger]

this is just sad dude..

I bet Ricky was tired of beating Pakistan and wanted them to put at least a fight or two..

it is PCB.. they are the con and father of these kind of problems... as long as the fat Butt is around nothing will change.. I bet we will see Malik and Rana back on England tour.. not to forget Kamran Akmal who would play with england and Aus by dropping catches... do u guys remember the last Pak tour of England and his wicket keeping performance..it is going to get worse this time around..

If it was up to me I would bring back Younis and make him captain.. drop all those 7 players and hand them ban for at least 2 years..Pick all young guys for England tour.. at least they will give their 100%..

That would never solve Pakistan cricket, will it? Taking out their best players so they can get thrashed and therefore, morale will go down etc

If it was me I would just fine them heavily and put Kamran, Misbah so they will LEARN, not die out...

 

[AaronK]

ok here is the latest news

Shahid Afridi to lead in Asia Cup and England tour | Cricket News | Global | Cricinfo.com

Shahid Afridi is going to captain pakistan in all three formats

but wtf.. they added shoaib malik in the team too.. in almost all those leaked videos. players and coaches blamed Shaoib malik for playing politics and starting grouping in the team.. yet it seems like he will be forgiven and he will be back in the team..

what a loser bunch of people they are in PCB.. so frustrating.. I am just concern about guys like Aamir and umar akmal.. what kind of message they are sending them.. it is ok to play politics and create groups in the team..

just pethatic stuff from PCB.. all those inquires.. it seems for nothing now..

 

[Black_Warrior]

Once again the same old mistake..its the same mistake they made with making Mallik the captain. If your captain of the test team is not good enough to be in the team either as a batsman or a bowler, then he shouldnt be in the team.
Mallik wasnt good enough, and nor is Afridi.
Bad decision. What this will mean is, since Afridi is not good enough to be the sole spinner in the test side, he will play as the 5th bowler, which means one batsman will miss out in an already weak batting side.

 

[Sir Alex]

Once again the same old mistake..its the same mistake they made with making Mallik the captain. If your captain of the test team is not good enough to be in the team either as a batsman or a bowler, then he shouldnt be in the team.
Mallik wasnt good enough, and nor is Afridi.
Bad decision. What this will mean is, since Afridi is not good enough to be the sole spinner in the test side, he will play as the 5th bowler, which means one batsman will miss out in an already weak batting side.

I guess Afridi has perhaps the best batting credentials of the current lot.

 

[Xuhaib]

English media is going to have a field day with Afridi I predict a mid tour quit job.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wonder if he will scuff up the pitch with his dancing this time?

He is a failure in test cricket and now he is captain,reminds me of when New Zealand gave Germon the captaincy despite never having played at that level before.Desperate.

 

[Sir Alex]

Wonder if he will scuff up the pitch with his dancing this time?

He is a failure in test cricket and now he is captain,reminds me of when New Zealand gave Germon the captaincy despite never having played at that level before.Desperate.

A batting average of 37 doesn't exactly scream out failure with all the riders attached.

 

[GotSpin]

A batting average of 37 doesn't exactly scream out failure with all the riders attached.

oh noesssss

 

[Sir Alex]

Rob Steen: Pakistan, South Africa and the ghosts of Headingley 1981 | Opinion | Cricinfo Magazine | Cricinfo.com

Good writeup. I never knew the Australian dressing room was so divided back then. So much more respect and love for AB!

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Ijaz Butt admitted 2 days ago that he's been under huge political pressure to lift off the ban on Shoaib but he said he would act justly in the case of all banned players,not Malik alone.Its a shame that a guy who's been the main cause of lack of unity in the side & intentionally performed many times & conspired with other players to sack the captain is back.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I guess Afridi has perhaps the best batting credentials of the current lot.

Not really, even without Younis, Mallik and Yousuf, there are Umar Akmal, Salman Butt, Yassir Hameed who are better batsmen than Afridi and are more useful than him in the test side. His batting average is definitely helped by some big scores on flat tracks (so flat that only 2 innings in total were possible)...We all know about his temperament (lack of it), patience (lack of it), foot work (lack of it), defence (lack of it).

Ijaz Butt admitted 2 days ago that he's been under huge political pressure to lift off the ban on Shoaib but he said he would act justly in the case of all banned players,not Malik alone.Its a shame that a guy who's been the main cause of lack of unity in the side & intentionally performed many times & conspired with other players to sack the captain is back.

Yep..Mallik is the trouble maker and he gets away with 1 year ban. .Even that was due to political pressure. If Yousuf deserves a life time ban, then so does Mallik.

Btw, off-topic, but did you just copy-paste those quotes from my sig?
There's no shortage of quotes on Imran Khan you know :

 

[Faisal1985]

I think this was a strategy where Younis can sneak back in to the test side and become captain again

 

[Black_Warrior]

^ Well that is certainly desirable, I dont think that is plausible at all...PCB will never make him captain again after this fiasco nor will he want to be captain again.

 

[Faisal1985]

Think about it, Younis the captain with Malik, Yousuf, Butt, Akmal Brothers all in the team!!!! It would be deja vu all over again.

 

[Black_Warrior]

^ Take out Mallik, Yousuf and Kamran Akmal.

 

[Faisal1985]

^ Take out Mallik, Yousuf and Kamran Akmal.

Replace with Hameed, Asim Kamal, and Sarfraz Ahmed?

 

[AaronK]

I say Kamran Akmal is not a bad option for limited overs cricket.. for test pakistan has to replace him.. he makes Kaneria who is already mediocare look worse..

 

[Faisal1985]

I say bring in a fresh opener with Butt for Tests, what's his name the lefty there....Umar Amin.....its about time we had a young carefree opener like Anwar.....

 

[Faisal1985]

I say Kamran Akmal is not a bad option for limited overs cricket.. for test pakistan has to replace him.. he makes Kaneria who is already mediocare look worse..

I would really like to see him as a specialist batsman....in limited over cricket....may be only T20 too...but certainly not the keeper....

 

[AaronK]

I say bring in a fresh opener with Butt for Tests, what's his name the lefty there....Umar Amin.....its about time we had a young carefree opener like Anwar.....

Dude.. i thought he is a middle order batsman and not an aggrassive batsman..