Afridi didn’t last long now who is next for role of circus ring master in Pakistan Cricket team?
Hey Baby lets play Captain Captain
This is interesting now, it looks ridiculous that the person Pakistan appointed as captain is not even sure of if he wants to play test cricket or not. But I would say it is refreshing that at least Shahid Afridi realize it himself otherwise our history is that we have to either sack captains or kick them out somehow. His honesty in this regard is breath of fresh air but still I am not sure if he gave test matches enough time to test his skill or if he even tried his best before jumping to a conclusion. His captaincy stint looks like one of his typical inning.
It is strange and idiotic specially when Afridi decided in the middle of a very important tour. I think he is leading them well in the field except couple of things which will improve by time but batting is the culprit and given the depth of it , it was always going to be like this. Afridi’s own batting, well forget it.
Now this is going to create another chaos, I am not sure of Salman Butt abilities he is kind of lay off guy, never seen him charged up or involved in field, even his fielding is not up to standard that can create an example. He is a decent test batsman but he has some faults like running between the wicket and not willing to rotate the strike much. (well our whole batting lineup is like this, I think only Younis and may Malik are good strike rotators).
Man management in Pakistan team is always most tedious work for a captain than anythig else. Keeping them on song for five days need a lot of Red Bull from captain, so captain need a good supply of that Red Bull with him. Afridi seems to have that or may be he had more than enough which cause those two stupid test innings he played. Anyhow he kept them in good spirit in the field for more than 80% of Australian innings but everything went to drains during Pakistani innings.
Who else? Younis Khan can once again do the job but not sure if he can find the support in team and in PCB that is required to do it. Also not sure his own moods got any improvement or he still is a drama queen. His captaincy abilities are if not very good not bad either. He is an okish captain. He never had a peaceful run as a captain to sharp his skills, specially his test captaincy experience is very limited. His position in the team has no doubts even he is out of form.
Shoaib Malik, I think that will be going back some steps. He is just an average captain, average test batsman (better in ODIs) and a good fielder. His bowling is just part time, don’t fancy Marcus North his opponents will not be Pakistan which will present him 6 wickets in a plate with tomato ketchup.
Mohammad Yousuf is never going to get nor he is capable of. Kamran Akmal is living on the edge just because we don’t have a decent wicketkeeper who can bat a bit, otherwise he must not be in test team. Asif and Gul are not the candidate anyhow.
So now I have exhausted the list of possible captains. Only bright choice is Salman Butt as his name is echoing so far but his abilities are still under the dark but we will see it soon. Somehow I am afraid that he might become another Mohammad Yousuf as a captain, let the future prove it wrong!
Wow that looks darker than I expected. Thank fark Azeem has taken the lead in the A-team. He needs to mature *quickly*.
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Can you tell me which player in Pakistan has the best international and domestic record as a captain?
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@wasim, I was away on weekend but I will look into it if you still haven’t.
It is getting worse and worse every day, there is only one solution, PCB top management need to be kicked away altogether, some culprits players need to be punished seriously not just some week ban drama. And some steps need to be taken to change the culture in team and board. Than it will be wait and patience game to let the team and player develop strong.
But it is not going to happen soon if not ever.
We are world’s best teams. We give awesome entertainment to every one because we care …
.. Anyways the circus show is really now become boring. My view is afridi was simply gutless and a coward… 
. If he accepted captaincy, then he should have gone through with it the whole tour. There are only two ways to win a match. Dish out and take out… 
Well well that looks very much like the first Pak Test win over Oz since the invention of the wheel. If Pak win tomorrow (which I absolutely assume) then I hope Salman will keep his job for a while
Cheers,
Wes
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he is at least a decent man, not judging his captaincy just yet may be after series against England.
oh and yes Pakistan won but that was not easy as it should be.
Yeah but I like Salman and wish that he will be successful and stay for a while, hopefully he will learn quickly, it will take more than just the odd good idea against England. Maybe this new team can make it without Yousuf and Younis and successfully master the change of generations.
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