"The worst batting I've seen in my time as coach" - Woolmer said. This pretty much summarizes how Pakistan batted against South Africa in Champions Trophy. Some of the deliveries were really good, but most of the batsmen threw their wickets themselves. Younis Khan for sure should have taken some responsibility. There was no need to play that stupid hook shot when he had already fetched a boundary. If Yasir Arafat could withstand the South African attack then how come our top order couldn't apply themselves and collapsed miserably?
Now is the time to move on and bring some changes in the team. First of all, Shahid Afridi should be thrown out! He has no value for his spot in the team. This guy has played over 200 ODIs and still feels no responsibility. Thank you Mr Afridi- your services are not required anymore!. Thats what the PCB chairman should be telling him. In case, if its decided to keep him in the team then send him to open the batting. He's worthless down the order, not to say he's going to do wonders as an opener. Everytime Afridi plays for Pakistan, its like PK team starting with one wicket down. It automatically gives the opposite team an advantage. Performing well in 1/30 games is not acceptable, period.
Second, PK needs to have good opening pair. These lefty's that PK has been trying for sometime are not learning their lessons. Everytime they get out in a similar fashion. This department has to be fixed if Pakistan is even considering the chances of fairing well in the World Cup. Also, Younis Khan must focus on his batting rather than eyeing on the captaincy slot. Dude! I don't know if you even deserve a slot in the team. Let alone be captain.
Hopefully, Pakistan will emerge out better in their next fixtures, and especially if they have the services of Shoaib and Asif. Of course, Inzi is a backbone of the PK team. I am positive that the Pakistan camp will contemplate on this dismal performance and bring the neccesary changes to the team, and steer it to the right direction.
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YK shouldn't be anywhere near the ODI side. His speciality is test cricket and that is where he should be. I still can't understand why we can't have two slightly separate sides for ODI and Tests. Why does it have to be a carbon copy of the other? (Danish is an exception). Just like Langer has no business in the Australian ODI side so doesn't YK.
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