The captaincy dilemma is simply coming down to:
Potential negative political effects (without Afridi) vs. more organised, controlled, composed, structured, collective, professional, responsible team effort (with Misbah).
I am not underestimating the importance of unity and spirit in the long term, however when looking at Pakistan's best bet to go further in a global tournament my eyes are firmly attracted to the second thought. Screw unity and spirit. Performance matters on the field and you can bank on Misbah to hopefully keep things under control off the field with his education and experience. He is the way forward as far as I'm concerned, if he gets the chance the results should show and certainly have the potential to do so.
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KARACHI, Jan 22 (APP): Former Pakistan Captain Aamir Sohail and legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir on Saturday lashed out at captain Shahid Afridi for highly irresponsible behavior in the first One-Day International against New Zealand at Wellington earlier in the day.“How a captain can ask other players to show responsibility if he himself is guilty of such horrible strokes to let the team down”, former Chief Selector Abdul Qadir said in his comments at Pakistan Television.
It seems as if Lala has provided details against him when he appeared before the tribunal. Good on Lala. Clean cricket, save Pakistan.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Afridi vs Misbah
It is turning into a heated debate. Afridi is definitely under the pressure. Majority of the Pakistani population want him to lead the side, however some strong intellectuals have argued differently and gone in opposite directions when referring to the issue. I for one, am more then willing to gamble on Misbah with a sense of confidence and positivity.
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ReplyDeleteagar captain misbha bna to pak final mein aur agar afridi bna pak won the world cup 2011
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ReplyDeleteI blame the whole gang which conspired against YK in 2009 for putting Pakistan in this instable position it faces before going into a major sporting event. Lets name them and shame them so everyone knows and is reminded: Kamran, Malik, Butt, Rana, (apparently Misbah) and a few others all involved in dividing YKs champion side. Nonetheless, I reserve my judgement, Misbah is the best man for captaincy at the World Cup. He by far had the best leadership qualities on the field and it's not a bad ploy investing your trust in him to deal with the off field issues considering his status. Moreover, the 90s decade was where Pakistan had almost 6 different captains on the field, but yet they produced the goods. Let's not underestimate the potential of this current generation of players either, they can be unstoppable when they fire.
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ReplyDeleteAND when you have such a limited skipper currently captaining a difficult team and a better one waiting in the wings and ready for the challenge, it's something I am more than willing ready to see. A necessary short term change which can make Pakistan' road to success significantly easier, especially if everything is under control away from the cricketing field which hopefully will be the case and should be the case as it is a WC after all.
Afridi is the most laid back defensive captain I have ever seen (obviously not talking about the batting). He is about as bad as Mohammad Yousuf as a captain. Really conservative approach just waiting for things to happen. He just follows the flow of the game and hopes for the best without trying to individually change things. He is a just an energiser or motivator, but thats barely important in the grand scheme of things. Lacks innovation, clarity of thought, advantageous experience, sharp decision making and knowing enough with tactical braininess.
ReplyDeleteI always rated Misbah as an excellent leader, thinker, captain, tactician, educated figure, composed figure and experienced seasoned campaigner.He has all the assets to make Pakistan play like an organised structured efficient responsible force. It's absolutely not needed that you just make a match winner captain based on his past glories.
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