I would rather choose Afridi being a captain…..because I would turn my TV off 2 hours earlier and go about my work knowing that I got to watch some entertaining cricket.

You watch soccer? Which hurts more…. sudden death in penalty kicks or a game that you loose 3-0….

Lets admit cricket is alot like WWF now days..so the more analysis and more emotions that you apply here,,, you end up disappointing your self and no other.

Now with that being said my personal opinion.

Not that Afraid wont fix games in future; because in order to qualify and to be a captain for team Pakistan you should be able to fix games and underperform and raise revenue for all the stake holders.

But here is the major difference is:

I see Afridi as a forward looking captain that discourages grouping in team and actually introduce new players to come in the team and thrive. So you will get to see a lot of players that will shine as stars under his tenure. I also know his strategy ; is to loose , losse , loose and then perform well on games that really matter the most or at least pull a victory out of games we could have not possibly won …. This is strategy not only make him the BOOM BOOM (icon) He is but also increase the morale of the team mates and public like us alive.

VS Misbah :
Old Hog on his last leg that pledge allegiance to ex cricket player Mafia.. Their philosophy; brings in people like Maliks and Akmals in the team again so that you are always calling the shots and in control of the entire team and eventually the entire outcome of the game / series…. . His strategy win, win , win till your odds of loosing a game gets really low and then loose on games that matter the most. What will this do to the morale of players who take 15 wickets in a test game or score a century to get Pakistan to that wining situation .and then loose……??

.. Now what kind of match fixing captain you would have… Aggressive or Defensive.. Choice is yours.

Solid points. But I think he is inherently incapable of being aggressive hence unsuited for the shorter formats. It seems unfair to judge him after one series but trust me I am not judging him on the basis of result but only his actions on the field how he handled his bowlers how scared he was to place an attacking field.

As regards Afridi you know I am not a fan of him, i expected him to underperform in this series thats the way he is, but he wasnt the only reason due to which we lost the Odi series.

Pak need 1 captain across all formats to avoid politics. They have tried many times to have different captains across different formats, but it’s hardly ever worked has it? Remind yourself of the following incidents:-

Younis & Afridi = Younis was captaining in tests & ODIs whereas Afridi was captaining the T20 side in the latter half of 2009. What happened? Younis lost control & support of the players and refused to captain again.

Butt & Afridi = we found out that Butt was deliberately planning to underperform in the one day series in England so that Afridi could be removed. These are clear signs of internal groups developing.

Misbah & Afridi = Misbah was leading exceptionally in tests, there were question marks over Afridi’s performance, conduct & captaincy skills so much to the extent that Ijaz Butt delayed announcing the World Cup captain & decided to name him officially just 2 weeks before the tournament. Surely we don’t want to see the team to be the laughing stock of world cricket again due to indecisiveness & uncertainty over how they are moving forward?

Historically great captains have captained their sides in all forms of the game for a length of time. All teams should aspire to achieve greatness. In order to stand a chance of even achieving greatness different leaders for different formats is not the way forward.

I was skeptical of your article that’s why I did not leave any comment earlier. ?

This game brought memories of the World cup Semi Final and other games where this Defensive captain has made sure that we end up losing a game we had already won.

This SOB is a rear kind. I tell ya……He likes to drill holes in the same boat he sails and don’t abandon ship till he is certain that ship has hit the rock bottom.
His last nail on the coffin strategy may look like a huge achievement to many other there who support his captaincy but personally I would like to put a bullet up his Match fixing A** once and for all and get done over this leach.
I am sure Mr Afridi also laid a plan which would make his case stronger to return as a ODI and T20 captain.

I cannot stress the fact how all these seniors are destroying Pakistani Cricket. I hope that all these mofo are kicked out of the team soon before we lose other young players like Hamad azam and others for match fixing and corruption. Ever wondered what kind of example and standard they are setting.
Mohammad Amir is a prime example.

Sorry for all the above.. but
Every time I follow this losing team. I get nothing but disappointment.