Wanted: Pakistan skipper after Yusuf's failure and Afridi's ban

[coffee_rules]

Jamaat! http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/19-nadeem-f-paracha-preaching-games-710-hh-07 "These players included Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Yasser Hamid, Rana Naveedul Hassan (who at one point is said to have grown a beard to ‘impress’ Inzimam), and most of all, Yousuf Yohanna, who converted to Islam and became Muhammad Yousuf. Today he is one of the leading members of the Jamaat and was recently reported to have even tried to convert New Zealand cricket captain Danial Vetori. Though the bulk of the team joined the Jamaat, thus transforming the team culture from extrovert and flamboyant to fatalistic and (subsequently) somewhat uncompetitive, a divide soon developed when a handful of players refused to follow Inzimam’s Raiwind regime. These were Shoaib Akhtar, Muhammad Asif, Abdul Razzaq and Yunus Khan." !!!WTF!!!

[The Outsider]

They probably got taken in by Vettori's beard! :winky:

[DomainK]

lol.. Nothing surprising in that. Everyone knows of the role religion (of exhibition thereof) has played in destroying that team. Everyone also knows the politics and games in the team. Irrespective of who is the captain, there will always be a fraction of the team conspiring against him all the time. This team is not doing anything but infighting in near future.

[vvvslaxman]

Mohammad Vettori.

[MUMBAISKIPPER]

I never ever understood why Inzamam tried to link religion with cricket..it has nothing to do with any sport

[Texy]

wow h4te is back!! the article also says how Junaid Jamshed tried to convert Bob Woolmer too?? wtf ?

[ucilite]

I think this idiot, paracha, is trying to give zaid hamid a run for his money. What a moran!

[Macj]

I think this idiot' date=' paracha, is trying to give zaid hamid a run for his money. What a moran![/quote'] I thought he made perfect sense. Go ahead say it...

[Karan114]

New Pakistan captain after Aussie tour - PCB New captain after Australia tour - Ijaz Butt Cricinfo staff January 22, 2010 Pakistan will have a new captain after their tour of Australia comes to an end in early February, Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said. Mohammad Yousuf was appointed to lead in New Zealand and Australia after Younis Khan quit in a huff back in November. "This captain [Mohammad Yousuf] was for this series only and we will decide after the tour of Australia about the captain, [but] we will change," Butt told the private ARY News channel. Under Yousuf, Pakistan squared a three-Test series against New Zealand but lost three Tests in a row to Australia before they surrendered the first ODI in Hobart today. The relationship between Yousuf and the selection committee, headed by Iqbal Qasim, has been tense over the course of the long tour of Australia. He had Misbah-ul-Haq sent over to New Zealand after the player had been dropped from all three formats of the game just a month before. Butt termed Younis' decision to relinquish the captaincy as unfortunate for Pakistan. "We did not change Younis. Unfortunately the sports committee of the parliament made him run away after they levelled match-fixing allegations against him," he said. Butt squashed the match-fixing allegations against Pakistan after the Champions Trophy, in specific the game against Australia in which they lost by one run off the last ball. "How can someone fix a match on the last ball? Only a magician can do that and on this allegation Younis was mentally disturbed and resigned," Butt said. "Younis was a good captain but he was hurt on the allegations and quit. Now we will soon decide about the change." Pakistan's next Test assignment is in England where they play Australia, a series shifted out of Pakistan over security fears. They are scheduled to play four Tests against England on the same tour. http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445445.html

[sm332]

the perpetual rebuilding continues

[davidcooper]

musical chairs musical chairs:--D

[iHammad]

I really hope it's the guy in my avatar

[Gunner_Mania]

12 one day captains and 8 test captains since 2000. What's new :yawn2:

[Sachinism]

I think they're giving everyone a go so they can tell their grandchildren they captained Pakistan, because there won't be much success to speak of

[S.Bond]

I hope Afridi will be made captain...

[DomainK]

How many more captains? They should now draw a lottery before every match to decide who would captain. That way the responsibility of the loss would go to a random player.

[Gunner_Mania]

The day is not far away when 10 ex captains will be playing under the 11th soon to be ex captain in the same team.

[I_India]

[Cricketics]

Jang reports that Imran Khan has decided to come out of retirement.

[Sooda]

:wall: Yousuf will learn if he is given bit of rope. Unless Younis will be reinstated, this is daft