Switchblade Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/37922/fans-vent-anger-against-pakistan-wicket-keeper Emotional cricket fans went berserk on Twitter and Facebook, venting their frustration against fumbling wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and demanding he be dropped from the team. Kamran gave century-maker Ross Taylor two astonishing let-offs during Pakistan's 110-run defeat against New Zealand on Tuesday, missing two regulation chances when the batsman was on nought and eight. Taylor went on to hit an unbeaten career-best 131, lifting New Zealand to an imposing 302-7 in the World Cup Group A clash at Pallekele stadium before Pakistan were restricted to 192 all out. The defeat sparked a furious reaction from fans, who demanded Kamran be kicked out. "Has Kamran applied for political asylum in Sri Lanka?" tweeted Farhan Saya, referring to former wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider, who fled Pakistan's team hotel in Dubai last year and sought asylum in Britain. One fan said on Twitter: "Has Shahid Afridi told Kamran that he has dropped the World Cup with two catches?". Others listed Kamran's home address in Lahore, for fans to express their anger. Zafar Iqbal posted a message on Facebook: "World's greatest birthday gift declared by Guinness -- Kamran Akmal for Ross Taylor." Taylor celebrated his 27th birthday on Tuesday. Another Twitter message said: "Kamran thinks being a wicket-keeper means letting the batsman keep his wicket." Another fan, Mohammad Parekh, asked: "What do Kamran and Michael Jackson have in common? They both wear gloves for no... reason." Angry reactions from die-hard fans are common in the sub-continent. The most recent came when the West Indies team bus was stoned after they defeated co-hosts Bangladesh, in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram received death threats after his team lost the 1996 World Cup quarter-final against India, while angry fans attacked the houses of Indian players following their first round exit from the 2007 World Cup.
Sid Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Another Twitter message said: "Kamran thinks being a wicket-keeper means letting the batsman keep his wicket." :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
FairCricket Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Umar may replace Kamran as wicketkeeper Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in the World Cup in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran. Akmal senior missed three chances in Tuesday's big loss to New Zealand, including the centurion Ross Taylor twice in three balls when he was on 0 and 4. Those chances come on the back of two missed stumpings in the win against Sri Lanka and over four years of constant, error-strewn performances. "It [keeping with Umar] is very much an option and we might try it in the next game," captain Shahid Afridi told Geo News. As a sign of Pakistan's concern over Kamran's form with gloves and bat - he has only three dismissals so far and averages less than 30 as a batsman - Afridi did not rule out the possibility not playing him as a specialist batsman and dropping Kamran altogether. "We have five days now before our next game, so whatever is better for the team we will try it," he said. Kamran is the only specialist wicketkeeper in the squad but Umar kept for the side in one ODI against South Africa last November, after Zulqarnain Haider fled to London. He was also behind the wickets for three T20s in New Zealand soon after. "If you see him train, he puts in a lot of hard work. I don't know why but luck has deserted him," Afridi said. "He is also upset about his performance [against New Zealand] and he realizes it too." Asked by the channel how "luck" seems to have deserted him so often in the last four years, Afridi smiled and said, "I can't give an exact answer to that. My job is to back him, to support him and hopefully he will do his best." If he is dropped, it will not be the first time in the last four years it has happened to Kamran. After a promising couple of years as the first-choice replacement for Moin Khan and Rashid Latif, Akmal's performances began to dip on the 2006 trip to England, where he persisted behind the stumps despite a finger injury. But Pakistan stuck with him until June 2008, when Sarfraz Ahmed kept for the side in the Asia Cup. Kamran returned soon after, however, with no discernible improvement in performance. Only in January 2010 was he next axed and it took the monumental failure of the Sydney Test, where he missed five chances in all, for Sarfraz to be flown out for the final Test in Hobart. In Pakistan's next Test against Australia at Lord's last summer, Kamran was back again, however. After three more poor Tests, Zulqarnain Haider came in to replace him, but a contentious finger injury ruled him out after his debut. Yet again, Kamran returned to keep wickets in the last two Tests of the summer. He was subsequently caught up in the fall-out of the spot-fixing scandal and the PCB refused to clear his selection for the series against South Africa in the UAE and the third Akmal brother, Adnan, took his place in the two Tests. But the board's integrity committee finally cleared him in December, allowing for his selection in the ODI series against New Zealand and the World Cup squad. His long-term future is again under question now. After the game, Waqar Younis, the coach, said "After the World Cup maybe we can think about it, but we are in the middle of the tournament and I don't think we can make such a change right now." Pakistan took a day off from training on Wednesday but the team management said it would sit down and go through the loss and plan for the next game, against Zimbabwe on March 14. http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/504959.html
Watson87 Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Another Twitter message said: "Kamran thinks being a wicket-keeper means letting the batsman keep his wicket." :hysterical::hysterical:
Schickelgruber Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 He will not keep in our next game. Had he not dropped a simple catch we would have won quite easily.
Gunner_Mania Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Another Twitter message said: "Kamran thinks being a wicket-keeper means letting the batsman keep his wicket." :hysterical::hysterical: :rotfl:
ganeshran Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Behind every successful batsman is Kamran Dropmal :hysterical: :hysterical:
vvvslaxman Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I don't think he is a natural keeper. His hands are so tiny i suppose .
Switchblade Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 Umar may replace Kamran as wicketkeeper http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/504959.html Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in the World Cup in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran. Akmal senior missed three chances in Tuesday's big loss to New Zealand, including the centurion Ross Taylor twice in three balls when he was on 0 and 4. Those chances come on the back of two missed stumpings in the win against Sri Lanka and over four years of constant, error-strewn performances. "It [keeping with Umar] is very much an option and we might try it in the next game," captain Shahid Afridi told Geo News. As a sign of Pakistan's concern over Kamran's form with gloves and bat - he has only three dismissals so far and averages less than 30 as a batsman - Afridi did not rule out the possibility not playing him as a specialist batsman and dropping Kamran altogether. "We have five days now before our next game, so whatever is better for the team we will try it," he said. Kamran is the only specialist wicketkeeper in the squad but Umar kept for the side in one ODI against South Africa last November, after Zulqarnain Haider fled to London. He was also behind the wickets for three T20s in New Zealand soon after. "If you see him train, he puts in a lot of hard work. I don't know why but luck has deserted him," Afridi said. "He is also upset about his performance [against New Zealand] and he realizes it too." Asked by the channel how "luck" seems to have deserted him so often in the last four years, Afridi smiled and said, "I can't give an exact answer to that. My job is to back him, to support him and hopefully he will do his best." If he is dropped, it will not be the first time in the last four years it has happened to Kamran. After a promising couple of years as the first-choice replacement for Moin Khan and Rashid Latif, Akmal's performances began to dip on the 2006 trip to England, where he persisted behind the stumps despite a finger injury. But Pakistan stuck with him until June 2008, when Sarfraz Ahmed kept for the side in the Asia Cup. Kamran returned soon after, however, with no discernible improvement in performance. Only in January 2010 was he next axed and it took the monumental failure of the Sydney Test, where he missed five chances in all, for Sarfraz to be flown out for the final Test in Hobart. In Pakistan's next Test against Australia at Lord's last summer, Kamran was back again, however. After three more poor Tests, Zulqarnain Haider came in to replace him, but a contentious finger injury ruled him out after his debut. Yet again, Kamran returned to keep wickets in the last two Tests of the summer. He was subsequently caught up in the fall-out of the spot-fixing scandal and the PCB refused to clear his selection for the series against South Africa in the UAE and the third Akmal brother, Adnan, took his place in the two Tests. But the board's integrity committee finally cleared him in December, allowing for his selection in the ODI series against New Zealand and the World Cup squad. His long-term future is again under question now. After the game, Waqar Younis, the coach, said "After the World Cup maybe we can think about it, but we are in the middle of the tournament and I don't think we can make such a change right now." Pakistan took a day off from training on Wednesday but the team management said it would sit down and go through the loss and plan for the next game, against Zimbabwe on March 14.
Schickelgruber Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I don't think he is a natural keeper. His hands are so tiny i suppose . We tend to have nimble hands naturally for some strange reason.
Sachin=GOD Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Kamran thinks being a wicket-keeper means letting the batsman keep his wicket." :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Watson87 Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Behind every successful batsman is Kamran Dropmal :hysterical: :hysterical: hahahahahahahaahah :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::yay::finger::((
Zeemazing Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 how many of you reckon Kamran had some money on Ross Taylor scoring a few runs there. Wouldnt surprise me, that second drop is just not natural. And how often does the wicket keeper wait for the slip to make his move on a an edge. Its a wicket keepers natural reaction to go after every ball coming towards him, it doesnt make sense for him to not follow his instinct and leave the edge to Younis.
Switchblade Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 how many of you reckon Kamran had some money on Ross Taylor scoring a few runs there. Wouldnt surprise me, that second drop is just not natural. Agree he looks a shady character to me
Zeemazing Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 and how is his brother gonna change anything, that is the dilemma Pakistan must face. I think Pakistan Giving him a central contract as an "A" had something to do with Umar being the wicket Keeper now.
phaedrus Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I don't think he is a natural keeper. His hands are so tiny i suppose . so is his brains
vvvslaxman Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 how many of you reckon Kamran had some money on Ross Taylor scoring a few runs there. Wouldnt surprise me, that second drop is just not natural. And how often does the wicket keeper wait for the slip to make his move on a an edge. Its a wicket keepers natural reaction to go after every ball coming towards him, it doesnt make sense for him to not follow his instinct and leave the edge to Younis. i dont. he just sucks. I remember in 2005 series agianst India when one batsman don't recall who that was, was outside the crease like 2 or 3 feet. This guy could have gone for a cup of coffee and stumped. But he was searching for that ball till the batsman gets back :hysterical:. This guy can't keep decently even to save his life. It is a blasphemy that he calls himself a keeper. Hey it is pakistan. They make retards captains. Inepts keepers.
singhprakash72 Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 While making fun of Kamran ..I think Genuine/Specialist Wicketkeepers are things of past..Now you have to be good batsman to be considered as Wicketkeeper. For India last specialist keeper I would say was kirmani...England it was Bob Taylor...and so on. None of the modern keepers (all test playing nations) are natural keepers..some of them developed as good keepers over a period of time like Mark Boucher but look at Matt Prior, Kamran Akmal,Dhoni...they are keepers bcos of their batting but to be fair they also don't have any better keepers in their country !
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