b555 Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has defended his decision to quit Test cricket, saying he does not have the temperament to play the traditional format of the game. Afridi though feels that he should not have ended his Test career without completing the series against Australia in England last year "My decision was absolutely the right one. I don't think I am a Test-temperament player, hence it's best that instead of me, players more suited to Test cricket are selected," Afridi said. Afridi had quit the five-day format after Pakistan lost to Australia at Lord's, last year. Afridi said he did not become the Pakistan Test captain by choice and he was pressurised to take up the job in the interest of the team. "I didn't want to accept, but I was under pressure to accept it. I was advised that the unit that I had built [in ODIs] should be continued in Tests too. I didn't want to back out or let the team down. The team was going through a difficult phase and we were trying to re-build the team (hence I accepted)," he said. "However, I had made it clear that if I didn't enjoy it, I would leave. I should not have quit after that first Test, but I realised that Test cricket is not for me," he told **********.net. Afridi said the ODI side need to learn to utilise the batting powerplay well. "Quite a few teams have faced problems with regards to the batting powerplay. For us, when we take the batting powerplay, we start losing wickets, so then we thought it's probably best to delay the powerplay and take it right at the end to avoid losing wickets earlier. "I do realise we have this problem. The coach and I have discussed this in detail and hopefully we will see some better results on this in the upcoming series in the West Indies." Afridi said he was happy to play the role of a floater batsman and was focusing more on his bowling which had paid rich dividends in the World Cup in which he took 21 wickets. "For the past three or four years, I am a bowling all-rounder. I have focused a lot on my bowling in this period and Alhamdolillah it has worked well." "I should use my batting according to the situation. There should be no set position for me," he said.
ganeshran Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 :whine: Why oh why? We will never get to see this epitome of technical perfection on the cricket field :((
king2be98 Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Great loss for Test Kirkut :(( Well he wasn't the worst test cricket player we've produced. Some good management and he could quite easily have ended up as a good Test All rounder. He is selfish, a bit too selfish for any form of the game, but thankfully he's coming towards the end of his career where we can produce some player who is not so selfish.
Roshanrocks Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 had a great chance to make the fastest 20 in test kirkut histori
ganeshran Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 had a great chance to make the fastest 20 in test kirkut histori :hysterical::hysterical:
Sir_Afridi Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi is is as good as Flintoff in test cricket. Its test cricket loss to miss out on one of the greatest players of our generation.
yoda Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 had a great chance to make the fastest 20 in test kirkut histori :hysterical:
Sid Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi is is as good as Flintoff in test cricket. Its test cricket loss to miss out on one of the greatest players of our generation. :dito:, our only chance to see 300 runs in a session was with Afridi playing :sniffle:
Desi Cartman Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi is is as good as Flintoff in test cricket. Its test cricket loss to miss out on one of the greatest players of our generation. :woot:
ganeshran Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 :dito:, our only chance to see 300 runs in a session was with Afridi playing :sniffle: Afridi batting or bowling? :hmmm:
Sid Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi batting or bowling? :hmmm: Dont insult once in a lifetime test cricketer :finger:
Cricket Tragic Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi is is as good as Flintoff in test cricket. Its test cricket loss to miss out on one of the greatest players of our generation. :hysterical::hysterical:
vvvslaxman Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 I dont think you have temperament to play super over :cantstop:
putrevus Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 who cares if this id*iot slogger play test cricket or not, I think this guy has got lot of mileage in Pakistan for such a useless player.
Cricket Tragic Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 had a great chance to make the fastest 20 in test kirkut histori :cantstop:
Sachin=GOD Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Afridi is is as good as Flintoff in test cricket. Its test cricket loss to miss out on one of the greatest players of our generation. :finger::finger::finger::finger: he is in the category of Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham etc not petty all rounders like Flintoff :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Sid Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 :finger::finger::finger::finger: he is in the category of Imran Khan' date= Kapil Dev, Ian Botham etc not petty all rounders like Flintoff :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Eggjactly :giggle:
ganeshran Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 :finger::finger::finger::finger: he is in the category of Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham etc not petty all rounders like Flintoff :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: How can you miss Gary Sobers... this is an insult to Afridi :hitler: :hiltler:
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