Afridi: don't let the door hit you on the way out

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Re: Afridi: don’t let the door hit you on the way out

@Jolie

Why IPL? All that glamour, money, partying and playing on Indian pitches is hardly a pinnacle of good competitive international cricket. Frankly speaking, if you keep selecting mediocre, below average, bits and pieces players no amount of international exposure will turn into great specialist players. If that was the case likes of Hafeez and Akmal (even Salman Butt) would’ve been legends.

You need structured and regularised domestic cricket to groom young talent, provide nationwide opportunities and save the game of cricket from becoming a dying sport like hockey.

English cricket is structured and regularized, but you say they are over coached. We must not be against a good idea just coz someone else came up with it. ( paraphrasing Bill Clinton here ). The point I am making is, IPL has helped Indians. Many here will agree it not only helped them with the sport but also with money and power. If we cannot do something similar in Pakistan, then why not take advantage of what is already out there. There is another danger here; if we don’t act now chances are the opportunity that opened up to take charge of ICC will be lost and we will forever live under Indian hegemony.