Re: Australia and Pakistan tour of UAE 2009
Its not illogical at all. Shoaib has not performed well in years now. The fact that people are betting on when he is going to sustain another injury (who want to bet:hamstring or groin guys?) is because that is always the case with him. A large burly man taking the ridiculously long run ups causes him to always be fatigued early on in the match.
We have so much better talent waiting in the wings that I would prefer an unknown who has proven himself in domestic cricket than someone who may get 3 wickets but at the expense of too many wides and oversteps and in all probability will end up not playing a full match due to fatigue or injury.
Maybe instead of drugs he should use viagra for stamina.
*Please name me a few "better" talents out there waiting in the wings, capable of bowling with sheer pace and getting test match wickets on a similarly consistent basis.
And as a future pharmacist, I am highly offended at the Viagra comment! It's used for erectile dysfunction and has nothing to do with stamina (nandrolone would have made much more sense in that regard :o ).*