I know in my other thread I blamed Afridi’s massively overwhelming popularity for polluting the culture of street cricket where every kid wants to mindlessly hit the ball out of the park for a ‘beastly’ shot or dream about becoming the next Boom Boom achieve access to all that money and fame.
But truth to be told, once Afrid goes, you don’t have a single player that young generation would love to look up to. From producing world class athletes, game changing legends and larger than life superstars, what you are now really left with is some random pudgy looking 5’6 below average bits and pieces players who don’t even know why they’re selected. I struggle to remember their names because they all look at the same to me…no personalties, no character, no nothing.
In Pakistan despite the lack of facilities and opportunities, cricket has been kept alive on streets because at any given time, Pakistani team was blessed with players who managed to inspire a generation. This is how the great cricketing culture was sustained. It is quite awful to see how Pakistani cricket at the moment is without any role model of any sort to inspire youngsters.
Is cricket on the road to become another dead sport like squash and hockey in the country?
Actually no, ignore the last question. That’s border line wrist slitting. I’m a stubborn optimist and I do believe, things will get better…*.only if I join PCB. *