Re: ICC Super series. Rest of the world Squads named
Yes I am stupid, and a bad boy like Shoaib Akhter (The most hated person on planet GS)
This was an interview with Akhter:
Q: There have been all sorts of stories floating around about your omission for the West Indies tour. Were you really fit, because both captain and coach, along with the selectors, suggested that you weren’t?
SA: It’s simple really. I was saying that I’m fit and keen, … I’m gearing up now for my county games, the Super Series and England’s tour of Pakistan. I’ll be supremely fit for those games.
***Q: *Initially, Bob Woolmer was very enthusiastic about working with you, saying he could get the best out of you. Lately, even he has expressed displeasure about your attitude and dedication. Why do you think you have upset the team management so much?
SA: I don’t know. If you want to talk about my commitment levels, I have 80 Test-match wickets in the last 15 games and 47 in the last 20 one-dayers. I’ve been serving the country without a problem for the last eight years.
Q: There’s been little support for you though …
**SA: **That’s not right. After they dropped me, Imran [Khan] spoke, Wasim [Akram] spoke, [Javed] Miandad spoke. There was reaction from the newspapers. People do support me.
Q: But within the team?
**SA:**Younis Khan has spoken to me, Afridi has spoken to me …
Q: But how do you explain the change in Woolmer’s attitude towards you?
SA: Don’t know.
Q: And what about everyone’s favourite word when it comes to you: Indiscipline?
**SA:**I think the best judge is the manager on the tour, and he has given me a good report. Even the newspapers carried that. He had no problem with me, on or off the field. I don’t know where people get this idea from.
Q: So you’re saying there is no problem with your team-mates?
SA: Well, Afridi spoke to the papers recently and made it clear what my team-mates think of me. Younis has spoken too. A few people have a problem with me, not all.
Q: Why would they do that?
**SA:**Don’t know. Some just want to create an image for me as a bad boy, which is not true. People respect and love me. I got over 2000 letters from India asking when I would be back to play in the series in India.