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*Originally posted by akpower: *
i'm sick n tired if the younis bashing on this site. it has reached the stage of being ridiculous. first, how can we connect today's effort by malik to yonuis. n if we do that y should we not relate it with ne other batsman [barring inzi] in the side, because all of them have been highly inconsistent n careless in the last little while.
if we can relate it with yonus, then we can also relate it with youhana, who after his magical run in one dayers last year [how many 50s or near 50s did he have in a row?] really became a diff player. he never backed himself for the 3 spot despite being 2nd most senior n alwayz played well when there was no pressure or in lost causes. but i think all this talk is ridiculous coz u cant compare a great innings by deriding another innigs or player. tomorrow if nazir scores a big one, then will we criticize farhat the same way?
back to yonis, the guy is not a match winner as yet althou he did have a century earlier n hopefully that'll change his game but in general he has been a consistent 25-40 run an innings kind of a player in his career. this is gd consistency in a team as mercurial as us. SL had gurusinha whose average was even less then yonis n he was an imp member of the side because he would stable a ship n be the anchor n hold his wicket.
now we have malik n hopefully he can play like this for us. if he does he obv. will make a better #3 and yonis can come down. also, whats wrong about jumping in joy after a century?? poor fellow had to wait a long while for that to happen.
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bhai thanday thanday !!!
yk has been given enough chances in last 5 years. you said and we all say that he is not a match winning player, nor he has the same confidence that he showed in his first few series. A batsman who ever 3rd or 4th innings gives you a 30sh has no place in the team. There are plenty of talented players waiting for theri fortune. A cricket-rich country like Pakistan can't keep a under-achiever for series after series to see him as a failure. Take the example of Austrailia, not even skipper has his place safe in the side. Its professionalism. Younis likes are dime a dozen in this country, moreover he is not courageous, never seen getting over the nerves of the bowlers, always a underdog, not a match winner. He should have been retired from International cricket himself as he offers nothing special to the team and hogs a crucial spot. He worked under 5 different coaches and has not been able to break the shell that he is under.
Same words go for yoyo as well. I think Younis Khan should be fired and let him prove in domestic that he can play both type of cricket and let him improve his strike rate as well. We don't need chickens anymore. Yohanna should be departed after this series as ask the same to him to play more domestic/county cricket to gain his confidence back. He is a burden on team.
Asim Kamal should be trained for keeping as he has some experience as second choice keeper in domestic cricket. He has kept against Sami and was not bad. We can bring the young energetic/fearless/sensible batsman to replace the two Ys. And with Asim around, it will be another Indian batting lineup. Imagine
Farhat
Yasir
Malik
Asim
$1
$2
Inzi
Razzler
Sami
Shoaib
Shabbir
Now while Yasir,Asim, $1 and Inzi provide strength and stability to the innings, Farhat, Malik, $2 and Razzler can speed up the score simultanously. This combination works well in ODIs.
What a gem :k: