May 6, 2010 - World T20 - Pakistan v England

[ravage]

@ehsan

I said that I supported him for a short period, what’s so unfair about that,

I didnt say that was the unfair bit..

what others did is not of concern to me, but I did stop the support after he behaved in an unacceptable manner during that ball biting incident. So don’t try this “everyone only supported him for that short period”.

Point is that the ‘short’ period’s beginning is pretty much the same for everyone… so its not that relevant. for some the period ended with the ball biting thats all.

You couldnt stop praising him even after the ball biting incident and thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.

thats not really true is it?

I dont have tunnel vision to just look at one thing only. The fact that he bit the ball told me he was not captain material. A guy who bites a ball in front of millions of people and thinks he could get away with it does not have much of an astute thinking brain. Maybe that point is not clear to many but it show here with **all **the concerns expressed.

Perhaps that is the case, but you really did not express these broader, non-tunnel vision concerns back then, even though you posted quite a bit in that thread. You were concerned about trusting him not to cheat. You were concerned about setting examples. What you werent concerned about is whether or not he’d make the right bowling changes. At the very least you didnt say so, but forgive me for neglecting to think you were holding such concerns about his bowling changes privately.