Re: Pak Teams Captaincy issue--Osman Samiuudin
In my mind, its not a Younis issue at all. As the article states Younis is 28. He still has plenty of cricket left in him. One year here or there doesn't really matter. The real issue is whether having Inzi as captain bodes well for Pak's world cup chances or not. This is a tricky question. While without doubt Inzi brings the team together and unified behind him (not to say that Younis can't do that as well, given appropriate authority), his on-field captaincy is probably the worse I have seen in recent memory.
Is it fair to attribute Pak's fabulous last year to Inzi's captaincy? Probably not. It may just be "despite his captaincy", rather than "due to his captaincy".
However, in the larger scheme of things, no one really expects Pak to win the World Cup anyway, so lets not get too hung up on it. Inzi shall play it out till WC '07 and then retire. Younis becomes captain, and then we restart the runup to WC '11.