Pakistani Team and Its Cyclic Performance - An Observation

[phoenixdesi]

Re: Pakistani Team and Its Cyclic Performance - An Observation

@TUMS

Interesting observations but I don’t think our team was horrible from the 90s on, if we had managed to bother to show up for one match against Australia, we would be calling it the greatest team ever. One bad loss to India in 1996 and Australia in 1999 can’t define a team. Yes, the period from 2003-2004 was pure rebuilding but it is amazing how fast the team has come back up, it shows the level of talent in Pakistan. As long as our best athletes continue to play cricket, we will field competitive teams.

And I think you short change today’s lineup, the team is young so we don’t realize the talent level but keep watching, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Yunus Khan, Inzamam the Great, Danish Kaneria and Youhana will be counted amongst the best to don the green jersey.

Yet, our team of the 90s did lose a test series to Zimbabwe and Sri lanka on its own soil! Actually sri lanka beat us twice…and can you believe that Zimbabwe beat our strong team of the 90s at our own soil……England also beat us the test series on our own soil and so did Australia in the 90s!..that is the point I am trying to make. We had some exceptional performances but they were scattered. But in the 50s, 80s and mahsllah now, we are much more consistent.