Re: Sami the enigmatic
Regardless of what you guys think he is given a chance, Yes this chance is more like he is a liability on Pakistan cricket team. well I will say one thing if Imran Khan, Inzimam ul Haq and Coach Woolmer supports him, he surely has talent and the ability to be a better bowler. atleast what his stats show, or the kind of bowler he was when he toured Kiwiland first time with Pakistan.
Sometime a player is not fortunate/ lucky, yes his luck is running out as the other bowlers are knocking on the door, I can only give you example of D. Martyn when he started his carrier, had he be in Pakistani team he would be long gone with the unforgetten talent of the recent past. Better yet Afridi is the prime example, Yes he has improved in couple of years but, what was he before that, a sub-par performance and a tag of world fastest century maker thats it! yes he did perform but it took 200 ODI's for him to be where he is!
Stats just appear on the paper, His first duty in the team is to bowl, bowl well, but apart from that he is a good fielder, and he can easliy create pressure on the batsman batting, and his batting has also improved He maybe not good at the moment but he is a fine bowler just need to imporve with trust and time.
Yes giving a rest can sometimes do wonder for player(s) but with pressure series one after another, And captain like Inzi, who would not take chances in pressure cooker games at all
On the other note of F&B plz save this comparison both are different bowlers, if you want to compare then compare Agarkar to Tapash Baisya or Khaled Mahmud of Bangladesh, now that will be a comparison :p