Clear of any drama, clear of potential threats (hakeems), clear from any scandal, is on the peak of his career, has achieved monumental status in cricket, a household name, holds the biggest advantage of batsmen from any country with his sheer pace, slower balls, in-dippers, off-cutters, yorkers, bouncers, all bowled in the same over, troubled the likes of Lara and Jayasuriya, is willing to give his full 100% to the team at any given time, has never backed out because of any personal reason, is injury-free, provides free bowling advice to the Indian camp (note: Agarkar), is always available for selection, top performances in domestic cricket, has played the role of a night-watch man, has worked on improving his batting, have played the likes of McGrath and Brett Lee without any difficulty, has the best bowling average amongst the current lot, can bowl on a batsman-friendly pitch and terrorize the batsmen, have played in the best cricket grounds in the world, deserves to be in the team.
Sami was last spotted running like a rabbit in some tang mohalla of Karachi. Someone asked the groundsman (of National Stadium, Karachi) who was chasing after Sami with a stump in his hand, "bhai kya hua, aise kyon bhaag rahe ho?"
The groundsman replied, "dus bar aisa hee hua, har dafa kehta hai aaj wicket zaroor loon ga aur har dafa sala ground se do (2) stumps ukhaar kar apnay ghar ley jata hai"
In Sami’s defence, he was the only bowler who gave us even an outside chance of beating Ireland in the last World Cup (2007) and if we had won that game, I am sure Sami would have been a hero.
