^ Well I'll take malik anyway over any of ImranFarhat, Salman Butt , Shahid Afridi. ok Afridi's latest form and romance has made it hard to ignore him but Malik still is more technically sound as compared to Afridi.
If we are talking about politics then its another thing. I am just giving arguments on "ability" basis
Looks like I am one the few fans who's romance with afridi goes back to late 90's when I started considering Afridi a bowler allrounder and not a batsman. I have been arguing since then that he is a very deceptive bowler and a utility player because of his ability to bat.
In my personal opinion Afridi will still rank higher than Malik in test matches if we have to make comparison. However ideally I would like to see none of them in the side and rather have a specialist test player instead of these utility players.
I simply refuse to believe that our domestic circuit currently lack quality players who can replace tullay baaz like Malik and leeches like Imran Farhat in test matches.