I think Yousuf would know who the best replacement would be better than Ijaz Butt.
I would like to agree with you, so why did he not get other players he asked for? Why do we have a policy of 'perform in domestic to earn place in national team' if the captain is going to make the call for any player?
I am not saying Ijaz Butt knows anything better than his own arse.
the real magicians, imo, are the folks who first came up with this rumor that Malik was creating problems in the team.. and then repeated it enough times until they themselves started believing the rumors they themselves had spread. that's what you call self-confidence.
the only time I've read/heard about Malik being a troublemaker is from Qadir's biyanaat. and imo, Qadir has got all the credibility of a chameleon. he's only slightly better than Safraz Khotanawaz...
Malik's being troublesome 'announcement' from Qadir came very late, and people who already suspected that earlier only took that as 'confirmation'.
yeah, and Afridi holds the record for throwing away the highest number of matches in the history of international cricket with his criminally irresponsible batting, complete lack of application and zero professionalism despite over a decade's worth of experience at the top level of cricket.
75% of Afridi's career at the top level has been undeserved. had we given the chances that we gave to this chichora to M. Wasim or Yasir Hameed or Rauf, we might have created a very good player who could have helped the team win on a consistent basis.
First let me be clear, I am no Afridi fanboy, you can read my views from early posts. Its only recently that I started thinking that perhaps he could turn things around in the team as everyone else has proved to be a jackass. We have seen Younis, Yousuf, Malik as captains but I don't see much difference in their styles. I used to strongly support Malik esp during Woolmer days as back then Malik was really a promising player only to do $hit later on.
As for 'consistency', even during Inzamam, Wasim or Waqar or Miandad our teams didn't show 'consistency', so how would have likes of M Wasim, Yasir Hameed or Rauf helped in 'consistency'? BTW I prefer Yasir Hameed over Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal or even Salman Butt.