Who can't be our captain:
Yousuf is gutless, spineless, indecisive, coward, panicky etc etc when it comes to captaincy and we all know it. He is simply not a "Captain" material. The sooner PCB understands this, the better it will be for our cricket.
Younis has catagorically said that he won't ever want to captain the side again
Kamran Akmal: Although he is most experienced player, when it comes to test cricket, I think, he needs to concentrate on wicket keeping and taking some catches before he can be considered to captain the side
Shoaib Malik: He is demoralizing factor in the side and is going through a rough patch - how can he captain the side?
Misbah: He needs to be kicked out from the team, let alone made a captain
Salman Butt: He needs to concentrate on batting and become consistant before he can be given an option to captain the side.
So, who should be our captain in Test Matches? What other options do we have from the following remaining bunch?
- Umar Akmal
- Asif
- Aamir
- Umar Gul
- Faisal Iqbal
- Sami
- Danish
No one.
I personally believe PCB needs to talk to Shahid Afridi and pursuade him to come back into test cricket and should be made a captain. He is experienced, aggressive, resilient, energetic, and most of all, has cricketing mind.
What do you guys think?
Afridi is not a test captain material...Younis is a cuckoo and we have had enough of his dramas. Kamran Akmal does not deserve a place in the test team alone given his pathetic keeping, let alone awarding him the captaincy.
Yousef is the only choice as test captain till 2011 - Salman Butt should be made his vice captain and hopefully he will become a better player and be able to take the captaincy after a year.
For the ODIS and T20s - I would stick with Afridi as the Captain for both formats...