Younis Khan’s refusal to captain his side probably did’nt have too much to do with what sharyar khan did or did’nt do.There are problems within the team which made him refuse the captaincy. According to Sikandar Bakht and a few other experts there are some senior players in the team who think that younis should not be made captain because they came into the side before him and are senior to him..who are these players?ofcouse who else could they be, but Akhtar,Afridi and Razzaq who have a problem taking orders from Younis Khan especially Afridi who refused to open in west indies on Younis Khan’s instructions and got into a scuffle with him.Younis Khan obviously thinks he is gonna find it hard to captain the side when senior players won’t listen to him and there will be a clash of egos.Its quite sad that something like that only happens in Pakistan cricket team,you don’t see players of other teams getting jeolous of eachother like that,you don’t see Pollock being jeolous of Graem Smith whos much junior to him or Attapatu having a problem with Jaywardene being made captain in his place…it only happens in Pakistan.
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He has not made many friends with this decision. I mean if you are Imran, Miandad or Wasim you can take an action like this any time of the day but with Younis, it will not fly. He mainly kept in the team to mature and settle because people believed he would be the next captain of Pakistan and nothing else. He thought to be the whole package, more with his leadership although recently he has found his forum with bat. I do not know what message he gave to PCB or anyone else but when you have Cricket Legends like Wasim, Miandad and others who complained of mistreated, who is Younis Khan.
I hope things work out for him because it was a stupid move, no matter how much anyone sugarcoats it.
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Yunus Khan is under negotiation with Yorkshire…may even get to captain Yorkshire.
http://www.sportinglife.com/cricket/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=cricket/06/10/06/CRICKET_Yorkshire_Younis.html
YORKSHIRE IN TALKS WITH YOUNIS
By David Clough, PA Sport
Yorkshire have confirmed they are “in discussions” with Pakistan batsman Younis Khan as they seek to replace Darren Lehmann as an overseas player for next season.
Chief executive Stewart Regan was unable to corroborate Younis’ claims that Yorkshire have offered him the captaincy - but clarified that the Pakistani is one of a clutch of cricketers with whom the county have been speaking.
“Yorkshire are keen to look for a replacement for Darren Lehmann. Younis is one of the people we are talking to,” said Regan.
Younis, who shocked a news conference in Pakistan on Thursday by announcing his refusal to captain his country for the Champions Trophy in the absence of Inzamam-ul-Haq, told Bigstarcricket.com of his Yorkshire offer.
“The great English county team Yorkshire have made me an offer to be their captain for next season,” said the 28-year-old Test and one-day international batsman.
Younis added: "Yorkshire have great traditions, and I will be finding out as much about their history as I can before I go there.
"I know players like Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard play there - and also legends such as Geoffrey Boycott and Sir Leonard Hutton played there a few years ago.
“It will be an honour to follow these cricketers and play at Headingley, especially as the captain. The club said they like my energy and the way I have captained in the past, so I hope we can be good for each other.”
Yorkshire, meanwhile, are treading more carefully when it comes to public pronouncements - but Regan admits he is pleased to hear of Younis’ remarks.
“We have not finalised any details yet,” he said.
"But if he has put it out there, it is quite encouraging from our point of view.
“If it is finalised - and we have a board meeting next week - then we will be in a better position to make an announcement.”
Younis is in line to become the third Asian-born overseas player to represent Yorkshire - but if he was appointed captain to boot that would be of particular note for a county with a sizeable home-grown population of sub-continental descent.
The first representatives of that community have begun playing for Yorkshire over the past 12 months - and Younis’ arrival would be of obvious advantage in continuing to tap into that mine of talent.
Younis is under no illusions about the challenge of an English domestic season, having already played for Nottinghamshire. “I enjoyed my spell with Nottinghamshire in 2005 - and although I was only there for about five weeks as Stephen Fleming’s replacement, I experienced enough of county cricket to know what it is all about,” he said. “There are many matches to be played, and a full season in England will be tough. But that is what I like about the challenge.”
He added he has been in negotiations with Yorkshire for the past month.
“They first contacted me through Ramiz Raja when I was at Cardiff while playing for Pakistan in the first one-day international against England,” he said.
"The talks have been ongoing since then, and I am pleased to say that I have agreed their terms and conditions.
“I hope the contract will be completed next week.”
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Younis is going to try to qualify for England team now.
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I could see it coming. Our cricket suffers from a cultural problem that lead people to believe (and there are plenty even on this board) who rank seniority as THE crterion in determining who should captain the team, rather than it be 'one' of the criteria.
The seniory criterion works well when it comes to Field Hockey, because a hockey captain does little more than wear a band on his arm. A modern cricket captain on the other hand could be the difference between winning and losing.
We simply don't have a cricket culture that emphasizes senior players concentrating their roles as players only and acknowledging that someone else might be a better leader than them even though he has spent less time in the team. I think Mohd Yousuf was an exception though, who had no problems becoming a major contributor to the team without any obvious aspirations to captain the side.
I too have heard bits and pieces here and there that indicate that Younis refused to lead because the attitude from the senior players reduced him to symbolic captain without any real control.
It's a shame really, and I think PCB was better off having a word with the revolting players, "educating" them that their role was to play cricket and not throw tantrums over who's leading the side.
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I also wish Younis had not revealed his resignation at the press conference (which was pre-scheduled by the way as is the custom before the start of any maor tour). He could have just canceled or postponed the press conference instead of airing our dirties. Who knows, this could even have led to PCB pressurizing the revolting players into mending their ways.
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Well well well.... what do we have here.........a complete and utter shambles, first Younis Khan refusing to captain Pakistan and then Shahryar quitting as chairman. Just when we thought that infighting within the team was a thing of the past, it has reared its ugly head once again.
Many reasons have been suggested for Younis's decision
1- His apparent displeasure at the attitude and conduct of certain team members (allegedly Afridi, Akhtar and Razzaq) who all felt that they were more deserving of the captaincy than Younis because of their seniority.
This means that if Inzamam was not the seniormost in terms of age and his career, the players would be meting out the same treatment to him as well. In other words his being the binding force in recent years has much to do with his age and seniority and little else (we all knew he had no leadership skills any way)
2- His frustration at the attitude of certain board members (? Saleem Altaf, ? Mushtaq Ahmad) who don't respect him as captain
3- His apparent displeasure at selection of Faisal Iqbal over his preferred choice Asim Kamal as replacement for Inzi and that too without even consulting him.
4- His unhappiness at having been made to wait for two hours outside the chairman's room like a chaprasi (I agree with desidudecool on this unnecessary VIP and VVIP culture)
5- His displeasure at the dismissal of a worker at the National Cricket Academy.
I can understand points 1-4 (i.e. why his metre turned?) but the last point if true is laughable and it shows that Younis is perhaps not as mature as we all previously gave him credit for.
Whatever peeved Younis, it was very childish and immature on his part to publicly resign the captaincy without first taking either the PCB or the team management into confidence about his decision?
The PCB is as much to blame for this fiasco. It hasn't done enough to groom these cricketers to know how to conduct themselves at international level. The players seem to have little confidence in the board to accept and obey their decisions. Such rash and petulant behaviour is expected from street cricketers but not international players who are supposed to be ambassadors for their country and world cricket.
More than a clash of egos, I think it's a lack of basic education in our society/players that results in infighting. Most of them are basically 'ghaamar' or have been educated at third-class schools in Pakistan (forgive me for saying this but I believe it lies at the heart of infighting) and have come straight from street/village cricket into the national side and thus behave like upstarts. Well-spoken players like Imran Khan, Majid Khan, Asif Iqbal and Rameez Raja from good educated families can be counted on finger tips and are the exception rather than the rule in Pakistani society.
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You have hit the nail right ont he head here. It's difficult to say this without being labelled elitist (hope Che is not around), but sadly when it comes to 'Class', our current crop has tons of it in Cricket, but very little in social context. And this is because of the background they come from. They have groomed their cricketing skills for sure, but otherwise they are still the same uncivilized jokers playing in villages.
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metre turned :D
not to turn the educated theory down, but aamir sohail is educated, no?
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Asif Iqbal accuses cricket board over captaincy furore
LONDON: Former Pakistan skipper Asif Iqbal says the country’s cricket bosses are to blame for the current captaincy furore. Younis Khan was asked to lead the team in the absence of Inzamam-ul-Haq but surprised everyone by refusing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) turned to Mohammad Yousuf instead, but Iqbal said the situation was a mess and accused the board of failing its players.
“The PCB hasn’t done enough to groom these cricketers to know how to conduct themselves at this level,” he said.
“I honestly believe the blame has to be taken by the Pakistan Cricket Board, not only for this but for the fiasco that took place a few weeks ago.
“They have to conduct their own business in such a way that the players have enough confidence in the board to accept their decisions. It’s all about grooming. They are international cricketers, they are ambassadors and very high-profile people.
“It’s not good enough to walk out on to the pitch and score runs or take wickets. It’s more to do with how you represent yourself and how you represent your country.”
Inzamam received a ban of four One-day Internationals for leading his team’s refusal to play in the fourth Test against England at The Oval in August.
Younis was then appointed as stand-in for the ICC Champions Trophy but on Thursday said he did not want to be a “dummy captain” and relinquished the position.
It is thought the decision is linked to his displeasure at the conduct of certain players in the squad. But Iqbal said the way Younis went about announcing his decision had further damaged Pakistan cricket.
“I believe it’s nothing to do with being a dummy captain, it is more to do with something that he hasn’t disclosed yet,” Iqbal told Five Live.
“When it was announced it was time for him to say, ‘No thank you very much’. Obviously something has happened between then and now and it’s very unfortunate for Pakistan cricket.”
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, meanwhile, has suggested that the attitude of some of the players was preventing them realising its full potential.
“Younis’s decision to turn down the captaincy shows a lack of attitude and we need to change this attitude if we want to be world-beaters,” said Woolmer.
“I fought for him in the team and helped him fight for his place against all odds, but his decision left me sad and disappointed. It seemed he could not take the pressure of captaincy.”
The 58-year-old Woolmer, a former England batsman who also coached South Africa, said he was now looking to the future.
“I am a firm believer that things happen for the good but we must learn quickly because the people of Pakistan have high expectations of this team and the World Cup is getting nearer,” he said.
“Pakistan must learn to live without Inzamam, who has been the binding force in recent years. Inzamam will not always be there, so others will have to show maturity.”
Pakistan’s first Champions Trophy match is against a qualifying team in Jaipur, India, on October 17 before meeting New Zealand (October 25) and South Africa (October 27).
Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=27350
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Was Younis disturbed by PCB chief’s snub?
KARACHI: Indifferent attitude of some fellow players and snub by the PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan are the two incidents which seem to have prompted Younis Khan to step down from captaincy on Thursday.
After a day of high drama that saw Younis declining to lead the Pakistani team at the forthcoming Champions Trophy and Mohammed Yousuf taking over as the new captain, it is learnt that a string of events over the past few days triggered the crisis.
Sources close to Younis said that he was unhappy with the attitude of some players during the camp and another incident on Thursday morning added fuel to the fire.
“He was unhappy and apprehensive about the attitude of some players including Yousuf, Razzaq and Shahid Afridi on the first day of the conditioning camp itself on Wednesday. To make matters worse, Shoaib Akhtar’s ‘I am superior’ attitude also bothered him.”
“This morning when he went to see the Shaharyar Khan, he was made to wait outside the office and was told that Shaharyar was at a meeting, something which has never happened when Inzamam-ul-Haq was the captain,” sources said.
“Younis was not interested in captaincy in the first place, even after Inzamam was banned for four matches by the ICC last week. But strangely, Inzamam, after his disciplinary hearing, himself announced in London that since he was not playing in the Champions Trophy and Younis would be the captain,” the sources added.
Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=27353
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not to turn the educated theory down, but aamir sohail is educated, no?
He's literate.
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not to turn the educated theory down, but aamir sohail is educated, no?
He's literate.
I agree he's not educated in the real sense..........
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not to turn the educated theory down, but aamir sohail is educated, no?
He's literate.
another good example is Wasim Akram
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lack of education has nothing to do with it.our politicians are the same eventhough some of them have been educated at oxford and harvard.
It will be interesting to see how the players who are against younis khan react under his leadership,Sikandar Bakht was saying that he is pretty sure that these players would not want to see Younis Khan do well otherwise his chances of becoming captain in the future will brighten up.Lets see how it goes I won't be surprised if the likes of Afridi,Razzaq and others underperform to humiliate Younis Khan.
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I shared same doubts and for that reason in few threads I suggested strict actions against such culprits who will not perform 110% for their nation and will humiliate whole nation only because they don't like the leadership of one individual, who is considered as a better leader than them.
We saw how Aussies dealt with Shane Warne if he tried to cause any blemish to his nation, we saw how Indian dealt with their most successful skipper, since he leaked dressing room secrets and caused bad feelings in the camp. If any PAK player under performed intentionally during ICC trophy, I think PCB should show them the doors and conduct impartial inquiry and if found guilty, they should ban them from cricket at any level for atleast 5 years, so that they could end their cricket hopes. PCB should convey such measures to every single individual in the squad in advance.
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i'm goin 2 sleep,...........:(