Here we go again! Bring out the conspiracy theorists!

[Canistani Hero]

Oh boy. Here we go again. One defeat and the cat is out of the bag.

Afridi working on mischievous hidden agenda dethrone Hafeez and he's gotten the rest of the squad to give him a piggy-back ride.

Bring back Misbah. It is our only hope. We were wrong.

Drown Malik in the middle of the pacific ocean to ensure he can never return. (if possible drown Farhat with him)

Give a public lashing to Iqbal Qasim for bringing back Sami and Latif and selecting Shakeel Akma..sorry Ansar, a little hard to tell by his performance today, maybe he's a cousin?

While you're at it, bring back Imran Nazir and Fawad Alam and somebody PLEASE put Hammad Azam into the eleven because keeping out a talent like him is probably the greatest sin known to mankind.

Seriously? Get off your high horses people, you truly need a dose of reality. Stop, just stop with the darn conspiracy theories. Stop with the speculation, nobody has other motives or a hidden agenda. No #Satta. Stop with the Afridi-hating, he is not responsible for everything that goes wrong in this universe.

Pakistan has a history of being clumsy chasers, atleast in the last 5 years. Maybe it's psychological, maybe it's just an error in the composition of the team or in the combination but these things can get sorted out, there's always a way forward.

Stop being so full of hatred and frustration after one defeat. Stop calling for people's heads.

'Worst Team Ever Selected?'
'Players not playing as a team?'

This is utterly despicable. Scandals and controversies are almost synonymous to Pakistan Cricket, in fact, the British media would have you believe they are interrelated. We can't afford to be speculating about players under-performing to promote their own objectives or players doing politics in the team because it only dampens the mood and brings about more negativity. We wouldn't have seen any of this had our captain played a little more sensibly. The top order needs to start taking some responsibility collectively, you can't always have the lower and middle order bail you out. This is not the end of the world. They just lost one T20. Calm down.

Perhaps, selecting a Shakeel Ansar is doing more harm to the team's balance and combination than benefit, I haven't seen him bat too much but from what I've seen, ordinary might be an overstatement, also his keeping wasn't too much better than what we've seen of Umar Akmal in the past but it's probably too early to judge him. Ideally I'd like to have an Asad Shafiq in Shoaib Malik's place since he can keep the scoreboard ticking and play the Misbah role somewhat and occupy the crease but since Shoaib Malik is a senior player and Asad Shafiq is not in the T20 squad, that probably won't be happening.

Haris Sohail is an exciting talent, he should definetly be given a chance, he can hit the big shots and rotate the strike, he's also developing into a decent finisher so I'm hoping in a year's time, he could be playing the Hussey-Raina-Morgan role for us.

Yasir Arafat is a bowler, who has experience of bowling in different conditions, unlike Sami, he has different variations and can be an effective T20 bowler. He's also a fairly decent lower-order batsman, so in terms of utility, he checks all the boxes ahead of Sami.

As far as Hammad Azam is concerned, its obvious there's some kind of dirty politics going on, Zardari probably doesn't like him and the team is probably under strong instructions to keep him out, otherwise who can keep out the most talented player to don the green shirt since Wajahatullah Wasti

[Bilal7]

I am not blaming anyone now but if the team does not perform well in the next game, then heads will fly.

[12cavalry]

I guess OP's favourites are in the team

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by 12cavalry I guess OP's favourites are in the team

Darn the day when became my favourite

[12cavalry]

What aboot Sami boy?

[w8in_4_0402]

Last few overs in first and first few in the 2nd lost us the game. Whole momentum shifted.

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by 12cavalry What aboot Sami boy?

Well, I mentioned I'd rather have in the team but maybe I'm too cruel. The guy is making his 9th comeback in the team, only has probably made more. Yes, he was short and wide and pathetic as usual but maybe he thought he was still in the BPL? Since you've mentioned it, maybe Sami, the product of a rowdy night between Dennis Lillee and Malcolm Marshall. The most intimidating bowler to step on the pitch since Joel Garner, deserves another chance, oh boy, he's in all three squads, I think I'll need some painkillers to make me numb

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by w8in_4_0402 Last few overs in first and first few in the 2nd lost us the game. Whole momentum shifted.

Simple enough. No conspiracies attached.

[Express Pace]

Why are they considered conspiracy theories? it is a known fact this team has taken oaths in the past to under perform.

[Nav_Sidd]

Cant agree more with OP...but its always expected from Pak fans, im surprised they didnt start the bashing before the FIRST MATCH AS THE NEW T20 CAPTAIN

As I see it the team he selected had only one flaw and he actually for once did his job well. Hafeez will hopefully learn to utilize his options well, didnt even bowl out afridi (and malik). We put too much trust in Gul IMO. He also might want to send Malik and umar up the order for once as im tired of seeing them coming in and being forced to play the defensive game that they suck at.

All in all I think this was just early jitters...they r gonna come back strongly INSHALLAH

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Express Pace Why are they considered conspiracy theories? it is a known fact this team has taken oaths in the past to under perform.

Times change. People change.

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Nav_Sidd Cant agree more with OP...but its always expected from Pak fans, im surprised they didnt start the bashing before the FIRST MATCH AS THE NEW T20 CAPTAIN As I see it the team he selected had only one flaw and he actually for once did his job well. Hafeez will hopefully learn to utilize his options well, didnt even bowl out afridi (and malik). We put too much trust in Gul IMO. He also might want to send Malik and umar up the order for once as im tired of seeing them coming in and being forced to play the defensive game that they suck at. All in all I think this was just early jitters...they r gonna come back strongly INSHALLAH

Early jitters indeed.

Wondering what's probably going through Whatmore's mind now

[Asiacup2012]

Pakistan current eleven should be Pakistans Worst XI

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Asiacup2012 Pakistan current eleven should be Pakistans Worst XI

Worst might be too harsh but this one is definetly up there

[Sherlock]

I doubt it's a coincidence when Malik is included in the team our loss count rises.

This won't be the first time neither.

[Nav_Sidd]

Originally Posted by Canistani Hero Early jitters indeed. Wondering what's probably going through Whatmore's mind now

Dont know about tht but he must be thinking about his claims of comparing Pak with any other job he has undertaken before

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Sherlock I doubt it's a coincidence when Malik is included in the team our loss count rises. This won't be the first time neither.

I'll leave it to you to get to the bottom of this, Sherlock

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Nav_Sidd Dont know about tht but he must be thinking about his claims of comparing Pak with any other job he has undertaken before

atleast the fielding was impressive.

[spaceshot]

Asking conspiracy theories from pak posters to be cut down is like asking Jughead to stop eating burgers/pizzas.

[randompakistani]

Afridi was the only peson i saw supporting hafeez. Honestly. :-P

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

noooo man . We just batted really bad.

[Matini-Pakistan]

Originally Posted by spaceshot Asking conspiracy theories from pak posters to be cut down is like asking Jughead to stop eating burgers/pizzas.

[Pk-zindabaad]

wow someone (OP) just got a bit jazbati after one defeat...

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by Pk-zindabaad wow someone (OP) just got a bit jazbati after one defeat...

..you didn't really read it did you?

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Originally Posted by 12cavalry I guess OP's favourites are in the team

You cant stop the Power of the PP conspiracy brigade!!!

[Canistani Hero]

Originally Posted by MR__KHAN__JI You cant stop the Power of the PP conspiracy brigade!!!