The best and the worst of Shoaib....should we learn to take the good with the bad.

[PlanetPakistan]

Yesterday by tea he was on top of the world with everyone saying "ahh look he is back to his destructive best" and today by tea he was the biggest villain in the team.

Let's face it he won't "good" all the time... so should we ignore his poor fitness record and less than ideal attitude towards the game and carry on simply because he has the ability to single handedly win test matches. Either that or should we sacrifice those sparkling spells of genuine pace and build our team on discipline and fitness....so basically kick him out of the team?

I reckon we should try our best to compromise and accept that he is a "different" character yet if the team managment senses that he is taking advantage of that by not working hard and being a pain in the butt then i have no problem in him being kicked out.

[siddharth]

He is a different character .true .he wants to take revenge on a person who insulted him or he wants to teach him a lesson.okay,how far he is successful in that?.who is actually sufferring here? woolmer really?,.Asif bowled continuously for 13 overs(after staying that much time in the field supporting Inzi) why?.the team management is not compromising here ,it is his fellow young bowling partners are compromising here .they are bowling extra overs .so are you okay with that? a bright future of your team is getting burning out by overbowling to compromise another super star.

[shan]

well i think akhtar is out of this series. it was good to see him back for a while.

[PlanetPakistan]

Originally Posted by shan well i think akhtar is out of this series. it was good to see him back for a while.

May be also out of the world cup

[Azam6380]

What good is it to have a bowler take wickets in the first and then break down for the second and leavus us a bowler short?

Saffie were seriously happy when they saw no Shoaib. How would we feel if we found out there would be no Ntini for our innings...

Disgrace...

[Khalil]

Everyone knew that Shoaib was not fully fit and it was a gamble playing him. However I think that the captain should have used him in shorter spells.

[PlanetPakistan]

Originally Posted by Azam6380 What good is it to have a bowler take wickets in the first and then break down for the second and leavus us a bowler short? Saffie were seriously happy when they saw no Shoaib. How would we feel if we found out there would be no Ntini for our innings... Disgrace...

In this case he can probably be forgiven because he hasn't played a lot of cricket but what i am more concerned about is his attitude...his attitude towards his captain, coach and towards the game as a whole.

[GQ]

It seems like the "injury" report is a coverup for something else since everyone witnessed the dressing room confrontation on TV. Also, Shoaib seemed to be just fine after the first innings and also came to bat and he was in no visible pain whatsoever. Let's hope for the best. Whatever is the reason, it's not good for Pakistan cricket.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Khalil Everyone knew that Shoaib was not fully fit and it was a gamble playing him. However I think that the captain should have used him in shorter spells.

shorter spells? he only bowled 11 overs

[Khalil]

Shaun Pollock once played a when not fully fit and he bowled spells of 2 overs only and he ended up with 7 wickets in the match

[siddharth]

Originally Posted by Khalil Shaun Pollock once played a when not fully fit and he bowled spells of 2 overs only and he ended up with 7 wickets in the match

those things won't happen every day,pollock is not doing it every other 2nd test.

[siddharth]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed shorter spells? he only bowled 11 overs

with that slim waistline atleast he bowled 11 overs with 4 wkts.........