Afridi ka Nasha

[Toony™®]

I cant believe the crowd were cheering Maliks wicket and booing Alam's arrival (not intentionally)
...when they realised...afridi was not coming out!

Not the first time this has happened as well!

[Afridi_Fan]

And he still not a legend

[DM]

The Beast is such a phenomenon. Beastites are taking over!

[DM]

It's because there's literally no batsman as exciting in world cricket. "Batsman"

That is amazing

[Sufyan!]

they were probably bored of every1 else

[jackal786]

Beast had to visit Vet

[salman24]

Thats funny lol

[Mohsin]

Imagine how Fawad felt when he was coming out...

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Originally Posted by DM The Beast is such a phenomenon. Beastites are taking over!

Bush might start a WAR ON BEASTALITY

[gibster82]

I believe that Shoaib Malik is a selfish captain who only performs and places him self in the limelight against teams like Zimbabwe. This just serves to justify his selection in the team. Against better teams he does not stand a chance with his batting let alone his bowling. Dont get me wrong he is talented player but his consistent ignorance of Afridi and Gul is atrocious and what was the need to promote himself to no. 3 against Zimbabwe, show guts and do it against Aus. I believe Yonis Khan is a better batsman at no. 3. The only place Shoaib should have in the Pakistani team is that of an opener and he not an automatic selection to play in every match (he is a joke as a Test batsman).

Afridi should be captain if for nothing, the sheer fear he instills in the opposition. Shoaib Malik constantly feels threatened by Afridi which is why he is not as aggressive as he should be as a captain. Further, it annoys me that he keeps backing players like Kamram Akmal and Rao (apparently the three are bum buddies...lol...atleast it appears that way) and marginalizing Afridi and Gul. Afridi does not need to develop kinship in the team to command respect; people flock from miles afar to get a glimpse of this 'beast' (albeit sometimes it is only one ball). Imagine what kind of impact that has on an opposition bowler or fielder (lets not forget the opposition captain). Afridi opens up the game for Pakistan, forces the opposition to change their gameplan and if his batting partner has a good cricketing brain (ala Misbah), its easy to see that in pressurizing Afridi the opposition forgets about the other batsman. Add to that the herculean divinity he becomes every 5 or 10 games, effectly deciding the match with a few thunderbolts that look like they decended from the peak of Mt. Olympus. Son of Zeus perhaps?

Malik, the IPL awaits you; go for it form an IPL Islamic XI, and dont forget to thank all your muslim supporters around the world.

[Toony™®]

got to disagree - maliks best position is no.3

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Originally Posted by Toony™® got to disagree - maliks best position is no.3

really???

[gibster82]

His best position is at no. 3 - I agree with Toony - however, my major contention was that against good teams he never wants to bat no. 3 and perhaps a more important contention is that Malik should not be on the Pakistan team

[Inswinger]

Would have liked to see Fawad get a chance to bat a bit longer. Maybe he should have batted ahead of Yousaf?

[aussiecricketer]

Malik wouldn't make any other international cricket team. Other than Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

[gibster82]

Originally Posted by aussiecricketer Malik wouldn't make any other international cricket team. Other than Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

I totally agree with Aussie - Malik is not talented enough nor does he have the guile to play for Pakistan.

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by gibster82 His best position is at no. 3 - I agree with Toony - however, my major contention was that against good teams he never wants to bat no. 3 and perhaps a more important contention is that Malik should not be on the Pakistan team

He would never have moved from 3 if it wasn't for Imran Khan talking out of his **** throughout that ODI series against India.