I know there are lot of Misbah's fans here and people have shown the stats of his performance as a batsman and above all his stats as a batsman. But in cricket, you have to look lot more than just plain stats.

Dominant players during Imran's era: The players were Miandad, Waseem, Waqar, Inzi, Salim Malik. Not only they were great and legend players but all of them went on to become the very successful captains.

Here are some of the least dominant players during Imran's era: Moin Khan, Eijaz Ahmad, Aamir Sohail, Rameez Raja, ( few names might be missing). All of them were decent players and went on to become quite decent captains.

Dominant players during Misbah's era: Afridi, Malik, Hafeez, Ajmal, Kamran Akmal. Apart from Saeed Ajmal, nobody was near great or legend, except Ajmal, all of them became captain and considadrd mediocre or below average captains.

Here some of the least dominant players during Misbah's era: Imran Farhat, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Sami, Umar Gul, ..Forget about being captaincy material, there spot in the team is highly questionable ( but they are keep getting chances despite being so pathetic and useless ).

When Imran retired from international cricket, we did not feel his absence, he gave us very good team and bench players were very strong. Unfortunately, I cannot the same thing for Misbah. 

In Pakistan cricket, it is the captain who always spot the talent ( not the selectors) and find the top prospects. Misbah has not given any future star to this team, in fact he has destroyed the confidence of young players ( Umar Akmal, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmad Shezad). He is keep giving chances to his tried and tested failure friends and taken Pakistan cricket to stone age, despite his above average individual performance as a player, he failed to live up to the expectation as a captain and as a leader.

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A good old classic Pakistan v India good natured banter thead awaits your pleasure! 

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Isn't it simply great to sit back and enjoy every game of cricket from now on - no tension - just simple appreciation of good cricket!

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Misbah has lead Pakistan to 7 wins and 16 Losses vs Non-minnows Since Jan 2012. Dismal record or are there any extenuating circumstances?

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Incredible when you see how badly they are losing games but are stats don't lie!

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Four years ago today, Umar Gul bowled an extraordinary spell, picking up 5 wickets for just 6 runs. This also included the wicket of Scott Styris courtesy of some brilliant catching from Afridi.

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There is something about seeing a batsman in full flow. Yes, you can talk about the great fast bowlers who could knock all three stumps over and still have time for a cup of tea before the batsman could bring his bat down, or the tall guy who puts the fear of God in you by constantly being at your throat all day. And sure, that is exciting too, but don't tell me that good, free-flowing batmanship doesn't make you go weak on your knees like a teenage girl in front of Beiber. 

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I think we should open with Nasir Jamshed and Ahmed Shehzad in the ODI Series against West Indies and give them a full run. Let them open in all of the 5 matches. Even if they fail, it's time to give a long run to young talent than these tried and tested failures. What you think?

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Some fantatsic bowling and batting performances in this Champions Trophy but how do they compare with each other?

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