| Not optimistic with what | being happening in Pakistan | Cricket recent past | Right now when I am writing this, Pakistan-Irish first ODI has been late due to rains and covers are still on. Too bad the games aren't to be telecast so have to rely merely on live-scorecards, that's a major turn-off for cricket-fans as they like to have games telecasted on television. Anyways whatever, Irish might not admit it openly but it's a major platform for them to prove ICC wrong when they've decided to have No-Associates 2015 Cricket World Cup which is supposed to played in Australasia.
Apart from this development, captain again changed, gash!!! Means Mr. Butt has now presided over nine changes in the Test and ODI captaincy during his tenure as chairman, a period of less than three years, what other reasons he might be able to present, other than the Waqar-Afridi objection in team-selection and its matters, what other solid reasons he's able to present that too on a particular time???
I still remember, Shoaib Malik and MS Dhoni were selected as skippers on the same time for the inaugural ICC World T20 Event in South Africa, since than Shoaib Malik, Younus Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt and lastly Misbah-ul-Haq is the latest inclusion worth mentioning in this list.
Board of Control for Cricket in India has been consistent with their policies, the major prove is consistent with Dhoni, he has been rated as their premier man, and so they back him in whatsoever circumstances although like Pakistan, there were voices raised that Dhoni should be replaced this and that etc. but they back their man and from a number 5 rated team, now its rated in top three teams whether its in ODIs, T20s or Test Matches.
Here, we're not sure of who's to be the premier, and playing a musical chair game with the person who has to lead and represent the nation and its green coloured flag internationally on cricketing grounds. I am not saying this being a Afridi fan, but the reality is since we lost the ODI series in UAE against Proteas, our performance has been on the up, winning ODI series in New Zealand, ending up 4th in ICC Cricket World Cup, when no one was rating them to cross the preliminary round robin, and than winning the ODI series in Windies, after such performances, we should credit the captain and he should had been favoured instead of being rusticated from team captaincy. Although he did commit a mistake that he made this news break that yeah there was something fishy going on in the camp, which I personally think being unethical, because the way Pakistani Media has been acting these days, mentally torchering, mixing up the facts and figures, and emotionally blackmailing, breaking news to them is just like giving custody of an one liter milk to a cat.
Under those circumstances, I don't think even if we win this Irish ODI series, we should start celebrate, but much better if we take consistent steps to develop Pakistan Cricket.
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