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Shahid Afridi named Pakistan captain
March 23, 2010
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The Pakistan Cricket Board ended weeks of uncertainty, by appointing Shahid Afridi to lead the country's campaign to defend the World Twenty20 title in the Caribbean from the end of next month. Afridi will once again take up the role he was given last year, after Younis Khan stepped away from the format, though he has for now only been handed the role for the duration of the tournament.
"It's a challenge for me and I accept it," Afridi said. "We are going to the West Indies with only one aim and that is to defend our title."
The limit on the tenure appears to be a result of the disciplinary action Afridi has faced since he was found guilty of ball-tampering - biting the ball repeatedly - in an ODI in Perth where he was captain. Until then, Pakistan had settled on Afridi as the Twenty20 captain till the World Cup and potentially as an ODI leader as well. But after that incident Afridi's stock fell considerably.
He was banned by the ICC for two T20Is, which led to Shoaib Malik taking over, albeit reluctantly. Then, the board slapped him with a Rs 3 million ($35,000) fine for the same incident, as well as placing him under probation for six months. Any further breaches, the message is clear, and punishment could be harsher.
The board took the unusual step of announcing a 15-man squad for the tournament without naming a captain earlier this month. Since then, and despite his punishments, Afridi was the clear frontrunner among a limited pool of alternatives. He met the chairman Ijaz Butt once in that period. He is flying in to Lahore today, having collected a presidential award during the day in Karachi.
Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq and Salman Butt were thought to be in the running as well, but Afridi's record in the format - he is among the most influential all-round players in the world - and a naturally aggressive streak has made the choice an easier one.
Afridi has already led his country in three T20Is and won all of them, with little outward detriment to his own individual impact. The decision to announce the captain so late does leave open the charge, however, that neither captain nor coach - the recently-appointed Waqar Younis - had any say in the team they will be in charge of in the Caribbean.
Pakistan will be without the services of Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, both banned by the PCB, as well as the injured Sohail Tanvir. Afridi said their absences from the Caribbean campaign were unfortunate. "Rana, Malik and Tanvir could have been in my playing eleven because they had performed well in the past," he said.
Osman Samiuddin is Pakistan editor of Cricinfo
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Pakistan editor Osman spent the first half of his life pretending he discovered reverse swing with a tennis ball half-covered with electrical tape. The second half of his life was spent trying, and failing, to find spiritual fulfillment in the world of Pakistani advertising and marketing. The third half of his life will be devoted to convincing people that he did discover reverse swing. And occasionally writing about cricket. And learning mathematics.
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Australia v Pakistan at Gros Islet
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Australia won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
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- May 11, 2010
Australia won by 6 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
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Posted by Quiency on (March 30 2010, 07:36 AM GMT)MR sathishvaiju, Stop comparing a TIGER with Jharkhandi.......(Pakhandi) Afridi is the man who has proved his metal at his own and Dhooni is famous beacuse of team efforts....His luck is running on lucky track..which is why he is there, Ganguly is much better player than any other indian cricketers. soon he will be dropped from captaincy and team.Afridi is the man never dropped by PAK club in past 10 years...beacuse of his Agrassive performance. Afridi is dictator and Dhooni is leader, this is the difference between a ordinary and quality player! Shaid Khan afridi a younger dinomiate in world cricket who is entertaning people for more than a decade..Pakhandi is there beacuse of his team....even srishant can get the titles if he get the squad which dhooni got in past!
Posted by Quiency on (March 30 2010, 07:17 AM GMT)Inshallaha, PAK will be the next world champion!
Posted by noproblem469 on (March 30 2010, 04:44 AM GMT)PCB members are bunch of jokers they are changing captains like as if they are changing underwears. New captain for every series its already proven they are confused thinkers and just wait and watch how badly Pakistan will loose the upcomming T20 World cup. Ejaz Butt is too much man he needs to go and retire and enjoy with his family if he has one.
Posted by BUTT_093 on (March 28 2010, 09:56 AM GMT)True that Afridi seems to be the obvious choice as captain, but the fact is that he has been put on 6 months probation by the board. What kind of a precendent does that set for the future, especially for the youngsters, that someone who has just been punished for indiscipline has immediately been made the captain of the team ??? LONG LIVE PCB ....
Posted by asimnk on (March 27 2010, 07:48 AM GMT)World will see soon the Pakistani Tigers on top of the chart
Posted byNow Pakistan have a definite chance of retaining the title!! thank God we've got rid of Younis Khan!! WASTE OF SPACE
Posted by White_Mouse on (March 26 2010, 19:52 PM GMT)Agreed Pak won a world t20 2009. After that just see their records their all the series against SL, NZ, AUS Tours. SL 2-0 Test Loss and then ODI Loss. NZ ODI Loss. AUS white wash including t20 match. This simply shows how strong they are. It's not a kind of sledge their talent. But obviously they are not a world beating team in any of the cricket format. Please understand your potential. Afridi is not a either great batsman nor bowler. His form was upto the mark when they played semi and final in 2009. That led them champions. But this time will see how they'll play against Aus/SA/Ind !!!
Posted by ballaybaaz on (March 26 2010, 19:34 PM GMT)yes looking at this team now afridi is the best choice but this is obvious from the Austrailian tour that he can't do everything by himself. He needs or the team needs the presence of IMRAN NAZIR and RANA NAVID bcoz they are capable of doing what Afridi can do.If Pakistan wants to win T-20 than they need to play an attacking game and if we have these 3 players plus Umer Akmal than we can make history again
Posted byI Like This Decision of PCB. I blamed PCB for the late decision. Inshahallah Pakistan Will won the ICCT20