Will Afridi go the Pietersen way?
In the National , Yasser Alvi likens the ongoing spat between Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis, Pakistan's captain and coach respectively, to the one that occurred between England's Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores two years ago
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
In the National, Yasser Alvi likens the ongoing spat between Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis, Pakistan's captain and coach respectively, to the one that occurred between England's Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores two years ago. He notes the success England had in replacing those two with more understated characters.
In time, though, the PCB may just have to bite the bullet and follow England's lead. Waqar's public squabbles have made his position almost untenable and, given current Pakistani woes, the team would be better off with a specialist batsman as the coach. England's fortunes improved remarkably when they replaced the two squabbling incumbents with a well-educated, "boring" but impressively focused captain in Andrew Strauss, and a tactically astute and apolitical foreign coach in Andy Flower
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo