we want Imran Nazir Rana Navid back in Pakistan cricket team ASAP.

pakistan should not be over confident. all the players should be confident they good, but problem lies in discipline and hardwork. Pakistani players can do it… we can win worldcup!

The moment has been defined. Pakistan is now through to super8. The over all performance remained good with bowling department once again dominating. Fielding was sloppy as it has always been. I think we need to improve in that department more than anyone else in the cricket world.

Pakistan is through…now we need to replace the non performing lot with the tried and tested ones, yes I am talking about Abul Razzaq, Rana Naveed, Imran Farhat and Imran Nzir. Our board needs to once work for cricket rather then filling their pockets. There are no administrative hurdles I see including the above in the team. They all have NOC from ICL.
Players to replace: Salman Butt with Imran Farhat or Nazir, Yasir with Abul Razzaq and Fawad Alam with Rana.
They all have more t20 experience then our current team.

Well…i wish Pakistan performs well in rest of the tournament but Pakistani sellectors have not chosen the best available side, For example an explossive batsman like Imran Nazir has been left out despite the fact he hs resigned from the ICL, Moreover hard hitting finisher Abdul Razzaq has also been ignored..if you look at all the other teams in the competition they all have good stroke makers right up the order but we have Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and Ahmed Shahzad who are convential batsmen.

Wemanaged t win the match against Nether Land due to our bowling, as per the standards of Netherland bowling the good batting order should have scored atleast 200,anyhow we should pray despite of the mistakes made by our sellectors our team comes up with good resistence and play the Final as a winner of the T20 ICC World Cup

Is India responsible for Pak’s poor show in 2020? is India responsible of the attitude of YK??
Benava you are similar to those who are running PCB, just denying your faults and refusing to take up responsibility.
Plz dont compare pak’s situation to any other country. Pak is at WAR with itself. Terrorists are blowing innocents daily. Your gov. have been proved incapable to provide security to international teams. This is not the situation with India, Shrilanka or Bangladesh.

team’s fielding is below average they should concentrate more on fielding

Finally Pakistan is thru,
But this victory can be misleading,
As a team with lots of super stars….Pakistan tEam need to improve on several counts to maintain winning streak,
it wasnt high quality dispaly where Pakistan won …it was Netherland lost the game becoz of in experince in chAsing 151 runs target, Below need to improve…
a. Running between the wicket – hope this is improved and players really work on it.
b. Fielding …. Its no use having a great bowler ..if fielder misfield and keep dropping catches at will …Even yesterday Pakistan team was dropping catches as if it was a charity match.
c. Need strong captain….Younus need to get out of good guy image and take proper control of team….He neeto be firm and straight & clearin his mind that this is “T-20 World Cup”

a ray of Hope arisen after defeating the dutch team with a heavy margin.Our captin realized the situation and hit the nail on the head and made some changes in batting order. Pakistani players proved their ability and performance in every section of the match. Pakistani batsman played sensibily and obtained good scores.Afridi once again struck the dutch team gaining 4 wickets in 4 overs. he bowled splendidly and took important wickets.Now pakistani team qualified in super8.Now pakistani team has to keep this momentum to win the coming matches.

even the most beautiful flower has its thorns.

Pakistan Cricket Board needs to be run as a private organisation which is motivated by profits (in the form of the almighty dollar and performance*winning)
‘Let my people go!’ to rephrase mr. jay z
pakistans has 1999 problems, please don’t let cricket be one.

Benawa,

I disagree with your reasoning for why cricket is not played in Pakistan. According to you it is because of bad PR since bad things happen everywhere.

I agree bad things do happen in India. But in India, due to free media and democracy, people are held accountable and problems are fixed.
As an example after the terror attacks in India, the question was asked why the intelligence agencies failed to identify a terror plot from Pakistan. The home minister lost his job for that reason. The questions were also asked about why the Mumbai police response was so slow and we had to wait until commandos arrived from Delhi to tackle these terrorists. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra also lost his job. Now the root cause of failures are being identified and addressed.

Tell me – has anyone asked the question to ISI about its failures in keeping Lahore safe (be it Sri Lankan cricketers or its own head quarters?

It is because foreigners see the Indian resolve to acknowledge and solve problems and see an absence of such introspection in Pakistan, that India has better credibility.

In India the English team was in India when Mumbai terror strikes happened, yet they did not truncate the series. They stayed back and completed the whole series.

For various reasons, Pakistan’s police did not have the capacity to provide proper security to Sri Lankan cricketers, yet false promises were made and they were invited. At the same time, when IPL matches were clashing with Indian elections and it was not possible to provide adequate security to players in India, the home minister indicated this and the matches were shifted to South Africa. The visitors’ safety was given a higher priority over a false sense of pride or commercial considerations of tourism.

T20 is not cricket at all. the 50 over one day is real cricket.

T20 is just slogging wich gives the game a very very bad name. The game looks more baseball than cricket.

Pakistan’s cricket team is not different than the overall country setup. They have illetrate, incompetence, useless politicians. On the other hand we have illetrate, underperforming, unfit players.

PCB is ready to spend money on everything but never ready to give some english classes to atleast their captain or if not english classes some tips to how to give interviews in your own mother tongue. never mind it could be pushto as well.

Pak did good today……….well done lads!

i think pakistan have done well enough against the ned.lands so they need to gain sm confidence from this match and most importantly afridi needs to get his batting form bk..its very important fr him and pakistan…pakistan will do well INSHALLAH in super 8 and they are as capable as anybody else to lift the t2o trophy..pakistan zindaabad

Well guys its we who are feeling the heat but I feel neither younas khan cares nor the people sitting in power its totally hopeless

Hehehhehehe yeah agree Shauns message is the end game.

Hey all you who are having a field day bad mouthing Pakistan cricket – WE HAVE WON! from Holland. I understand its not a great team but the same team beat England – who beat us. So there you go; it just shows that 20/20 is useless! its basically Bollywood cricket and anyone can win. I am sure if you take a team from Burundi they will win a match too. Aussies lost – they are out! can u imagine. That tell you 20/20 is non-sense.

We should just get rid of all this 20/20 50/50 etc and just play test matches which is real cricket. If you can win a test match then yes you have won everything else is “a funny game” – Rightly said my man Yunus Khan. Keep up the good work and dont listen to those who discourage.

We Need Imran Nazir back in Action. for T20

Shahid Afridi – People were gunning for his blood, but he turned out to be the savior along with Younus Khan !

As you read this, you will know that pakistan has qualified for the super 8’s!!

WOW….so amazing hey, unbelievable!

At the same time please remember that this same PAKISTAN is fighting a war against, and it’s own people ae being killed!

Allah (swt) will not ask you on the Day of Judgement “how many matches did u cheer pakistan on?”

instead when ur own brothers and sisters were being killed, what did u do to help them? did u care for them? spare a thought for them? did u speak the truth?

Or did u just ignor them like they dnt matter?

My fellow brothers & sisters lets work hard for this soloution, lets not get tied down in stupid CRICKET games which mean nothing to us.

An absolute beauty by Imran Yousuf. Well said, I could not agree more with your feelings. C’mon Pakistan deliver the results and do us proud.

I would suggest that Shahid Afridi should be sent either one down or two down depending upon the score. He is a dispensible batsman. As it is he has lost his touch with the bat. So whatever he scores , let it be at these positions.

My intution says Pakistan is going to make it and Shahid Afridi is going to be the man of the match for is bowling.

whether we agree or not, T20 is the game of the future and, Pakistan has enough talent to be a factor, actually a major factor.

even from ten thousand miles from my homeland, I fail to see the absence of the top T20 players like Imran Nazir, Andul Razzak and, Shoaib Akhter from this team and, the absence of the ‘all cricket’ talents of Mohammad Yousaf, Shoaib Akhter and Mohammad Asif.

please listen PCB, put all the politics and, other details away and, field the best possible team from Pakistan.

I am not a fan of cricket, but after reading part of the article, I have concluded that Pak cricket is going through the same problem as the rest of the country.
nepotism,favoratism,incompetency, all three have deteriorated the nation. And there are no signs of a positive change on the horizon.We are people who are a burden on the organizations we participate in rather than a support.

Pakistan team must immediately appoint a coach from Ireland or Holland to learn the basics of cricket.

there are teams which hit the roof by playing excellent cricket, they do go under too, there are teams which play badly, then determination and hard work bring them back to glory. Pakistan team is sliding side ways, like a car skidding on ice, the driver is there but can’t control it. Until or unless, we take the team out of the ice (remove the complete management from top to bottom), then may see some light at the end of the tunnel.
From Mr. Alam to Mr. Bari, to Mr. Butt and list goes on….are failed people, not once but several times, they may have good lobbying, which keeps them alive. They are good in giving statements, not results. A request to the president – please take action for the team on Rational basis not emotional. Listen to pros not politicians – you know they already put you in deep mess.
Pakistan Zindaabad

we must win , because i have got a costly ticket of proposed pakistan match in super eight to be held on 15 june

Pakistan team today is looking like a shadow of the last world cup. Their performance in the warm up games was a clear indicator of the shape of things to come and moreover their body language also show lack of confidence. Afridi needs to be shown the door as he is hitting the ball with his eyes closed all the time. However we wish them good luck to stay in the tournament as the match with Holland is about to start.

The captain needs to lead from the front but unfortunately our captain is not doing so.

I was listening to the Srilankan captain yesterday in the presentation ceremony, he was clear, consice and surely was the man with the plan.

Compare that to YK’s utterences in the first game before the match started and also during the presentation…he did not have a clue!!!

If he thinks its a funny game 20-20, then he must have stayed at home.

He and the team must realize that they are playing for the country, its a great honour and they should make their best effort and win.

In the first match, the fielding was poor, batting was poorer and bowling was drastic…and if that happens again, Netherlands will definitely teach us a lesson.

So, come on boys, do it for Pakistan, we need something to cheer us up in these difficult times.

The point is that even if you lose, you don’t ridicule your national pride on the international forum, saying that you never gave importance to the game. Who is he to decide what is important and what isnt? Is he trying to tell us that all other cricketing nations representing in this world cup, are fools? In the professional world the best of the best gets sacked due to lack of discipline and ethics. Pakistani’s diehard support comes in all forms, and this is NOT what is expected when the chosen ones of your team, who are paid as well, do not perform at all. Are they in England for a vacation? I wonder if the PCB’s chairman has any self respect left, to have confronted the captain for passing such lousy remarks. He is tasked to be a captain and he should better behave like one. Its his job to ensure seriousness amongst all team members, effort should be 100%, and is NO one to question the importance. Imagine your army coming out and saying that we never gave much importance to operation Rah e Rast?

muralli!! calm down, leave international politics out of this forum…

Why is cricket all important. Pakistan is going through a rough phase. Every pakistani must concentrate on defeating the islamic terrorists in their own land. After all cricket is just a sport.

Pakistan must concentrate on being counted among progressive nations first, rather than concentrate on being among the top cricketing nations

What an Interview! which our worthy captain gave. Sorry! did you say you play for fun!!! We Pakistani’s were storming the Stadium, more than the locals. In fact we were having more Pakistani Spirit than our national cricket team. Mr. Captain You don’t need to win every game, but at least you should seems to look contesting not throwing away. The people of such mentality needs to be kept out of the team and all forms of game.

@ Asad
“I think we need to get rid of shoaib malik who has done nothing rather than playing test cricket in 20 format. YK is the only batsman who is scoring runs and none of the other players are participating in scoring runs. ”
Yes its not a one man game its a team game. But who runs the team; The Captain and its YK who has to deliver, leading from the front, making right & timely decisions, better choices in batting order, proper reshuffling of the batting order when needed. All that was required in the match against England was nowhere to be seen. Yes he scored runs, excuse me but, in T20 & particularly when you are chasing such a total, you have to play strokes. You aren’t required to take singles so that in the end of the day you can point to scorecard & say,, look I scored 46-something runs its others who didn’t. NO man NO. Moreover, when he “attaches no much importance to T20 & its only for cheering the fans”; how can he imagine to even come closer to win. Pathetic & poor thinking!
Moreover our PCB is the most inept board in the world, can’t even defend/bring back its best lot (Lahore Badshahs, like Imran Nazir, Abdur Razzaq, Imran Farhat all big hitters!

well… pakistan is already facing many problems and contraversies, cricket is the only way to divert the peoples mind from darkness to light , they would have get sometime to joy and forget their problems but unfortunately the bad performance from our team that’s very dissapointing it seems that we are sinking from everywhere and today is last match. hope this time our team do something extraordinary they should send afridi and akmal in the opening!

i think five year old kid can understand what is goin in our cricket….please first finish the refrencess in cricket and bring out the real talent!!! please cricket is religion preach it like a religion.

I am from India but I have been a big fan of Pak cricket since my childhood, especially its pace battery. It really pains me to see Pak cricket in such shambles. First and foremmost while I was watching Pak-Eng game, I was thinking time and again why was Younis Khan smiling all the time even when his players were losing catches and faling like nine pin and regarding Afridi, he seems to be just living on his reputation of the past. He should be immediately be replaced. In such a important match, why was Sohail Tanveer not played. Please for heaven sake, do well again Holland.

Excellent article.I agree with Iftikhar Ejaz.
There is not much we can do.
Like our national morale their morale is low.

Determination, dedication and discipline, that’s what seems to be missing from Pakistan’s cricket team. For the sake of argument we can find thousands of reasons for their failure and I am sure some of my countrymen can even hold America responsible for our dismal performance in recent times. We need to be rational than emotional here, indeed the problem is not just one thing, there are numerous reasons ranging from real talent to administration and blaming the players only wont help improve the situation and on top dragging the exclusion of Pakistani players from IPL would only make things worse.

So what if they we are almost out of the contest its not the first time, been there done that. Politics is the second most (if not the first most) popular past time in our country, have we been able to find one good and sincere politician in last twenty years, finding eleven talented players isn’t something too much to ask for.

Just like the administration of the country we are concentrating too much on too less important things. Change has to come from grass root level, Younus Khan, Shoaib Malik, Misbah Ul Haq all of them as talented as anybody else but not focus and that’s the issue.

I am a diehard fan of cricket and true supporter of Pakistan no matter what I will support the guys in green but on the same time I have to honest and accept we are not good enough to compete on international level as a team. Let’s accept the fact and try to tackle the real issue then just play the blame game.

Players needs to be in the team on competitive level rather than fame
Find the player and groom them to play according to situation and demand
Professional coach is must
Captaincy should be awarded to most reliable player and his deputy should be the one who has many more years to play
Alternative options in terms of players to make them realize that their position in playing can only be guaranteed with winning performance

Last but not least don’t abandon cricket that’s all we have left as a nation.

I think it is all a matter of thinking, planning and attitudes.

The captain is too busy trying to appear nice and smiling, irrespective of how the team has performed. The mannerism is the same. If you are not there to win then why play?

Team Management have inducted very young players in the team who appear actually overawed by the occassion. They appear totally lost.

There is no creativity or innovation even team selction is wrong as we can always open with Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal and this will open up 2 more places for all rounders or a spinner or another fast bowler.

And to top it all, one of the better batsmen in the team, Misbah ul Haq is coming in at number 6 when only 4-6 overs are left.

What is Intikhab Alam doing, may be he is just there as a spectator?

I think we should stop crticizing our team and rather talk good and lift their spirits. The reason for India’s success is because the entire nation is behind them and because they are nationalist. We Pakistanis always criticize our players, country, leaders etc. For a change guys wish the team well. They are not jokers. They are our heros. Shahid Afridi is still the best utility player I am proud to see him in Pakistan team. All of you were praising him on his performance few weeks back against Australia and now in just one game all the critics. Give our players a break and I would love to see Shahid Afridi as captain of Pakistan team. Trust me he will be a different player if he is the captain.

Well, a really disappointing statement by our ever smiling captain. The millions of Pakistani fans, around the world, who stick on their television sets, websites and radios – just wanting their team to win, or should I say, at least try to win? – are they all stupid enough to have expectations?

I just do not know when our players will start to use their brains when batting. Why cannot we learn from teams like Australia and Sri Lanka that runs can also be made through singles;two and three’s….you don’t have to hit every ball for a four or six everytime.Yes it was tough target against England – but should our strategy have been firstly to win the match and secondly to reduce the losing margin ? What is Intikhab and the Team management doing there is beyond me. When will we get the president of Pakistan take note the failures of PCB management who are bunch of incompetent lot of backward thinking ‘frozen’ individuals who only care of their liesure travel to fancy destinations without contributing NIL percentage to Pakistan team’s success. When will they realise its PAKISTAN FIRST and not them !

The problem with Pakistani cricket is exactlly what’s wrong with the rest of the nation; there is no work ethic, no professionalism. I was there at the oval for the match against England and from what I saw before the match I was quite sure of what was to come. After a game of tag for warm up and a few lumbering exercises the team split into bowlers and batsmen. The batsmen group practiced in-fielding near the dugout and the bowlers practiced some ground fielding at the other end, throw ins (to a single stump) and backing up. It was pathetic watching them. They all misfilded and only Afrdi hit the stump once from any distance (Intikhab Alam was with the batsmen group). It was no surprise then that Gul let the ball through his legs in the very first over. Seeing them train it was like the bowlers were not expected to field and some of the batsmen practicing in-fielding (no high catches involved) ended up in the outfield (Salman Butt at sweeper cover and square leg all match long). Although to me the turning point of the match was when Ajmal dropped KP off his own bowling, Younis singled out Butt to criticize fielding, because bowlers don’t really need to field, do they? Even though England’s game plan of bouncing us out really worked, I thought it was the fielding that brought the pressure on the batsmen in the first place and brought us down and from this account you see why we’ll always struggle.

Sir
The present Pakistan cricket team consists of mostly new and young players. It takes time for a player to grow and mature and hopefully, these players will also perform sooner than later. No doubt, Pakistan had great bowlers like Waqar Yunis, Akram and Shoaib Akhter and at the moment none of the bowlers in the present team can match them. However, in spite of our differences, for the sake of competitive sport we still wish and pray for Pakistan to be able to defeat the Netherland team to enter super eight. No doubt, the game of cricket will be poorer and incomplete any where if our two teams are not able to make it to the top.No where the clash between our two teams raises as much public intensity and interest.

Calm down everyone……….a miracle is on the offing.

Cicket is all about fun, they play hard because we want to watch them play hard. It’s our money which feeds their pockets and rewards them. So if YK says that it’s not a serious game then he has gone mad. We like this format better than 50 overs match and enjoy it a lot.

It doesn’t matter if they like t20 format or not but the reality is that we want them to play this format.

So play well Pakistan and play hard to win t20. A win of t20 world cup will help you to come up from this current crisis and will help you in finding your identity…..a little but rewarding!

I have no doubt,if Pakistan play brave & attacking cricket they can even easily beat any team with huge margin.
I bet you if Pakistan win they win with big margin.

Hi
I want u guys to win ie the Pakistanis but please fight and prove your worth and please remember u r facing the toughest test of time. Jazba Junoon tu himmat na haar……….

I think younus khan knows only, how to laugh at any situation , doesnt know how to play and how to manage the team and utilize the resources , I am really afraid that we have captain who is not taking it seriously . Our PCB and cricket team is full of referenced people and relatives of players , how can we expect that someone will be on merit in the presence of all blacksheeps?

I truly agree with the above mentioned comments on the recent Pakistan Cricket. First of all Pakistan team needs to be restructured right from the top management like Zimbabwe have done. I know it would be a bitter task to do but unless we take initiatives we will never be able to perform in the future.

I can’t really digest what the Khan Sahib is trying to say? If he thinks that 20-20 cricket is “FUN” and is only for “entertaining” people, then my question is, “What is Test cricket or one-day cricket?” Are these forms of cricket are not of FUN? Of course man, a person sits in-front of the TV or pay for a ticket to enjoy the game and relax. If the spectator starts taking these games seriously then the same will happen when Manchester United FC lost from Barcelona FC and a MU fan rammed his car in a pub in Nigeria killing many Barcelona fans. I feel that players need to take all the forms of games seriously because this is matter of pride for any player and once the player starts feeling like he dose not care about the outcome of the game then either he should get retired himself or the selectors should kick him off.

to bring back the glory days again, pakistan cricket requires a complete operation from top to bottom. first of all team management,how does a coach who played his cricket in early 70s will cope up the modern day cricket,like 20 20 or even 50 50 and test cricket? also,as cricket has changed very much now, how does a medium pacer who is only good swing bowler in his times teach our young pacers how to bowl in batting friendly conditions?
how does a captain who is always joking and smiling and clapping get something good out of them? how long team carries those players who are burden and not performing consistently for a long time like salman but,shoaib malik,yasir arafat,rao iftikhar,shahid afridi(especially his batting) and how long we give young talent like ahmed shazad,shazaib hassan,aamir,talha,sohail khan an early debut only for their one or two domestic performances. this not only ruined their career(eg,hassan raza n many others) but decreases the value of getting pakistan cap. and most important of all how long PCB bears people who ruin pakistan cricket,all of them are related to PCB now for a long long time and getting a very handsome salary and other benefits from PCB without doing any thing to pakistan cricket,just tell me any one accomplishment of any one of them in pakistan cricket on and off the field!

we need honest,hardworking people who has proved in the past that they are capable of performing and getting results both on and off the field like asif iqbal (everyone knows what a player he was and also what a good administrator he is as after his departure from sharja the cricket has been died over there),rashid latif(i think he is the best player to govern domestic cricket as well as chief selecter.its ok he is outspoken,but he speaks truth,and he proves with his academy that he can deliever a very good talent to pakistan cricket as many of current players have grown in his acaedmy).we need people like the great waqar younus as a coach as he delivered very successfully in his very short stint as a bowling coach,what umer gul and rana naved are today beside thier talent only because of waqar. In other words we need those people who have guts and respect all over the world in every position even in board or in team and only selection critaria should be performance and nothing else both in team as well as in board.in the end just pray n hope that along with current situation of pakistan,the pakistan cricket should come to their glory days as soon as possible.

All i know is this that my family is not watching cricket as we used to, for a very long time, altogether, ball to ball. That used to be memorable fun. I want that time back if this team can give us that today, that will be something great.
Ipl was a party where if we were not invited we have no regrets at all.As long as Pakistani team is concerned wishes and expectations are all for them what they give us back has to be a victory,a real one.

May we win.

Well we need determination, a mission, and a vision, and that is the duty of a leader(captain), to lead the team, infuse them, every member of the team has a role to play, that is the reason, called team, a car function, or any machine, every part of it has a role to play, join them, it is a machine, leave them, they are just parts not a machine or team. So show the world, younis, you have a talent.

Truth be told, this Pakistan cricket team is a pale shadow of past great Pak teams. Look at the quality of the players; barring Younus, Misbah, Umar and Sohail Tanvir, the rest are pretty average players. Younus is a great player and a likeable chap, but he is not an Imran or Wasim Akram who were highly inspirational personalities with an invincible aura around them. Watching the current Pak play against England, I found that they looked adrift and lackluster, not knowing what to do. South African cricket coach Micky Arthur was said to have commented there was a desperate lack of planning and thinking among them. Top of it, controversies followed them in the shape of Abdul Qadir’s resignation as Chief Selector and a rumored spat between Younus and Pak coach Intikab. This team no longer evokes the kind of fear and even respect that the past great teams of Pakistan evoked. At the moment, Pakistan does not have the same kind of truly world class players that made them such a household name in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Where are the Majid Khan’s, Imran Khan’s, Wasim Akram’s, Asif Iqbal’s, Waqar’s, Inzamam’s and such likes???? The present team has very few world class players, say, Younus Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Misbah, the rest are just average players. Mohd Yousuf, Abdul Razaq, Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, if they come back, will be great, as they are entertaining players who can lift the spirit of the team.

I read an all comments everybody say Pakistan should stay in this tournament. But on the other side Pakistan team isn’t show a potential to stay in this event of ICC T20 World cup because it is fact Pakistan haven’t any match practice like other teams but leave all reasons Pakistan must tell the world we are the strong factor in world of cricket if we are unable to prove this our future isn’t looks bright so lets prey for Pakistan team it is our duty to support are team in any circumstances either wins or lose.

I read all the comments where everybody says Pakistan should stay in this tournament. But on the other side, the Pakistan team hasn’t shown potential to stay in this event of ICC T20 World cup because it is a fact Pakistan haven’t any match practice like other teams but leave all reasons Pakistan must tell the world we are the strong factor in world of cricket if we are unable to prove this our future doesn’t look bright so lets pray for Pakistan it is our duty to support our team in any circumstances either wins or lose.

It is so sad if Pakistan miss the next round. Half the fun will be gone in that case.
And it was sad to see Pakistani players not in IPL. But blame that on PCB not BCCI. When the pakistani players were about to join IPL, the PCB, just for retaliation decided not to send their players for the IPL. By the time BCCI decided to move it to South Africa the details were layed out and pakistani players were out of the contest. And moreover it is justifiable if BCCI says no to in, out, in, out, in in case of PCB’s decisions

I seriously feel we are living in a fools paradise, as we expect miracles from medicore cricketers. Our cricketers lack cricketing skills & most of them are not stroke players & our fielders are like chicken in a farm.We as a nation have to stop treating them like heroes, they are all medicore cricketers, the sooner we realise the better it will be. PCB & the selectors are a bunch of nin coops. We need stroke players like Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat & Abdul Razzak. We are producing club level cricketers & expect miracles from them on which is not fair. We must invest in youngsters & imapart proper coaching & employ proper coaches & not ex cricketers. Our cricketers lack cricketing skills, we should compare our cricketers with Indian cricketers, they are a serious lot in comparison to our jokers.

I think we need to get rid of shoaib malik who has done nothing rather than playing test cricket in 20 format. YK is the only batsman who is scoring runs and none of the other players are participating in scoring runs. What can YK do if our bowlers are giving away too many runs our fielding is giving away 25 runs and droping catches. Its Misbah , Shahid Afridi, Shoaib malik and Kamran Akmal to score runs. Look at Ricky Pointing Australia they have everything and they couldnt make it to next round.So should we say Pointing is not a good captain kck him out of team. Cricket is not one man’s game its about whole team.

well pakistan team should come back home
all players should resined..better PCCB also shut down..because no one loyal to the country every one putting money their pocket..its better this money spend to the swat people

We must get rid of the unserious Younis, Kamran Akmal who drops one catch a match and Afridi(Good people of Pepsi and Head n Shoulders woulndt like this idea). People who think that from this team we can get any good result are dreaming because the team cant play cricket, dont people see their shot selection? their technique? ‘tukka’ doesnt work all the time.

Lets hope n wish them the best!

Imran Khan’s side were down & out in 1992, until one day/one match after which we won & won & won……….

Is that game today?

Captain plays an important part in any game, unfortunately our captain considers 20-20 format nothing more than fun. He beleives that one-day and test match are the only games to judge plays’ talent and ability. But my dear captain, you don’t seem serious in them either!
Stop making excuses, realise that your team is immature,incompetent and spiritless.

if only imran khan had decided to coach pakistan cricket team instead of becoming an immature politician, cricket in pakistan would have been far more improved then what it is right now.

Captain Younis Khan does not deserve to be captain, he was better off without captaincy. His skills and personality has been exposed with captaincy. He has made cartoon of himself and the great cricket nation. The only aggressive player or deserved captain (atleast for 20/20 format) seems to be in team is Shahid Afridi who attacks and that is the essence of 20/20, agree on his lack of fire from his bat but responsibility will come with captaincy. Match against England proved that Younis Khan and Shoain Malik cannot bat. What options we are left with? In my team Malik and Afridi should open the batting with Akmal at 3 followed by Misbah, Fawad Alam, Shahzaib, Sohail Tanvir, Younis Khan (no place for him for 20 though), Umar Gul, Mohammad Amir,Saeed Ajmal. Most successful player Misbah arrives when the match is already down and dusted. PCB, selection committee, coach and the management all should be thrown out. Where are people like Arif Abbasi and Tauqeer Zia. The current management is not doing anything other then just damage to already hurt game and team of great Pakistan. We are just sad to see this is happening! and PCB is responsible for all this mess! Hope some spirit comes back to team Pakistan and we brush aside Netherlands and be part of the race to final! Ameen.

YK really needs to change his attitude and thinking, It is aworld cup and the whole nation is watching it and praying for their teams success. For God sake YK be serious and dont try any other experiment. In last game you had dropped Sohail for a youngster while you know that in last IPL he was the bowler of the tournament. If you think T20 is a funny game the please relieve the post for misbah and go home.

Younis should not be captain as he takes cricket non seriously. Experimenting with bowling attack this and that, even misbah is better captain in t20, he utilizes ballers so well.

I think afridi should be captain. Why? because he is the most aggressive player in the team (esp in fielding). And his bowling is on top at the moment. And i have a strong belief that once you make him captain his batting will be very very good, believe me, i have seen him captain karachi team and he performs so well in batting when he is captain. Because he takes serious responsibility then.

Pakistani cricketers, their grouping, and the Board have been a constant disappointment over the past few years. Its not even worth switching to a LIVE game and see their performances depress you further. Cricket should be banned in Pakistan.

Pakistan has produced great players and fielded world – beating teams in the past.
I cannot agree with Younis Khan when he attempts to belittle the 20-20 format.
But, I sincerely hope Pakistan rise to the ocassion and go through – in the interest of cricket on the sub-continent.

Today’s match is very important and Pakistani team must win today’s match by an enough margin to qualify for the next super 8 round.
The team has got enough talent to outclass the opponents side in today’s game.The only thing that the captain Younis Khan And coach Intikhab Alam has to do is a proper players selection for the game.Sohail Tanvir should be included and Shahid Afridi should open the innings as Afridi can make most of the first 6 overs.

Pakistan has to win today.It is a must win game.If Younis Khan didnot care about 20-20 he should better step aside from the Pakistan captaincy as Malik is a much better choice than Younis.

pakistan have as much potential in cricket as any other nation. problem is with its system and the way players are ruined after coming into international cricket. austalia has lee but he is still playing but we lost shoaib, asif and imran nazir. but still it has potential they will do it!!

Like Pakistan, the Pakistani team is also marred with leadership crisis! With Younas’ remarks about the game format, individual players and non-serious attitude, he does not deserve to be a captain of the green shirts. What a decline? From Imran Khan to Younas Khan!!!!

What is Shahid Afridi? A 70’s nostalgic classic Amitabh Bachan film which gets watched over and over again. Only thing, the film is pleasant viewing.

Please tell me, and pray do tell me – why the heck is this guy playing and warming another potential young players’ spot?

Does he have a 20 Year contract?

Pakistan is a good side but they are aggressive, but do not play intelligently.

The Captain is a complete mystery; nobody understands what he wants. “win or lose ” he is happy always.

I am a fan of players like shoaib akhtar with out him your team is like a train without engine.

The issue is with the mindset … The captain if he is not serious about T20, then he shouldnt have been in the team either … You cant be leading the national team, and make a mockery of the national pride, by making statements like that. It goes for every profession where you are representing under the banner of your country, one has to be extremely conscious and be well prepared.

This was a beautiful article by Imran Yusuf. I could not agree more. This is the time for Pakistan to pick themselves up and show the world what they are made up of.I wish Imran Nazir could open up the innings. Since that is not possible. I want Afridi out to give Pakistan the most important Break.

I am afraid Younis Khan and his team will not fare any better against the Dutch team and will be back in Pakistan within in a couple of days.

Inefficient captain,real 20/20 players like Nazir, Razak, Farhat, Rana out of team. No power hitters. Very poor administration. What do you expect!! They deserve an early exit. Sorry fans.
Where has the passion of Nasim ul Gani, Sarfaraz, Miandad gone.
Khan Sahib have you given up praising your captain or you want to witness further decline.

My advise to Pakistani players is is like this…. Just remember the 1992 world cup. pakistan was not existing in the game but certainly something happened and Pakistanis were on the top. I think it is true about the Pakistan team that they are unpredictable.

India and Indians will decide who plays in the IPL. It is after all an Indian League. The PCB should start their own league and invite players from around the world to play in Pakistan (if anyone is willing to show up)!

This is Ummer Kashmior. Well I think it another occasion when Pakistan will be out of the Super 8’s. I think Pakistan has to prove their talent. They should fight and not give up. Another thing is Pakistani players take pressure. They should take it easy and concentrate on their strengths.

Completely agree with all of Aleem Latif’s suggested changes, except AbdulRazak who should be included in the team in place of Yasir Arafat not Shoaib Malik. But the management team has such big egos, they would rather have the team lose than allow the ICL players to come back. Atherton was caught ball-tampering on camera, still after some formalities he was retained as England captain … so why can’t Pakistan re-allow the ex-ICL players so we can put forward our best XI for international competitions!

Its called, sour grapes. When you cannot win anything, its convenient to say, I do not care. Isn’t it? If Younus khan does not like 20/20, why did he come to play in London? He wasted everybody’s time and energy and gave false hopes to the nation. At least Shoaib got warts, what excuse does YK have? Every single team is excited to be there and trying their best to move their country to next stage except our Captain. May be he should have stayed back home instead.

He showed me nothing as a leader in the last few games. The whole Pakistani team does not know how to bowl in the block hole and how to hit big shots. They are all out of sync.

wishing all the best. lack of international exposure on hard wickets is the real cause and also captain and manager not seeing eye to eye. you have a good captain with good cricketing brain, he is just being brave in the face of defeat. hope you win in 17 overs or by 26runs

I am amazed at Benawa’s comments. What is needed is introspection on the part of well meaning Pakistanis. When cricketers from a “friendly country” who have been accorded “head of state level security” are attacked in broad daylight, I would suggest that there is a reason why no one would want to play in Pakistan.

India vs Pakistan in 2004 was a watershed moment – cricket truly brought the two countries closer. Cricket has that power.

For the record, the Pakistan government advised the Pakistani players not to play in the IPL when it was scheduled in India in light of the 26/11 attack.

Lastly, India just had a massive free and fair election, it is a rising world power. Pakistan worries the entire world as a nuclear state on the brink of collapse. My suggestion to Benawa is, Please, do not worry about the people of India – try and get your house in order. The problem of Pakistan has been that it is interested more in the welfare of the people in its neighboring countries rather than those of its own citizens.

Focusing on the country’s undeniable and exciting cricketing talent and cutting out the vile politics that has infected Pakistani cricket would be a good place to start.

Regards
Murali

come on team..u can do it !!!
don’t be dishearted….
u can play well n best..
best of luck !!!!!

Pakistan not being invited to IPL was not because it does not have good players. It would be a joke to say that its not a good enough team to be invited. But at the same time it was also not prejudice. And once again comparison to Sri lanka is wrong. Internal security is a reason to not play inside pakistan (or sri lanka for that matter).

But it is a commercial trophy and pakistan govt has in the past refused to send its team as a retaliation to indian govt not sending its team. As an organiser IPL people not inviting them is a fair business decision

Pray, just pray, in a few hours eleven pakistanis will take the field. They will represent the hopes of 170 million poor pakistanis. We pray for them. I just hope these 11 men know that. I hope they know how much them playing well means to us. That we get angry with them is because our life is empty. We do go through a lot you know. We have the army fighting our own country men. To all pakistanis don’t despair. Pray.

The statement made by YK that 20twenty is fun cricket and should not taken seriously is ludicrous. The format is definitely killing the 50 over game comparing the success rate of the two world cups that took place in 2007. Cricket is fun for the spectators but it isn’t really supposed to be fun for the players. His statement should be taken into the same context as me walking up to me by boss saying, “ Sir, I come to the office just for fun and please don’t take me seriously if I perform or not.” If I have a competent boss, I would be fired on the spot or strictly warned and put on disciplinary probation. Eijaz Butt needs to take note off this sort of behavior, if he chooses to ignore it he should be axed with the captain for not performing his duty to the best of his abilities.

well i fear pakistan might get out. anyways hope both teams plays to the best of their potential. think they should get rid of afridi, they will have to strengthen their batting for this game.

Pakistan in such a depress mode,the people of this country have one thing to cheer and that is cricket and the statement of younas khan is just shocking they should blast netherland out and should console our contrymen as they are indeed in need of some happiness.

if we want to see pakiatani team on victory stand we must get rid off younas khan he is just like jugler and having nothing to do except chewing bubble.he is non serious player always smiling even when pakiatanis filder were trying to locate cricket ball on boundary line like semi bilnd fielders.so, we need to change this timid captain immediately.

Benawa

You are a specimen of the people of Pakistan. You have mentioned that India has POGROMS against minorities. If you dont know the fact then I, an indian muslim will tell you. Only if you want to understand. We can proudly say that we are treated equally as other citizens and whoever has got talent gets the oppurtunity to shine in any filed including sports, cinema, politics- whatever it may be -in India. Only those traiters, who fall vicitm to the brainwashing atcivities, take the wrong route and when get caught for killing innocents, you people try to blame it as minorities being targeted.
Regarding pak players not included in IPL, you have to blame your government and PCB for not allowing them to play in IPL. If you dont try to learn even now, then you will never learn.

I tend to disgaree with the writer that this is the defining moment since the 1992 world cup final.
Pakistan have had glories after that as well but only in the era of the likes of Wasim Akram and Javed Miandad, the true remanants of the then skipper Imran Khan.
After Wasim Akram’s retirement, Pakistan have seemed to lost their fighting spirit. Cricket in my humble opinion is all about fighting and using one’s brain. And these two characterstic were the main ingredients that were inculcated in the team by Imran Khan. With the departure of likes of Akram’s and Miandad’s who were truly spirited cricketers, Pakistan team has stopped competing. There is no cricketer in the present squad who can compete and fight like a tiger. Some optimists still say that Pakistan is an unpredictable side, well..i disagree again……these days Paksitan in my opinion is perhaps the most predicatble side. Every one knows what i am trying to say, the facts and figures also complements this statement. The downward slide continues as far as cricket in Pakitsn is concerned. And in the near future as well i do not see any real hope for the revival of this great game whcih was once considered a pride for us.

Aleem Latif…

Wow..that was the best idea I have ever heard coming from someone NOT in the PCB…I think you need to get a job there..because PCB right now..can seem to do anything right.

I totally agree with you on that wish list and think Imran Nazir is in such great form PCB should have done whatever it took to get him back in the team…

Well, all we can do is hope that these guys do it for us and not them or the PCB…we will really be hurt if they don’t make it to the next round…

I for one am already losing hope in this team and looking at India or Sri Lanka taking this cup.

a touching article indeed, should be a morale booster for Pakistan’s dismantled outfit. The equation may be stiff but not out of reach and well within Pakistan’s reach should they play to their full potential.

On a personal note i do feel that feel that Shahid Afridi is being under utilized , he should open the innings and attack the bowlers alongwith someone like fawad alam or kamran akmal

Whilst the loss as defined by its margin is huge, the biggest loss to me is loosing the Sense of Loss.

Observing Younus Khan’s leadership, I’m not surprised but, I can’t think someone to be so apathetic.

I hope the Cricketing Leadership should address this sense of Loss, that can Allah forbids wipe out Pakistan from cricketing scene.

This really shows the quality of cricket brains working in the team now. winning or loosing is part of the game and I think the Pakistani nation has a heart which can take whatever comes their way in their own stride. But we have serious issues regarding the fundemantals of this team. 1) Selection; 2) leadership 3) playing 11.
1) Salman butt and Younis does not qualify to play in t20. Butt has performed so badly in Australia series and his mere presence at the crease proves fatal for the partner. Look at the shot selection, as if he is their to give other team fielding practice. 2) Younis is a non-serious character, he cannot inspire anyone in the team to perform. 3) Why S.Tanvir was not given chance in the playing 11 and even did not given the new ball in the warm up matches… again show the problem in leadership, team spirit etc.

It is sad to see that our captain thinks T20 is NOT important and is “just for fun”. The coach has been unable to motivate the team. Even after seeing the body language of our team, there is still hope and the Pakistani nation still prays, to “feel” happiness after all what has happened in our country. I wish the Pakistani team realizes that their victory can lift an entire nation.

It is sad to see that our captain thinks T20 is important and is “just for fun”. The coach has been unable to motivate the team. Even after seeing the body language of our team, there is still hope and the Pakistani nation still prays, to “feel” happiness after all what has happened in our country. I wish the Pakistani team realizes that their victory can lift an entire nation.

Pakistan team lacks aggressive cricket. They don’t know or more probably don’t prefer to play aggressive cricket as like Sri Lanka, India or even Bangladesh though it has some aggressive cricketers like Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Kamran Akmal. They lack skills in keeping a team pressurize or keep rhythm in the game. Also the management is poor sighted to keep cricketers like Razzaq, Imran Nazir due to their own negligence. They are the best for this type of cricket. In the present situation we can just pray for a good performance from Afridi. Also its not understandable why they are keeping potential players like Sohail Tanvir__ the leading wicket taker and a good striker of the last IPL Tournament and Fawad Alam__ excellent bowler and good hitter. Pakistan cricket management is ridiculous. We can just pray!!

Its poor performance given by the Pakistani players in the first twenty-20 match. Pakistani team played irresponsibly to chase the target. from the very start of the match, it is conceived that they have no better plan to win the match.Poor fielding caused this failure. The captain should change the batting order as it seemed unfit in 20-20 match. Afridi should come at top position to lead the opening if he stays at 10 overs, the situation would definitely be changed.Over and over again, tanvir should be included in place of Yasir Arafat who is not looking at best the bowlong end.Before going to England, Pakistan Cricket Board should select the best team for this mega event, as it does not not seem high profile than other big teams.

I am from India, I want Pakistani team to pull up its socks, This is the time to prove how good team rise to an occasion, dont let your fans down in India Pakistan England M.East Europe and America, This 20 overs play it thought fully and out smart your opponenet in 15 overs and you are thru …..Just bat or bowl finish the match in 15 oves while batting or bowling and you are thru & sure you guys can do it.

I am from India, I want Pakistani team to pull up its socks, This is the time to prove how good team rise to an occasion, dont let your fans down in India Pakistan England M.East Europe and America, This 20 overs play it thought fully and out smart your opponenet in 15 overs and you are thru …..Just bat or bowl finish the match in 15 oves while bating or bowling and you are thru & sure you guys can do it.

I wish Younus and his team get serious. They must realzie the importance of Pakistani color. Whether it is 20-20, ODI or a test match. The victory or loss belongs to Pakistan.

This team must win by a big margin against Netherland. If the senior players, specially Afridi doesn’t perform. Dump them and bring in youngesters. We may still loose but the youngesters will go down fighting and they won’t surrunder like Afridi and others.

It will be disappointing if Pakistan depart as well. With Australia and Bangladesh gone, having the likes of Neatherlands and Ireland will take all the joy from the tournament.

iam an indian but iam really praying hard for pakistan.iam a big fan of shahid afridi but it’s really dissapointing to see him batting.Nowdays,it’s takes a lot from u to watch shahid afridi batting.i wants pakistan should not go out so much early from the world cup.We indians r big fan of some pakis cricketors like shoaib,afridi.i wants afridi should open at least in 20 cricket.i still believe that best chance of getting runs from afridi is in the powerplays.sohail tanvir should be included in place of mohd.amir.

If Younis Khan does not care about 2020 cricket, he should have stayed home.

Believe me, it is not Pakistan’s fault that
“nobody wants to play in Pakistan.” Pakistan
has/had/and will continue to produce some of
the “cricketing world(a large part of the world doesn’t even play cricket)’s most
spectacular players. So let us stop this
self-flagellation.

Why wasn’t Pakistan invited to IPL? It is not because our players are not good enough
to play in IPL? Is it? I don’t think there
was any logical or rational reason why
Pakistan shouldn’t have gotten an invitation to IPL. Pakistani cricket’s problem is not a lack of talent or drive on
the part of our players. Pak cricket’s
currnt predicament can be summed up in two
words: Predudice, and PR.
Remember, Sri-Lanka is only just beginning
to emerge from a quarter-of-a-century long
civil war. Did any body ever use that as an
excuse to banish Sri-Lankan from cricket?
India has had pogroms against ALL of its
religious minorities(not to mention the situation in Kashmir). Did anybody ever
use any of their troubles to keep them out
of the test cricket?

Our players may play the best cricket in the world, but they can not play against
Prejudice! Not with their game alone…

First we need a fighter and bold captain … not a timid and funny captain like Younis. So, we need to brainwash Younis a bit (We do not have many alternatives to lead this Pak team) … May be Imran Khan can give us a hand in this. Then we need to bring in Imran Nazir as an opener along with Nasir Jamshed. Replace Shoab Mailk with Abdul Razak, Replace Yasir Arafat with Rana Naveed. Replce Mohd Amir with Sohail Tanvir. Replace Shahid Afridi with Mohd. Yousaf. So, that’s the team outfit which can win us the world cup or the future tournaments …

i want to ask some one from pakistani team that what is our approach. our captain is saying that T20 is nothing. plz plz younus, take it serious otherwise quit team.you yourself played well against England but what happeded to others. ????

Pakistan seems to have lost its mojo. They need to take some time off, relax without pressure and they will roar again – InshaAllah !

The match against England was among the most demoralizing (both because of performance and context) in the recent history of Pakistan. But we need to realize, the problem does not lie in the 11 player or the captian or anything else. The blame solely falls on PCB; a corrupt failure organization that is handed with the responsibility of keeping our countries only form of entertainment alive. Down with the PCB; accountability is needed.

Well written article. You are right that unfortunately, it is left to these mostly uneducated but highly paid and mostly hardworking cricketers to lift out nation’s spirits. Honestly speaking , for anyone who follows world cricket, this Pakistan team is not capable of getting close to semifinals of this highly competetive twenty/20 cup. we have at least 4 of our players who do not fit this shortest version of the games. This also includes the captain who is trying to justify his failure by downplaying the importance of 20/twenty cricket. I think we need a different captain for this version (and may be evn ODIs and younis can keep on enjoying his Test cricket Triple centuries!!

nice summary of rise and falls of Pakistan cricket…. but I am afriad cornered tigers will have to sit out and watch the rain spoil the hunt.

Hope this does not fall on the deaf ears. All the best PAKISTAN…!

precisely. if they play hard, put in everything they’ve got, that will be enough. they don’t need to bring the cup home – just demonstrate that they tried to.

Frankly speaking, only professional cricketers who take T20 seriously should be allowed to represent Pakistan.

I am pretty sure that although T20 is only for fun, our captain still likes to get paid for it.

Great article – I definitely agree with you either it is 50-50 or 20-20 the time is now to prove to the world that PAKISTAN matters. I think our Team need to take a class in moral, ethics, and values. We the Fans are praying for PAKISTAN to succeed and the team Captain think it is an entertainment. Give me a break…. I am disgusted with the team’s attitude.

Mr. Imran Yousuf you are wrong. The burden the team is under was brought on by themselves. We not only ask of them to preform, we pay them hefty salaries to do just that. If you ever listen to the captain’s comments after each deafeat… “we will learn from this defeat….”
…” inshahallah ( a loser’s pet crutch) we will do better in the next game…” etc.etc.etc ad- nauseum. I wonder what will happen to all the other teams, if Pakistan ever unleashes all the experience they are getting from these losses. Will they one day? “Inshahallah?
Rizwan Hamid. USA

This is typical of Pakistanis – just praying and asking for sacrifices and wishing for miracles to salvage national pride. All this agonizing would be better focused on getting the cricket and national affairs in order. Get competent people in the right places, select teams on merit, give up trying to pull each other down, and stop skimming funds from the kitty.

And more needs to be done – how long are you going to keep half the country illiterate and malnourished? Why do you think Sri Lanka with a fraction of the population can play with so much more strategic sense?

If prayers could do it Inzamam would have led Pakistan to all the championships in the world and Zia ul Haq would have made Pakistan the leader of the Muslim world. Instead both the cricket team and the country are going haywire – just praying harder.

Great Article

Though I’m Indian, but still can’t see Pakistan’s exit in the first round of tournament which will really take the flavor out of the Big tournament.
Also I’m not happy with what Younus Khan said on the eve of the loss of the first match.

Good Luck Pakistan.

I think that he should play whether they win or not…just try & see what happens and our prayers are always with Pakistan and Pakistanis…!

AA:

It is very sad that captain is saying things like “20-20 does not matter”. Whole nation is praying for Pakistan to win. I think we should give chance to our rising youngsters and take out the forty and fifty years old from the field, so youngsters can season themselves for the world cup and test cricket. Also, the management in their seventies and eighties should resign and let the new generation take over. It is insane to imagine that dashing players were left out to please our biggest rivals cricket board(s). Such as Imran’s and Abdur,s and Alam’s. Loss to Netherland would definitely cause management to tumble.
But we all pray for PCT victory and winning the 20-20. IA

Obaid

Cannot agree more. Each and every word in this article speak and stress the importance of honor and dignity….missing from current group of cricketers representing Pakistan. I am a die hard Y. Khan fan but by giving such “funny” statement has not only let hiself down but also the nation. Smilling at Gul’s misfielding was another thing that world noticed and this shows how much he is serious to bring back the glory in cricket world which once belong to Pakistan. Pakistan has been living in uncertainity eversince it came into being but nation needs you guys…plz concentrate and fight…is all we are asking. Winning and loosing is part of game. Imran Khan and Miandad never gave up….1992 speaks itself of fighter attitude that these two instigated in the team of which Imran’s leadership really stands out. Quite a few of our players said…in their introduction….
their favorite player is Imran Khan….REALLY??? I will leave it here.

If too many people who only work for the salary, or play to be selected for next match, get involved in the team then we will face the same results.
Do we have any accountability? Is there any system to check the failures? This shows no one cares, the govt doesn’t understand the game at all. It will be shame if we look for some foreign help for the cricket team, like we do for the funds, unfortunately American do not understand the game, otherwise we could have gotten some advise . May be we should have “Friends of Pakistan Cricket” Pakistan kay team ka tu Khuda Hee Hafiz hay.

Cornered tigers is right. They need Imran khan to give them a call. Everyone feels they are done but if can get out of this one they will certainly become resurgent and might go far in the tournament. They need to come out blazing against Netherlands.Pakistan zindabad.

Hello Pakistan Cricket team … we want you to win, we want you to be there are the world stage. Do it for yourself, your country, and most importantly, for cricket. I grew up admiring the likes of Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Imran Khan, Wasim .. and talented others. Please try and try hard and beat Netherlands.

I agree 100% with the writer. Our country’s economic , law and order etc., is reflecting on every thing. I was very shocked to see Pakistan Team struggling against england (which i rate as an ok team, not outstanding). But i dont know what younus khan was doing. Very poor captaincy , poor desicions. All of the team members were struggling to hit boundries.

But i still pray for Pakistan that it will inshaAllah make it to next round and bring joy ,hapiness to its nation.

I agree that Pakistanis must play like a cornered tigers tomorrow. As for Younis’ belief that 20-20 isn’t that important, than he should have handed over teh captaincy to someone who held 20-20 in high esteem.

Extremely well said… as all Pakistanis, I am eternally optimistic

Cricket is a passion for every Pakistani, we havent forgotten our cricketers who have their names in Cricket hall of fame, who have retired.Looking at Pakistans cricket history their current performance is diappointing,no way near professional cricket,is it really the end of class cricket in Pakistan as they are not being able to compete at any level for last two years ,they had a good psycological edge over England in Sundays T20 game who were beaten by Dutchs who are not even a cricket playing nation , but Pakistan couldnt even put a contest against England with any thing bat , ball, fielding and easily lost by 48 runs.If Pakistan wants to stay in the game of cricket with its traditions of being most dangerous side then they have to clean a lot of mess,start sending their youngsters to international academies, set standards of wining not salay tiers, play cricket at neutral venues as no body wants to visit Pakistan in current situation,give up on used players , who are in the national team for a long time with no performance compared to any international team , set high discipline values in the team,dont get excited on one or two wins in a season,abolish adhoc system at selectors and PCB level, make it a franchise with lucrative investment.We can still revive cricket in Pakistan if we accept that our current eleven is not a competitve side at any standards.

I am an Indian, and although I have plenty of problems with regard to Pakistan, but thats all related to politics and extremism that is prevalent in that society. But when comes to cricket, Pakistani team used to be my favorite because of the fighting spirit and never say die attitude of the previous teams. Not anymore. To me, what ails Pakistani team (and probably the government and state apparatus) is the attitude among those who run the affairs in the country. Immediately after the warm up matches, Intikhab Alam came up with the statements like “warm up matches are not meant to be taken seriously” and now, the same attitude seems to have seeped into the mind of the Pakistani captain when he says that T20 is for the “fun” and he has ‘never attached too much importance to Twenty20 cricket’. Alright the fun element is there, but how can you not take a game seriously when you are playing with national colors on? This is not how I would like see the future cricket teams from Pakistan.
Good luck Pakistani team for the next game!

Yes indeed its gonna be a decisive moment for the Pakistani cricket. I on the behalf of all the Indians would like to wish all the best to the Pakistani team for this match. However as a cricketing lover it saddens me to see Pakistani cricket in such a mess.
All the best!!