Comments on: Is it time for Misbah to go?

By: Iqbal

Iqbal — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:30:03 +0000

With all due respect sir…u are wrong about records….Misbah is unfortunately a loser and all the series winnings are either in Dubai or in sub continent pitches against weaker teams…barely any against other competing cricketing nation overseas….and if we are that good then our rating should have been a lot higher. Other teams invest in talent and groom players, unfortunately in Pakistan, like every other department, old fashioned cricketers are given the powers to decide the fate of players and country’s dignity where performance is the least possible qualification criteria. Remind me how many match winning performances been delivered by Misbah. He might be better within worse of the lot but there is no CHARISMA in his personality and honestly he is too old to play at international level with his caliber. If you believe that he the best then look at the other middle order players in the world and see how much they delivered at crunch times. We lost or have drawn more matches because of his pathetic approach. Same for Younis as well, amazingly joining teams after 3 retirements. Players need to be kept at certain batting number and should make them realize the importance of nation pride over personal achievement…and Misbah, unfortunately always tried to achieve personal goals. We can write pages and pages to justify our self but the reality is that its time for old pals to leave and don’t try to be hypocrites.

By: umesh bhagwat

umesh bhagwat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:17:52 +0000

I think Misbah Is a good captain!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:42:07 +0000

I think the SA series should be the decider. If he does well as a player then he can continue otherwise, it might be time to have Hafeez take over and bring in someone like Haris Sohail. I am curious about Younis Khan’s position in the team. He definitely wont be around the next world cup and he has never set the one day arena alight. Maybe, it might be appropriate for him to concentrate on tests only. Then again, who am I to say anything…

By: Aasif M

Aasif M — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:37:05 +0000

If you think Misbah’s batting is ‘slow’ or tuk-tuk, you don’t know the first thing about cricket. The truth is Misbah has a much better record than any of your ‘swashbuckling’ or ‘hitter’ batsmen in ODIs. Compared to Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and there can be no comparison. When was the last time any of these other names played a BIG innings? An innings with a big score, which led your team to a big total and won the game for Pakistan? Quick 20s, 30s might help in T20 but they don’t in one-day cricket where you need at least 2 of your top six to play out 50 overs and score run a ball. None except Misbah, Azhar Ali or Nasir Jamshed are capable of doing that. True that he might not last till 2015 and even truer that his eye isnt what it used to be, but he’s still best of the worst. There aren’t too many younger batsman in Pakistan who can score on all sorts of wickets other than the flat tracks in the region. If you wish to contest this statement, just go and watch videos of Pakistan’s batting in our last 2-3 tours of Australia, South Africa and England. No footwork, no technique, playing away from body. Be thankful that someone like Misbah still is in your team, you could be much worse off.
He should stay as test captain for another 2 years, whereas he should give ODI captaincy to Hafeez and play as a batsman in middle order till he’s fit or till Umar Akmal and Azhar Ali grow a brain.

By: Azam Qadeer

Azam Qadeer — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:23:47 +0000

Misbah must stay as a captain at least 3-4 series and help Hafeez to become more cool etc and then he should leave ODI and stay in test

By: Taz

Taz — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:05:19 +0000

Yes he must go

By: waheed

waheed — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:26:26 +0000

I think its good time for Misbah to leave and given the charge to Mohd Hafeez who is looking awsom in every dept. of the game like bowling, bating and fielding. PCB should take bold stand in this case.

By: Shadab Raza

Shadab Raza — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:29:41 +0000

Why this issue is raised now, when he played much slower inng in WC2011 v India. Captain is the one, who unites the team and produce/devlelop match winners. There is no doubt that he has passed his best, but he can be useful in lower order when wickets are falling like nine pins and it is usual since long and his role as a captain is unquestionable. We must not forget that he is not leading the talent likes of 80s and 90s but he is still managed to produce positive results, let him play until he wants, we should create a history by allowing an individual to leave the team in respective manner.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:41:05 +0000

He may have a better average but if it takes too many balls to score in ODI it’s no good. He hit his first boundary after 42 balls in WC semi against India, Younus and his slow scoring caused Pakistan loosing the match.

By: Adnan Bashir

Adnan Bashir — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:31:07 +0000

Frankly, if the measure of making a captain was age, then we should be asking Imran Khan to come back as captain. Misbah has had an ok run as captain (may be) but a team of 11 players cannot afford to have one of them as merely a captain and not a contributor. Captains all over the world lead by example, unfortunately, Misbah can set no example based on his performance. Its a cricket team and not a school class where you need an older teacher to control them. The captain has to be the best performer, more often than not, like Hafeez these days. Misbah must leave with dignity before he is discharged disgracefully like so many of his predecessors. The board must wake up and start using brains rather than politics (if anyone of them has any) and must put country’s pride ahead of prejudice.