shahid6995 said:
I would LOVE to have a fit and energetic Shoaib Akhtar in the Pakistan team as long as he plays for the team and not just for himself.
What makes u call him playing for himself & not for team. Do u have any proofs?? Look at his record he has performed brilliantly over the years. He was last seen on international scene bowling in Tests against World Champions in their own backyard & he bowled vry well until an injury came by. Injuries r part of cricket & every bowler falls victim to it maybe he gets it too often but as he is the fastest so one can excuse him for having a little more then other bowlers.
I think we(the media) r problem & not Shoaib Akhtar. Eversince his arrival in cricket the world is after him calling him a chucker & putting up question marks on his bowling action because they could not stand watching the JET flyby. Once his action got cleared(twice) then people were after his attitude,selfishness & making scandals(the one in Aus tour 05) against him.
When it comes to attitude, there is no denying the fact that aussie bowlers(Warne,Mcgrath,Dennis Lillie etc.) r worst in this case. There is hardly any scene of Akhtar being involved in any sort of bad on field action(
there might be 1 though). As far as off the field is concerened it is the inzi who is the problem & not Akhtar. If Akhtar wants to go to clubs etc he can go & no one has right to stop him but inzi's nature and his little more religious approach does not like Akhtar going to placing like clubs etc.
Today in Subcontinent. There r two major players under firing line one is Ganguly & other is Akhtar both for different reasons. On one hand there is quite a bit support for Ganguly from major players around the world & on the other hand there is none for Akhtar. Do u know why? Ans is.(Jealousy)