“He has a statesman like demeanour. He has the best cricketing brain and intellect in the country. He has a rare quality which so many Pakistani captains have lacked with that he handles adversity analytically and not emotionally. He is a clear winner; note his outstanding domestic record as captain. A very suitable candidate to repair the damage Ijaz Butt and some players have done with the international cricketing community. Ideally he should have been appointed captain 6 years ago” - Geoff Lawson in October 2010 “Misbah has regenerated Pakistan, averaged 80, and held them together again today. The most important cricketer in the last year” – Wisden editor Scyld Berry “You can bet your bottom dollar on Misbah in tough situations.” – Rambo “I think Misbah is an intelligent player and composed captain, and he communicates well with the players. He has also quickly picked up the confidence to push for victories, plus he is batting extremely well. I tell him to just go out and get runs and don’t waste any innings. He has served Pakistan cricket very well.” – Mohsin Hassan Khan (December 2011) ‘”There is calmness and brightness when Misbah is at the crease” – Ramiz Raja “Misbah is Pakistan’s best player and he should be batting in the top 4” – Imran Khan “Misbah deserves the credit for uniting this broken team” - Aamir Sohail (March 2011) The best one I could say, a real fact said by George Dobel. ” Misbah’s real problem – and it is a problem without a solution – is that he is not Afridi. The populist adoration for Afridi – for his charisma, his talent and his aura – is boundless. Misbah, with his more prosaic qualities of reliability, calm and consistency, is overshadowed by comparison. While logic might back Misbah, emotions are with Afridi. When Afridi drops a batting glove a nation stoops to pick it up. When Afridi fails with the bat – and, unpalatable though it will be to Pakistan supporters, he fails with the bat rather too often – a nation mourns his ill fortune. When Misbah scores 50, a nation frowns upon the slow pace at which he scored it. Misbah could invent a cure for cancer and someone will claim that Afridi would have done it with more panache.” – George Dobel
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:45:04 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015