In Bangalore Younus Khan’s double hundred and Inzi’s 189 on his 100th test match which Pakistan won against India was mainly because of Shahid Afridi’s quickfire 59 in 27 balls that gave the time for the Pakistan team to bowl out India, and Afridi took 3 crucial wickets of Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly.

In Karachi, Younus Khan scored a double century in the second innings or, he was out on 199 I am not sure and he was man of the match, whereas imo our wicketkeeper KHATMAL should have been the MOM because he was the only one who stood there and scored a century in the first innings to give Pakistan that 20 odd runs lead in the first innings, otherwise Irfan Pathan took a hatrick and those out were Salman Butt, Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf. So, Younus Khan’s contribution is more like Zaheer Abbass’s and you cannot ignore that because making 200 plus runs a few times is not easy.

With due respect, I was shocked to read you included Zaheer Abbas as a match-winner? He was nothing more than a flat-track bully and has never contributed a single run which has significantly helped in saving or winning a match. All his big ones have been scored either on sub-continents or docile English wickets, not seaming or traditional ones.

Check his statics, Australia, New Zealand or West Indies has never seen this so-called “Asian Bradman” performing!!

Asif Iqbal, Mushtaq Mohammed, Majid Khan and Younus Khan, were and are the real heroes alongwith those mentioned by you and even Mohammed Yousuf sometimes had some part but Zaheer Abbas, Never, Ever.

I am sorry, I dont mean to offend you but feel stongly about it.

Right now the morale of the Australian team is very low after being thrashed by the South Africans and Pakistanis will give the Aussies the energy boost drink that is needed – batting and bowling practice – and the Aussies will go back home after whitewashing the series against Pakistan.

As highlighted by many bloggers already the inclusion of the likes of Rana and Nazir will certainly make Pakistan a grand attraction in the T20WC with the potential to go the distance in terms of restoring cricket pride in the nation and winning the tournament. This just underlines the influential impact these names can bring on the nations fate.

Without these iconic names Pakistan will lack the ego, credentials and experience to succeed on the international stage.ICC should clear up this petty regulation once and all otherwise our T20 glory hopes could be a distant dream or will be shall I say.

by the way yaar abdul, what exactly are you trying to say in comment 78? my english is not great so i need some explanation plz…..hope you dont mind!!

Cricinfo staff

April 13, 2009

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has questioned the commitment of the Pakistan players who were keen to be part of the national team after featuring in the unofficial ICL. The players have been critical of the international ban, but Waqar said they should have put their country ahead of the ICL.

“I am a strong believer that a cricketer should be permitted to play anywhere, but in this (ICL) case I think somewhere there is a doubt,” Waqar said. “It means country was not dear to you before [joining the ICL].”

Currently, all the ICL players are ineligible for their national teams as the league is in direct conflict with the officially recognised IPL organized by the BCCI. However, the future of the ICL players will come up for discussion when the ICC executive board meets in Dubai on April 17-18.

Last week, the PCB had named three ICL players – Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir and Naved-ul Hasan – in its list of 30 probables for the World Twenty20 in England, only to replace them the day after. While Razzaq played for the Hyderabad Heroes, Nazir and Naved helped Lahore Badshahs win the ICL 20-20 Indian Championship last season.

The dramatic flip-flop by the board highlighted the confusion regarding the status of the ICL players, which led to the administrators considering a “cooling period” ranging between six to 12 months for players who wished to return to the national fold from the unauthorised league.

The move from the PCB drew criticism from Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, and Lahore Badshahs skipper who slammed the board’s “unprofessional thinking”. He said the Pakistan board and the selectors should have shown more respect to the three players who have represented the country.

Either this is a “slip of tongue” or failure to convey across the wanted message. Or this is an exaggerated optimistic approach. In that case he’s talked the talk, now walk the walk Mr Khan.

On ‘definitely’ and ‘each time you do that I catch you’ …

So at least I was right about you being “very observent”

PCB should stop acting like a scapegoat rebel and stand up for its future. Why shall we allow Pakistan cricket to suffer and neglect such extraordinary talent from participating in the national side at the expense of pleasing some governing bodies?