Let history record that even though Majid Khan at the time was Pakistan's all-time third greatest batsman, his cousin Imran Khan dropped him forever when he was 35 years old due to his deteriorating form.
He did it because it was the right thing to do, even though it poisoned family relationships for decades to come.
Then, 3 years later Imran resumed the captaincy from Javed Miandad, who had himself inherited it recently from the 36 year old Zaheer Abbas, who was the second greatest batsman in Pakistan history at the time, but had also been exhibiting the same frailties as Azhar Ali against pace bowling.
In the First Test Zed didn't bat. In the Second Test he scored 4. And Imran Khan dropped him forever too.
What is sad is that in his thirties Imran Khan could recognise age-related decline and terminated the careers of legendary batsmen who were exhibiting it.
But now he supports the tenure of Misbah-ul-Haq who stacks his team with geriatric batsmen.
Inzamam's last test team contained 8 guys in their twenties plus Shafiq and Sarfraz and Azhar Ali.
Today's batting line-up has the following ages:
30
32
34 years 295 days
33 years 317 days
30 years 336 days
25 years
I wouldn't mind, but of the 5 batsmen in their thirties, 3 of them have not even scored 1000 Test runs.
