I think it is time for us Pakistani cricket fans to say enough is enough. I am not upset at our team losing the first ODI. Like many of us I am upset at the sheer cussedness of our team selectors and management. I have been following Pakistan cricket since 1960. Over the years the nepotism and unfairness keeps getting worse and more and more brazen. Players with connections keep getting selected, deserving players are cruelly ignored. I am sure many of us can come up with several examples of both.
Right now Hafeez is a glaring example and there is no sane reason why he is playing. In the last match youngsters showed that they are more suited to the modern game. Yet we keep going back to players who have seen better days. I have decided that the only way to get the message across is by doing something drastic. We can't vote with our feet as we could have if the matches were being played in Pakistan but we can decide not to follow the next match if Hafeez is in the team. I for one will completely ignore the remaining ODI's if Hafeez is in the eleven. I have appreciated Hafeez's contributions to the game and to Pakistan cricket but it is time to say goodbye. I hope others will join me in getting the message across. I realize some of you may consider this an extreme reaction and might say Pakistan could win the next ODI even with Hafeez in the team and even with a significant contribution by him. But that is not the point. Many of us are frustrated. My frustration has reached the point that after many years I am creating perhaps my second post.
Right now Hafeez is a glaring example and there is no sane reason why he is playing. In the last match youngsters showed that they are more suited to the modern game. Yet we keep going back to players who have seen better days. I have decided that the only way to get the message across is by doing something drastic. We can't vote with our feet as we could have if the matches were being played in Pakistan but we can decide not to follow the next match if Hafeez is in the team. I for one will completely ignore the remaining ODI's if Hafeez is in the eleven. I have appreciated Hafeez's contributions to the game and to Pakistan cricket but it is time to say goodbye. I hope others will join me in getting the message across. I realize some of you may consider this an extreme reaction and might say Pakistan could win the next ODI even with Hafeez in the team and even with a significant contribution by him. But that is not the point. Many of us are frustrated. My frustration has reached the point that after many years I am creating perhaps my second post.
Last edited by a moderator:
Yes that is very painful. "They have lots of experience" is repeated ad nauseam whenever Hafeez and Malik come out to bat.
