shaz619
Test Star
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2010
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Shoaib Malik is lucky to be alive, watching him get smashed in the back of his head got me thinking; is that what it will take for a senior to leave the team ? I know that he may well return to the international side but what if there's a time when that may not be possible beyond his own control.
The likes of Hafeez and Malik are no spring chickens, the international level is very fierce and competitive; their fitness might be decent but reflex's do diminish with age and you're not going to be the man you were at 20. Yes it is the sissy era of cricket where laws generally protect batsman and make life so much easier for them but all it takes is one blow to seriously threaten your health.
Am not Hafeez's or Malik's greatest fan but god forbid don't want anything bad to happen, they have family's etc both have made their money and I see no reason for them to continue at the highest level, am sure we all can agree on this.
Beyond their failures will always look back on Malik's defining moment running towards Afridi doing the star fish pose in 2009, he had a decent run in that tournament and the final cameo was crucial for us; while Hafeez's greatest highlight was smashing India to pieces at the oval in 2017. No doubt both have handicapped Pakistan and done so much harm but they have some fond memories to look back on. Time for them to be extremely selfish, but extremely selfish with regards to their own health.
The likes of Hafeez and Malik are no spring chickens, the international level is very fierce and competitive; their fitness might be decent but reflex's do diminish with age and you're not going to be the man you were at 20. Yes it is the sissy era of cricket where laws generally protect batsman and make life so much easier for them but all it takes is one blow to seriously threaten your health.
Am not Hafeez's or Malik's greatest fan but god forbid don't want anything bad to happen, they have family's etc both have made their money and I see no reason for them to continue at the highest level, am sure we all can agree on this.
Beyond their failures will always look back on Malik's defining moment running towards Afridi doing the star fish pose in 2009, he had a decent run in that tournament and the final cameo was crucial for us; while Hafeez's greatest highlight was smashing India to pieces at the oval in 2017. No doubt both have handicapped Pakistan and done so much harm but they have some fond memories to look back on. Time for them to be extremely selfish, but extremely selfish with regards to their own health.