You make some good points but let me address the ones I disagree with..
Wasim Akram was a tactically astute captain and led the team well as the ATG fast bowler that everyone respected (except Waqar..). Also disagree he had a great team since by 1999 our batting was suspect.
Inzy was a good captain. His team were an absolute beast in Asian conditions and he really developed a lot of the younger players under him like YK, Salman Butt Shoaib Malik, Akmal. YK of course became a ATG himself later on bu his career really kicked off under Inzy’s captaincy. But as I pointed we failed in every ICC / ACC tournament under him. Hard to pinpoint the Tableeghi culture to him since the background behind that is beyond the scope of this thread..
Shoaib Malik could have been a great captain. He was earmarked by Bob Woolmer and Geoff Lawson to lead our team one day but sadly our culture just doesn’t allow it.. Razzaq, MoYo in particular I know were not too happy with Malik becoming captain.. his trouble was he was not an automatic starter in Tests but only captained one test series (against India in 2007). His capital y saw us reach the 2007 WorldT20 final, win kitply cup but yes agree not reaching Asia cup final at home in 2008 was disappointing..
Had to compare AHK and MM when they never played in ICC tournaments of course..
Don’t know stats but I’m pretty sure both of them did not had a great Test record since we were a mediocre Test team in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Fully agree IK is also an ATG Test / ODI Captain. Wonderful leader but I always argue he fluked his way to the 1992 WC trophy
Kardar led Pakistan to a test match victory against England in only their second series ever. The series which ended up being a draw was nothing short of a monumental achievement for the time. Especially for a team that had just started playing test cricket, playing against a team that was arguably the best in the world at the time. For context, between 1951-58, England went unbeaten for 14 straight series. And Kardar had a massive role as leader and captain in building that rookie team, out of whom Kardar and Fazal Mahmood were pretty much the only ones who had played professional cricket before playing for Pakistan. Kardar had even played for India pre-partition. People don't realise how massive that test win and series draw was. You can't analyze it from the lens of modern day.
I think Pakistan had a pretty good batting line-up back then. Saeed Anwar, Ijaz, Inzi. Yousuf had come into the side by then. They had a bunch of all-rounders like Razzaq, Afridi, Azhar, who were all proper all-rounders. Even Wasim and Moin were fairly handy with the bat down the order. Pakistan had one of the most well-balanced sides in the format. For me, Pakistan were the second best team at the 1999 WC after South Africa.
IIRC Pakistan lost their first ever series at home to India under Inzamam's captaincy. There were also other notable failures like the tours of England, Australia, South Africa. Failure to win a series in West Indies and ofcourse the 2007 World Cup. It was a period of relative stability only if you compare it to the turbulence of previous and future eras. While I wouldn't call his run as captain a failure, it wasn't a success either. And the Tableeghi stuff is a big part of it because it had a massive effect on our team culture and Inzamam had a big role in encouraging it.
Well alot of things could and should have happened. Before Malik, Younis was seen as the successor to Inzamam. He had even been groomed for the role. But it didn't happen. And while the unfortunate events in Pakistan cricket at the time had a big impact on things, Malik has to take some responsibility himself too. He was described as "aloof", and a person who kept more to himself, rather then someone who was especially egreat at bringing people together or inspiring the team. Everything I have read about his captaincy tells me he was thoroughly unequipped for the role at that stage of his career.
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