Posts Tagged ‘Shoaib Akhtar’

  • 19 Mar

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    Shouldn’t Akhtar have waited till the end of the Cricket World Cup?

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    The big question that seems to be haunting many of the fans is whether Shoaib Akhtar made the right decision by announcing the retirement in the middle of the Cricket World Cup 2011.

    The reason for this is that the Pakistanis have not been as good as they would have wanted their bowling to be. The reason for that is that they have conceded far too many runs in the tournament and Akhtar, to an extent, has been responsible.

    Now, with Akhtar announcing the retirement it could mean that Afridi may need to pick him up or could face his and the ire of some of the fans. This could dampen the spirits of the side. Dropping him seemed to be the way that they would like to go, given that Wahab Riaz has done well in the limited opportunities that he has got.

    Riaz also provides an option to bowl left-handed, which means that there could be an issue within the side thanks to the decision.

  • 08 Feb

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    Fitness will be the key to Cricket World Cup chances

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    Injuries and fitness will play a huge role in deciding who the Cricket World Cup Champion will be. The Cricket World Cup this year has been remodelled to ensure that the length is lessened to ensure that the futility of a long tournament, but in essence, the changed format means that the real battle starts from the end of the first round.

    It is the first round that the major teams will need to ensure that the players do not lose fitness – something that all sides have an issue with. India is sweating on the fitness of Praveen Kumar, Australia have issues with Hussey and Hauritz, England has a long list of issues, Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar is a perennial problem, South Africa has had a few niggles with their pace bowlers apart from some of the other teams.

    The advantage all these sides have is that they have almost a month of meaningless Cricket World Cup 2011 cricket to get their players to recover!