Karachi City Cricket Association drops Kamran Akmal from team for poor show in ICC World Cup 2011
The President of the Karachi City Cricket Association, Syed Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari has come down hard on the Pakistan wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal for giving a disappointing performance in the recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011.
Bukhari suggested the removal of the struggling wicketkeeper from the team in order to inject fresh talent behind the stumps. He insisted that Akmal had been given enough chances to prove himself, but the wicketkeeper let everyone down every time and now he should be shown the door.
“We cannot afford wasting our time with Kamran Akmal who has led down the Pakistan team poorly by his inept wicket keeping during the whole World Cup,” said Bukhari.
The KCCA president backed Sarfraz Ahmed to replace Akmal. Ahmed has been performing tremendously well in the domestic circuit and many former cricketers believe it is the right time to give the cricketer a permanent slot in the national team.
In the recently concluded Pakistan’s domestic Pentangular Cup, Sarfraz scored 493 runs and grabbed 21 victims. He was awarded the title of best wicketkeeper for the second consecutive time in the competition.
Stressing Ahmed’s return, Bukhari said, “It is a high time to bring back Sarfraz Ahmed in the wicket keeping slot, a place he had to give up due to his absences in West Indies with the Pakistan A team last year.”
Ahmed made his One Day International debut in 2007 but failed to become a regular member of the national team. He played his last ODI in 2008. He was then called for the third Test in Hobart during Pakistan’s tour to Australia in 2010 as a replacement for Kamran Akmal who had slumped in his performance during the second Test.
Bukhari also suggested resting the out of form all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who also was highly unimpressive throughout the ICC World Cup 2011. Razzaq struggled while bowling and was equally disappointing with his batting. It is believed that because of his poor form, skipper Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis decided to send him lower down the order.
The KCCA president did not favour the exclusion of veteran middle order batsmen Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan from national team and suggested that the two batsmen had the ability to come in handy in the five-day version of the game.
He praised the leadership qualities of Pakistan’s flamboyant captain Shahid Afridi and welcomed his apology to the nation for failing to win the World Cup. He insisted that Afridi had done a great job with the team and carried a written-off team in the final four where they lost to India.
The President of the Karachi City Cricket Association, Syed Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari has come down hard on the Pakistan wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal for giving a disappointing performance in the recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011.
Bukhari suggested the removal of the struggling wicketkeeper from the team in order to inject fresh talent behind the stumps. He insisted that Akmal had been given enough chances to prove himself, but the wicketkeeper let everyone down every time and now he should be shown the door.
“We cannot afford wasting our time with Kamran Akmal who has led down the Pakistan team poorly by his inept wicket keeping during the whole World Cup,” said Bukhari.
The KCCA president backed Sarfraz Ahmed to replace Akmal. Ahmed has been performing tremendously well in the domestic circuit and many former cricketers believe it is the right time to give the cricketer a permanent slot in the national team.
In the recently concluded Pakistan’s domestic Pentangular Cup, Sarfraz scored 493 runs and grabbed 21 victims. He was awarded the title of best wicketkeeper for the second consecutive time in the competition.
Stressing Ahmed’s return, Bukhari said, “It is a high time to bring back Sarfraz Ahmed in the wicket keeping slot, a place he had to give up due to his absences in West Indies with the Pakistan A team last year.”
Ahmed made his One Day International debut in 2007 but failed to become a regular member of the national team. He played his last ODI in 2008. He was then called for the third Test in Hobart during Pakistan’s tour to Australia in 2010 as a replacement for Kamran Akmal who had slumped in his performance during the second Test.
Bukhari also suggested resting the out of form all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who also was highly unimpressive throughout the ICC World Cup 2011. Razzaq struggled while bowling and was equally disappointing with his batting. It is believed that because of his poor form, skipper Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis decided to send him lower down the order.
The KCCA president did not favour the exclusion of veteran middle order batsmen Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan from national team and suggested that the two batsmen had the ability to come in handy in the five-day version of the game.
He praised the leadership qualities of Pakistan’s flamboyant captain Shahid Afridi and welcomed his apology to the nation for failing to win the World Cup. He insisted that Afridi had done a great job with the team and carried a written-off team in the final four where they lost to India.
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