Recipe to T20 2009 resurge for Pakistani Team

Source: Cricinfo



Ingredients:

- 11 Players
- 11 +ve attitudes
- 11 fully loaded packs of self belief
- Desire to catch-n-hold the ball
- 01 Captain who laughs less
- Common Sense, as many tbsp as you can find
- Aggressiveness, as per taste
- Above all, desire to WIN

Recipe:

There has been a lot already said on the pathetic state of Pakistani team and it has been more than once highlighted by World class test players that the fault lies more in planning than in resources. Its not about winning T20, well if they do excellent, but its more about playing the game with the proper spirit and above everything open bloody eyes and learn from mistakes. If every cricket analyst and critic can ask following questions I fail to admit that PCB or Younis Khan or the bulky Burger King Intikhab Alam can’t, questions such as:

1. Why do we still play Salman Butt? One good reason would do.
2. Why do we waste Afridi at No. 6?, when the most he can achieve is with the new ball with power play on, so his 9/10 mistimed slogs have a chance to fall in no man lands.
3. What do you expect of Misbah ul Haq if you send him in at 5 or 6? Did somebody tell you the guy is a magician or you are simple plain crazy?
4. What purpose Fawad Alam serves being a part of team in any of batting, bowling or fielding?
5. Why does Younis Khan has to repeatedly quote T20 as *fun game*? If it is lack of vocabulary, it should be clarified, if it is not he should return home as Pakistani supporters don’t want fun games they want him to take it seriously.
6. Why would you not use Shoaib Malik as a bowler when he finally started to get a grip on his form and did 2-0-5-0 in last match?
7. Is Pakistani team banned to do practise or what because 20 extras in 20 overs is something no more seen in even street cricket?

So on and forth, however, the bottom line is that if PCB or the team wants to do better the force, desire and will has to come from within. Although at the moment the nature and stupidity of decisions make it look as if it is never going to happen, unfortunately there is no short cut.