“Jeet lo 16 crore Pakistanio kai dil!”

Huh, they are still showing that stupid commercial, in which Inzi, Shoaib, Akmal and Younis are shown getting scared by watching videos of Australian players! Next time, maybe they will show Ireland making Shoaib bite his nails.

During the third day’s lunch break of Pakistan’s second test against South Africa, Sarfaraz Nawaz made some idiotic comments about coach Bob Woolmer in the PTV’s “Expert Opinion” show. I don’t have his exact quote, but Sarfaraz said that foreign coaches only intend to destroy teams, and accused Woolmer of intending to destroy the Pakistan team and conspiring to kick out Shoaib Akhtar, which he deduced from the heated argument scenes between Woolmer and Akhtar.

Sarfaraz should know that it is Akhtar who has had an attitude problem, not Woolmer. He should also know that Akhtar has also been at odds with Inzamam in the past and it doesn’t mean that Inzi was conspiring against Akhtar or intended to destroy the Pakistan team. Now, some would say that Inzi won’t intend to do such a thing because Pakistan is his team. Well, Woolmer also calls Pakistan “my team”, and instead of destroying the Pakistan team, he was the one who coached over the team that destroyed the Ashes winning England team last year in Pakistan.

So, it is not right to say that foreign coach will always intend to destroy the team while a native coach or player will not. Native players can also fix matches, nothing new about it. Sarfaraz demanded to remove Woolmer as a coach, and others have also expressed their dislike for foreign “gora” coaches. Is it because they don’t want a foreigner to take up the job position or is it only discrimination and dislike based on nationality or race?

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Inzamam-ul-Haqq and Shoaib Akhtar rank among the top miscreants in Cricinfo’s XI, and Pakistan the most reported country :

http://wwwc4.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/260544.html

I am sure that Inzamam had refused to come out at all, but later the chairman of the PCB said that it was only supposed to be a protest, by staying in the dressing room for five minutes more. What kind of protest is this? 5 minutes protest? Inzi should not have come out on the field, and should not have compromised, even though we were in a winning position in the match. If the umpire was accusing the team of cheating, without providing evidence then he is the cheat, not the team.

From www.cricinfo.com :

England v Pakistan, 4th Test, The Oval

Full coverage of The Oval chaos

August 21, 2006

The fourth and final Test between England and Pakistan ended in extraordinary controversy as the Pakistan team refused the take the field and the match was awarded to England. But that was just the start of the drama and here is Cricinfo’s continuing full coverage of the incredible events of the last 24 hours

http://www4.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/257335.html