Afridi hits out at Salman Butt – Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – October 20, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 after the latter criticized his performances during the recently concluded World T20.
Butt, who was an expert for ARY television for the World T20, blamed Afridi for the team’s poor showings in the mega-event. The Men in Green were knocked out of the competition at the semi-final stage, with the flamboyant all-rounder managing just 30 runs in six matches, including two ducks. He further took just 4 wickets at 42.75.
Afridi hit out at Butt by claiming that he should be ashamed of himself after destroying the country’s image. The player however, admitted that he failed to live up to the expectations of the supporters but vowed to come back strongly.
"When such experts (Butt) speak they don't have weight in their words and no one takes them seriously,” he said. “I have been trying hard to perform well but at times it is very hard and luck also plays a big part in such situations," he added.
Former Australian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978’s achievement over the past 12 months as high-quality and hoped to emulate his old self in the upcoming series against South Africa.
Under Clarke, the team has remained undefeated in the Test arena since August 2011 where they defeated the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120’s own performances have been impressive, which includes a stupendous triple hundred against the Men in Blue.
“As players and captains you're always judged on records, and what Michael has done as a captain and a player so far has been of a very high quality."
Despite the team underperforming over the past 12 months, former Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 remains the best choice as far as captaincy is concerned.
The Men in Blue had to deal with two back to back whitewashes last year, while also failed to reach the knock-out stage of the recently concluded World T20. Dhoni’s lack of runs has further added to the team’s concerns but Kapil has backed him to be the main man in the upcoming home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
"If you have someone who is good enough to lead in all three formats, why do you need separate captains,” Kapil said.
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