Karachi City Cricket Association president calls for axing Kamran Akmal from Pakistan cricket team
The President of the Karachi City Cricket Association, Syed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Siraj-ul-Islam-Bukhari-c90492 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, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-c88817 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 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 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 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 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 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 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 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 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 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
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