“Misbah has started to feel the heat” says Pakistani Former Selector – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 again came under fire following the national side’s lost
to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The team under the leadership of Misbah has earned considerable success in the current year, where they lifted the Asia Cup 2012 and whitewashed the number one Test team in the world, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at UAE by 3-0.
All-rounder Hafeez was nominated T20 captain recently on the back of the Men in Green’s surprising dip in form in the limited-overs arena, most notably against England. Besides handing over captaincy for the short format he was also made Misbah’s deputy
for One Days and Tests.
“Misbah has started to feel the heat and the grouping within the team has led to its poor performance,” said a former selector close to Misbah. “It seems that Hafeez, despite being nominated for Twenty20 captaincy by Misbah, is working towards ODI captaincy
too and Misbah has realised that.”
The recently concluded series against Sri Lanka has pointed many fingers at the senior players who have not been able to perform, notable being http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 who just managed 10 runs in the last three ODI innings. Hafeez has also failed on tour, managed 6
runs in the last three ODI innings however, economical bowling has ensured his inclusion in the team.
Other issues include the altercation between the captain and the Head Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 for the final ODI. According to sources, Misbah wanted to exclude the youngster from the team due to his poor form, but the coach disagreed
and included the dynamic stroke player, who then went on to crack an unbeaten 55, albeit in lost cause.
“Misbah grew frustrated with Akmal’s poor show and wanted to drop him but Whatmore decided against that. Whatmore used his power to retain Akmal.”
For now, Hafeez and Misbah both need to patch up their differences and perform on the cricket field in the upcoming Test series, which begins at Galle from June 22.
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