Is this the end for one of England's most stylish batsmen.A leader par excellence whoz career has been dogged with injuries. A sad,abrupt and premature to a promising career?
This is sad news
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Shoaib
Happened to read Inthikab Alam's statement of Shoaib Akthar and why they had to make him an example. I think somewhere along the line Alam did mention Akthar's active sex life and the fact that he drinks....Dont know how that is in anyway connected to the issue at hand. Rameez raja did also mention that if it was only Akthar involved he would have pronounced him gulity straight away. Make no mistake fellas Shoaib Akthar despite disciplinary problems and all that jazz in fantastic for the game. Is he being made scapegoat by his own board and its members.Will there be an opportunity for a redemption song?
Also read an article by that man Osman Samiuddin that gave Shoaib the cricketer a lot of praise while rightly lambasting his shortcomings as a sportsman. However what I wonder is why he so readily concludes that this is not merely a 2-year ban but the end of Shoaib's career. After all he will be 33 when his ban ends. Remember Shane Warne was already 34 when he was banned and yet we all know where he stands today.
Is this due to the implicit (and quite likely true) assumption of Shoaib's lack of mental strength ? In any case there is always a possibility that this will give him some time to introspect and return with a fervour for what will be the last 2-3 years of his career. Maybe this will provide him the strength to channelize the energies he lacked and come out and prove to the World his innate unfulfilled potential.
Also read an article by that man Osman Samiuddin that gave Shoaib the cricketer a lot of praise while rightly lambasting his shortcomings as a sportsman. However what I wonder is why he so readily concludes that this is not merely a 2-year ban but the end of Shoaib's career. After all he will be 33 when his ban ends. Remember Shane Warne was already 34 when he was banned and yet we all know where he stands today.
Is this due to the implicit (and quite likely true) assumption of Shoaib's lack of mental strength ? In any case there is always a possibility that this will give him some time to introspect and return with a fervour for what will be the last 2-3 years of his career. Maybe this will provide him the strength to channelize the energies he lacked and come out and prove to the World his innate unfulfilled potential.
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