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Younus criticized for defeat against NZ
By Rizwan ali
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 11 - 11 - 2009

Younus Khan should have sacrificed his spot and allowed Shahid Afridi to lead Pakistan against New Zealand, outspoken former Test paceman Sarfraz Nawaz said Tuesday in the wake of a limited-over series loss to the Kiwis.
“He should have dropped himself from the last game and allowed Shahid Afridi to captain the side,” Nawaz said.
Younus, whose resignation letter was rejected by the Pakistan Cricket Board last month, was out of form with the bat in all three matches against New Zealand, managing 0, 19 and 3. But Pakistan preferred to rotate its three other in-form batsmen Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal and Mohammad Yousuf in the series.
“Other batsmen lose heart when they see their captain not scoring and it was unbelievable that those who were performing with the bat were given undue rest,” Nawaz said. “No matter how big a team is, if you start resting your key players there's no way you can win matches.
“If Younus was sincere with Pakistan team, he should have not played in the last match and given Yousuf an opportunity.”
Former chief selector Abdul Qadir said it was hard to believe the way Pakistan batsmen threw their wickets on a pitch where young Aamir scored a magnificent half century.
“If Aamir can score, what had gone wrong with our batsmen?” Qadir asked.
Nawaz demanded an overhaul in the Pakistan Cricket Board setup and also blamed the 71-year-old PCB chief Ijaz Butt for the team's performance.
“He has gone too old to handle the matters of PCB and I think now it's high time that the cricket board should be looked after by the ministry of sports,” Nawaz said. The cricket board is an autonomous body in Pakistan, but has president Asif Ali Zardari as its patron.
Another former captain Inzamamul Haq said that Younus had been given too much control, which is damaging the Pakistan team.
“I fail to understand who has given him this license to kill as he first rested Malik and then Yousuf from the all important last match,” Inzamam told the daily Jang newspaper. “If the captain does not raise the confidence of senior players how can we expect improved performance from the team?”
PCB officials will have to front both houses of Parliament to explain the recent loss to New Zealand.
A standing committee on sports in Pakistan's Lower House had summoned both Butt and Younus last month after the Champions Trophy in South Africa and cleared the Pakistan team over false match-fixing allegations. Younus tried to quit as captain but was reinstated by the PCB until the 2011 World Cup as long as he stays fit and the selectors picked him in the squad.


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