Thursday, September 2, 2010

Tour ends for Asif, Amir, and Butt

Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, and Salman Butt, three players who were part of the spot-fixing controversy, will not play any part in the upcoming limited-over matches against England, after a long talk between officials from the ICC and PCB led to the announcement that the three players have been dropped from the limited- overs squad due to "mental torture". I believe this lost will be very costly for the Pakistani team, since Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif are amongst one of the best bowling pairs in the world these days. These 2 bowlers cannot be compared to any other bowler in the Pakistani squad. This bowling pair had been threatening to all the teams in the world. Well now since these 2 bowlers have been dropped from the squad, it will give the English team's batting to make a strong score and take the matches away from Pakistan, since Pakistan's batting has been a flop this whole tour. Shahid Afridi's side will have to work on their bowling and especially their batting if they would want to take the series away from England. I think losing Salman Butt is also a big lost for the team because he is a satisfying opening batsman in T20s and ODI`s, he can get some quick runs in the beginning overs and put the team in a good position. Well let`s see how Shahid Afridi`s side performs with his star bowlers and his star opening batsman out of the squad.