Loud Thinking December 28, 2013 at 05:46PM

Hail to the PCB !!!

It is earnestly hoped that those at the helm of the affairs of the PCB, must now know the worth of the nincompoop PCB selectors, who decided not to select Anwer Ali in the Test team.

Anwar Ali scored 41 not out, and was the 2rd highest scorer (Hafeez’s 41 was scored with an SR of 73.21), in the Pakistani innings, with highest strike rate of 107.89. 2nd highest SR (106.25) was of Ahmad Shahzad.

Here, we must not forget that Anwer Ali was declared the man of the match, due to his sterling performance in his 1st ODI match, played against the Proteas, in South Africa. Later on, the collective wisdom of the PCB touring selection committee, headed by the most genius cricketer, ever produced by the country Mr. Moin Khan, didn’t see any worth in Anwer Ali, for giving him the chance of playing in the ODI series, till the last match of the tour, where is performance was really some thing to sing about.

We must not also forget that the TV commentators of the Geo Super TV, were so impressed with the fielding abilities of Anwer Ali (who performed the duties of the 12th man in the 4 ODI’s) during the whole series that he was called the “super substitute fielder”.

Hail to the PCB and all its wise men, who must be jumping with joy up to the moon, for securing a 3-2 grand ODI series victory vs the Sri Lankan team.

Last but not the least, the tour management committee is so myopic that it didn’t even consider using Umar Gul (who had to under go knee surgery) very sparingly, lest he may not sustain the post surgery pressure, with February 2014, Asia ODI Cup, March 2014 T20 World Cup and the 2015 ODI World Cup, mega tournaments matches in sight. One wonders when will the strategic thinking will dawn on the PCB charlatans.

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