Pakistan cricket team play too defensive and settle for a draw

The Pakistan cricket team waste a great opportunity to set a world record in Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket test at Lahore

Shoaib Malik's Pakistan cricket team played too defensively to settle for a draw in the Pakistan Vs South Africa test cricket match at Lahore

Younis Khan's brilliant century was wasted as the Pakistan cricket team did not try to force a win in Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket team

Younis Khan made an amazingly fluent century in the Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket match at Lahore, but Pakistan seemed more caught up in the occasion of the great man Inzamam's retirement to bother about saving the cricket test series against South Africa

The Pakistan cricket team under Shoaib Malik for the Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series seems to lack confidence

The Pakistan cricket team , under Shoaib Malik,surely is one of the most talented cricket teams in the world, but seems to lack the confidence. Any other cricket team would have made an attempt to square the Pakistan Vs South Africa cricket series, but the Pakistan cricket team decided to settle for a tame draw and gave a great chance of squaring the cricket series

Surely, Geoff Lawson seems to be another cricket coach,who is not doing his job of motivating the cricket team

Sounds familiar? Lets hope Geoff Lawson doesn't indulge in Pakistan cricket Board politics as well, like his counterpart erstwhile coach of the Indian cricket team,the self-styled "Guru" Greg Chappell

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Michael Clarke ends Indian cricket bowlers' celebrations in India VsAustralia one day international cricket match at Bangalore

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Michael Clarke hit a masterly knock to get the Indian cricket bowlers back to reality

Michael Clarke has always thrived on wickets on the subcontinent and he once again proved his mastery of Indian cricket pitches with a superlative century in the first India Vs Australia one day international cricket match at Bangalore

Unlike other Australian batsmen, Michael Clarke uses his feet beautifully against the spinners and played a great knock of 130 runs to get the Australian cricket team in a winning position in the first one day international cricket match at Bangalore

Michael Clarke's hundred has probably helped bring the Indian cricket bowlers to accept the reality of Indian cricket pitches

The Indian cricket bowlers were made to realize that Indian cricket pitches are very much different from the South African cricket pitches. The Indian cricket bowlers were treated like spinners on the sublime Bangalore track by Michael Clarke as the Australian cricket team rattled up a huge score

The Indian cricket bowlers should be thankful for the wakeup call caused by Michael Clarke's innings as the Indian cricket team were lucky to end up with a draw after the tremendous Australian onslaught which was only matched by the stormy thunderstorm

Michael Clarke has reminded the Indian cricket bowlers that line and length matter on bland Indian pitches

The Indian cricket bowlers, led by Sreesanth, RP Singh and Zaheer Khan were erratic and that helped Michael Clarke start the Indian one day international cricket series on a very bright note.

Lets hope that the Indian bowlers wake up to bowl better in the remaining india Vs Australia one day internationals, else this India Vs Australia one day cricket series will end up being a one side affair

Inzamam treated badly by Pakistan cricket board

Inzamam Ul Haq should be treated better by the Pakistan cricket board

Inzamam Ul Haq has not been selected as one of the contracted players of the year by the Pakistan cricket board. Inzamam has been treated badly by the Pakistan cricket establishment again and this was the last nail in the coffin for Inzamam

Why cant Inzamam at least be given a hero's farewell by the Pakistan cricket board for his services to cricket?

Inzamam Ul Haq is being made a scapegoat for the Pakistan cricket team's world cup cricket debacle

Inzamam was of course the captain for the Pakistan cricket team in the cricket World cup. But, Inzamam was not the only cause for Pakistan's ignominious exit from the cricket World cup

Inzamam's past contributions to the Pakistan cricket team have been very conveniently forgotten. Very often, Inzamam was the only cricketer to stand up to the opposition in international one day and test cricket matches

Inzamam's treatment shows that Asian cricket teams do not know how to honour their heroes

Inzamam is but the latest cricket hero to be dump by an Asian cricket establishment. Right from the days of Gundappa Vishwanath, to Mohinder Amarnath, Indian and Pakistan cricket heroes have been unceremoniously dumped after a bad performance, without even standing up to applaud their past achievements

Inzamam should have perhaps learnt from Sunil Gavaskar and Imran Khan who probably understood this phenomenon best, and retired after an extraordinary cricket performance

Like Inzamam,Sachin Tendulkar is perhaps still at his best, but should he retire now to protect his post cricket career and reputation?

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