Shahid Afridi

And in Salman Butt, you found a brilliant captain.

After Shahid Afridi, Shahid Afridi became a captain for a test match.

And after that, he left.

Then you won from Australia in England.

After that, two PCBs came in between.

After Rameez, the trajectory changed completely.

After Wasim, Shahid Afridi came in as a Chief Selector along with Haroon Rashid.

Then Shahid Afridi left.

I mean, it's fantastic.

A little bit reminiscent actually at times of R- of Shahid Afridi.

Yeah, I thought that as well.

Boom, boom Afridi.

He didn't realize he's missing for a wedding.

I mean, what's, what's Shahid Afridi doing tomorrow? Shahid Afridi-

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... having been the man of a million comebacks.

I remember watching that, and he, he, as you say, it- you can't state this enough, he picked up Pakistan from one of the lowest ebbs.

There was a, a test match during that series where Shahid Afridi briefly captained, and then he himself retired from Pakistan cricket, so there were absolute turmoil happening.

Yeah.

Misbah takes over, he comes in, he has this gravitas.

Like, he just, he just feels like somebody who has a, an enormous gravitas and, and just that record that he's got as well.

Yeah, I think, I think you can certainly make a case for him.

Shahid Afridi, one of the great characters in Pakistan cricket as well.

Your domain, Vic, spin.

Mm-hmm.

Shahid Afridi, just thought of him.

Yeah, yeah.

Got here once.

You know, the news cycle in Pakistan, and anywhere really, but in Pakistan it moves on so quick that, you know, the Akib Javed's interview yesterday is already yesterday's news in some ways, and there's players who've come out kind of defending the move.

Pr- players like Mohammad Yousuf have come out defending the move actually, and, and guys like Shahid Afridi have kind of said, "No, this is wrong." He, I mean, it says something when Shahid Afridi is saying that you've gone a little overboard, right? With these kind of things.

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It says ...

Like, I love Shahid Afridi, but, you know, he, he wasn't ever like a, the bastion of stability and stuff.

But he's saying that you guys have gone a little bit overboard.

And I, I just feel like I, I hope they can kind of sustain, you know, whatever kind of anger and, and frustration there is with the way cricket is running, and I hope, I hope the board takes it on.

Mike Hesson is the whiteboard coach, and he's been brought in to do the next test at Edgbaston as well.

Now, uh, Shahid Afridi, uh, he went on Twitter this morning, and he said, "Not sure what is the logical reasoning behind this decision.

Even the replacements make no sense.

T20 players have been included for a test match in England.

So, you know, there are a lot of players then in a group who took one catch in 19 innings or one catch in 20.

Shahid Afridi, three catches in 60, has the same ratio.

Um, let's say one in 25 innings, that's Mustafizur Rahman.

Kenny Benjamin, two in 50, so they're even on ratio.