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Inzamam on his way out

Sehwag309

Banned
Why Imran, what would u suggest as his replacement

BTW, do u guys think he will be a better batter if relieved from captaincy
 

Tim

Cricketer Of The Year
Weak, is all I can say.

A number of Captains have struggled in Australia, but have learnt from it & gone on to do better things.
 

Camel56

Banned
Bout time. This guy needs to be sent to fat camp. Three months of excersize and healthy eating will do him the world of good.
 

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
Sehwag309 said:
Why Imran, what would u suggest as his replacement

BTW, do u guys think he will be a better batter if relieved from captaincy
Who the heck are they gonna pick?

Another return for Latif, maybe? :D
 

Beleg

International Regular
BTW, do u guys think he will be a better batter if relieved from captaincy
Captaincy doesn't seem to have effected his batting at all. If anything it has only strenghtend his mental resolve and imporved his personal performance. You cannot accuse him of not leading from the fore-front. [witness the last couple of games again Aus]
ODI's: In 43 matches as a skipper he has scored 1513 runs at a whooping rate of 51 which is about 11 more then his carrier average. Except against NZ, [average 24.5 from 7 innings] he has scored well over a mean rate of 40/match.
And in his last 10 games he has scored 470 runs at an average 67.14 [four continuous half-centuries preceeded by a low score and another half-century against WI, Aus, Ind, SL both home and away]

In Tests: His test form, admittedly hasn't been that good. He averages a lowly [by his standards] 40 from 17 innings [including the dismal, injury-carrying performance against Aus without which his average improves slightly to 43]
To his [admittedly minor] credit: the games were played against Aus, NZ, SL and India so he cannot be accused of performing against minnows. His recent form seemed on an upward slant before the disastrous test against Australia, hovering around his carrier average of 49 but as a whole, statistically speaking atleast, Inzamam seems to have had more problem adapting to his role as a captain plus premier batsman in test cricket.

How does this reflect as a whole on his form?

Definately, all those who have followed his carrier can attest that he is playing as well in ODI's as he ever did and not just in meat-pie games either. [Remember the 70 odd against India and the recent scores against Australia] Whether this purple patch will continue for an extended ammount of time is difficult to determine, since so many factors come into fray - I certainly wouldn't bet against him playing 2007 WC, fitness nonwithstanding.

In test matches: I'm positive he'll hit some form sooner or latter. For me he has always been better in the longer version of the game, and the recent form slump, if you can it that, seems to be vanishing as he gains more maturity as a captain.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
It has happened before, particularly in the sub continent and will happen again.

Hand over the captaincy to someone for not the best of reasons. Either because he is the most senior in the side. Or because he is the most pliable. Or because he is the least controversial. Or because he is least likely to clash with the manager/coach etc etc.

And then when the poor guy does EXACTLY as should have been expected viz , a bad job, jump on him from all sides.

Inzemaam was never a captaincy material and his performance as a captain is as much to be blamed as Dravid's as a wicket keeper, PERIOD
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
SJS said:
It has happened before, particularly in the sub continent and will happen again.

Hand over the captaincy to someone for not the best of reasons. Either because he is the most senior in the side. Or because he is the most pliable. Or because he is the least controversial. Or because he is least likely to clash with the manager/coach etc etc.

And then when the poor guy does EXACTLY as should have been expected viz , a bad job, jump on him from all sides.

Inzemaam was never a captaincy material and his performance as a captain is as much to be blamed as Dravid's as a wicket keeper, PERIOD
Ohh, that's a brilliant post. I have nothing much more to add. You can't blame Inzy for his poor performance as captain, but you can't deny he's been poor either. It wasn't his fault, it was the selectors, board or whatever.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Yeah, they picked the guy so that he could be blamed when things went wrong. I remember Krish Srikkanth went through a similar experience in India.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
the decline of inzi lets face it has been on the decline for sometime now, he wont last a great deal longer. pakistan can only hope that a good replacement can be found, another player with the talent of sahlman butt needs to be discovered.
 

Camel56

Banned
Inzi will be looking at going on the pakistani version of one of those weight loss TV shows now that his career is all but over.
 

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