As for the horrible fielding, blame for that must lie squarely on the coach’s shoulders.
LAHORE: Whether we like it or not, the fact is that on the day of the sem-final, the team that played better won. And the team that dropped five or six catches and generally fielded poorly lost. No player can help us win a match if we drop four catches of a batsman of Tendulkar’s quality. From the way they batted, senior players like Younus Khan and Misbahul Haq seem to have developed a mindset for Test cricket and should perhaps be moved away from playing ODIs. As for the horrible fielding, blame for that must lie squarely on the coach’s shoulders.
Malik Tariq Ali
Published in The Express Tribune, April 02nd, 2011.
