Originally Posted by Nadeem
The personal issues which Ijaz Butt has with players are now starting to hurt the team. I am all for the inclusion of younger players but how are they suppose to improve without anyone to guide them on the field. Waqar can only do his best off the field but once on it, it’s a different situation. I don’t expect the likes of Salman, Malik, Kamran who are suppose to be the experienced ones to guide them when in all honesty both Malik and Kamran are fighting for their positions.
Totally agree with you Nadeem bhai. You can't just thrust youngsters into the team when there is no proper experience player there which can be a role model to them on how to play in these conditions. Youth needs guidence, and I really doubt if Butt, Kamran and Malik can guide these youngsters when they themselves seem clueless at the crease.
Let’s look back at the Sri Lanka tour were Fawad Alam made his debut with a wonderful century, he was guided by an experienced head (Younis Khan) who had seen it all before to insure Fawad made it through to make the magical three figures.
Another example of that was when Umar Akmal made his cracking maiden centuries, in both Test and ODIs, he batted alongside Yousuf and Younis which definitely helped him and had a positive effect on his strokeplay.
Umar Akmal averages 48.16 in test matches that he has played alongside Yousuf.
When Yousuf hasn't played, he averages around 16.
Umar Akmal & Yousuf partnership 344 at an average of 41.
This clearly proves that youth needs guidence.