Today on weekend as usual i spend the evening with my friend, and watched the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. I missed much of Pakistani inning due to office hours , but watched the Sri Lankan inning with some sporadic interruptions. As Pakistani cricket now a days trapped in whirlpool of controversies, with spot fixing charges to Afridi - Waqar exchanging incendiary arguments, Pak vs SL series is some relief. As Pakistani team and PCB going through transformation, what i saw today really awaken the old days enthusiasm and love for this game in me. Today we played as complete unit , and after a long time i have seen such a commanding captain. Misbah have proven all his critiques wrong today , he commanded the team from front . It may be his heyday, that every risk he took paid him off. First sacrificing his own wicket for Younas Khan , which in end proved a vital decision . Than in bowling he played a lot of wagers which paid him off , but couple of times Tanvir disappointed him and us a lot. He consulted Younas Khan and Afridi on every critical moment , as in the ending overs of the match , Younas was placing fielders for Umer Gul , this was a great sign of improvement. Misbah seems quite confident and mature as captain and he is not threaten or afraid that some one is gonna out run his captaincy. This is a conspicuous sign for politic free team structure. Shoaib Malik's role today was just reduced to a 12th man , which i loved. No controversial player was named in playing 11 (players involved or suspected to be involved in fixing). I hope we see better cricket in following year.
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