Stani Army

It could be any other moment that Younis Khan has been offered the captaincy. Pakistan cricket is in crisis and Darrell Hair is making a play for the headlines. Yet this occasion is much different. Hair’s most recent rant is a sideshow and Younis has grabbed the captaincy with both hands. Indeed, his previous reluctance has meant that this ascendancy to the captaincy comes when Pakistan cricket is at the most crucial turning point in its history.

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Well he’s back, but I guess it was only a matter of time. When the ICC sent Darrell Hair on a rehabilitation course then the only possible outcome at the end of this period was to reinstate him unless he did something drastic. In reality, they put themselves in a difficult situation by not getting rid of him when they had their chance. Surely, if I blackmailed my employers I would expect to get my marching orders right?

In an interview with Sky Sports News, ICC General Manager Dave Richardson, sitting in his nice office in Dubai, gave the most bizarre reason for why Pakistan should be more understanding and forgiving about Hair’s reinstatement and why Inzamam was wrong in saying he was “shocked and disgusted” by it.

Richardson said:

“If Pakistan had one of their best batsmen or best bowlers and he had behavioural problems, and the Pakistan board sent him on a rehabilitation course and he came back and said right, now I’m a changed man, surely you’d have to look at him and it’s only fair to look at him. Yes I can understand [Inzamam’s] feelings but I don’t think that’s fair”

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