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Younis Khan: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Younis Khan’s 30-minute tirade.
What he said:
“Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf went while crying. When Inzamam was leaving, I was the one who went and clapped for him.”
Pakistani veteran bat Younis Khan is furious at being left out of the squad for the ODI series against Australia. The Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) indicated that he will not be considered for next year’s World Cup either.
He said:
“Don’t select me, not even in Tests. I sacrifice my future.I am saying a simple thing, if they are saying that youngsters are future of ODIs, then where is the future of Pakistan in Test cricket? Don’t select me in Test matches and make [the youngsters] the future of Pakistan in Test cricket too. But what will happen if they can’t make a team for ODIs and Test matches after five months, will they again do recalling?
I won’t die and I won’t be 70-year-old in four-five months, if they don’t let me play with dignity then so be it. They have hurt me, they have hurt me when they said that players like me have no future. Then who has a future? So a player like me should shoot himself? When they are 35, 36, players like me wake up at seven ‘o’ clock, show commitment, I can do only this. Instead shoot ourselves, don’t play cricket at all, don’t play domestic cricket at all? I will wait for 4-5 months. They are saying that I don’t have a future, I will wait, I am not retiring, I will wait, may this team go ahead, if they make the team [strong] I won’t come back.”
Younis added:
“I came back after almost 17-18 months, but they said he is not in our future plans. Who has a future then? I give my 120% as a player, I am perhaps the only cricketer [who does so]. I am not saying drop a youngster and let me play. I am just saying that justice should be done with players like me, give us what we deserve. My nephew died and I came back. When they do such things with senior players, what will youngsters think. Change doesn’t come like this, you can’t wave a magic wand.
Don’t let everyone be treated in a similar manner, those who have raised the flag of this country, don’t disrespect them otherwise no youngster will play for Pakistan.”
The former skipper advised Pakistani youngsters thus:
“Is this my mistake that when youngsters struggle they come to me instead of going to coaches and I do help them? I try to help Pakistan, and still I am surprised that I have played for 14-15 years for Pakistan.
I never told anyone to back me in media or phoned anyone [about selection]. If I deserve Test matches and ODI I should be given chance. Is this my fault that I don’t go to selectors? I don’t call them? I don’t meet them before going for the match? England media was very harsh on us in 2009, when they used to allege us that we were doing ball tampering, then I stood firm and I defended Pakistan. I was the captain when Pakistan won the World T20. If this is my mistake, then my suggestion to youngster is don’t play for Pakistan. Don’t think about playing for Pakistan.”
What he really meant:
“Very few (Pakistani) cricketers are allowed to go out in style like Sachin Tendulkar. They are pushed out whether they like it or not. It’s just not cricket that they are (I am) unceremoniously dropped.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Can you lend me your kerchief, please? Mine’s soaked and salty.”
Gavin Larsen: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Gavin Larsen
What he said:
“What we did was in the first game of the tournament, we were playing the Yellow Team. We just called them the Yellow Team. We played Zimbabwe at Napier, we called them the Red Team. Pakistan was the Green Team. That made us focus on what we needed to do as a team to beat that Yellow Team. That took away some of the emotion.”
Former New Zealand seam-up bowler, Gavin Larsen, reveals the psychological mindset behind the extraordinary performance of the Kiwis team at the ’92 World Cup.
He said:
“We had some good experience in the team. A lot of guys had played a lot of cricket domestically and for New Zealand. It wasn’t a young, raw, immature team. First and foremost, there was some mental strength across the individuals in the team. The other thing that I do remember is how Martin Crowe insisted that we depersonalised each of the teams. New Zealand has played Australia in the past and you can get caught in the Trans-Tasman hype – playing the old enemy from across the ditch.”
Russell and Martin Crowe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What he really meant:
“We, of course, were the All-Blacks. It wasn’t that hard a stretch to color code our opponents. And we certainly made them eat Crowe.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“How’s that for Emotional Intelligence?”
Rodney Hogg: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
Rodney Hogg
What he said:
The former Australian fast bowler was reacting to Australia’s first defeat to Zimbabwe in 31 years in an ODI game.
What he really meant:
“We were canned then and we were caned now.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Red Bull,anyone?”
Shane Warne: What he said, really meant and definitely didn’t
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Brett Geeves: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
"My back’s about as stable as the Egyptian government.”
Australian fast bowler,Brett Geeves,announces his retirement from first-class cricket. He joins the growing legion of pacers who feel that their bodies cannot cope with the non-stop nature of the game. The toil and rigours defy the laws of bio-mechanics.
What he really meant:
“My back’s had it, mate. As for the Egyptians, they’re all crying: “Mummy!”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m off to play cricket in Cairo.”
Ricky Ponting: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“If I do, maybe the aura will grow again.”
Ricky Ponting believes that without the additional burden of the Australian captaincy, he could put his indifferent form in the past two years behind him and enjoy a batting renaissance.
What he really meant:
“If I score enough runs and the team wins, I’ll be in everyone’s good books once more.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Did you know that the word ‘aura’ is contained in ‘Australia’?”
Ten labours on Shane Warne’s To-Do list, post IPL 2011 (Humour)
Ten things that Shane Warne can do once he retires from the IPL:
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Marry Elizabeth Hurley.
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Coach or mentor the Rajasthan Royals (But, of course).
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Commentate (Obviously).
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Pen another autobiography. His first one’s titled “Shane Warne: My autobiography".
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Model and endorse Estee Lauder products.
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Write an agony aunt column on dating, breaking-up and re-dating.Advice on Twitter as a dating tool included.
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Act (in a Bollywood blockbuster co-starring Shilpa Shetty).
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Run the Big Bash Down Under.
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Represent Australia once more. (Come on, there’s no one even close to Warney
in the pipeline.) -
Play 888 Poker.
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