shoaib akhtar is one of those people whom you either love or hate but cannot and i emphasize the word " cannot "
ignore . forever labelled the bad boy of
pakistan and international cricket , there is very little that shoaib akhtar has not done ( note : we are not talking about his cricketing career ) . from testing positive to a banned drug , getting into frequent brawls with team mates and the pakistan cricket board alike , to hitting a fellow teammate with a cricket bat .( which
ofcourse made him miss the very important inaugural twenty - twenty world cup ). if this were a court scene and i his attorney this is what i would say to the jury " well as you all might be aware of the fact that my client is a bowler and not a batsman , people flock the stadiums to see him bowl . he seldom gets to use his bat . what else could he have done with that bat ? they do not require him to hit balls with it !! " .
of all the outrageous statements that akhtar has made the " i can be the captain of the pakistani cricket team when ever i want " remains my personal favourite . well ofcourse he later had to apologize for it . that statement still brings a smile to my face . it was pretty amusing because of the way he said it . you would think the guy owned the PCB . the one thing shoaib akhtar needs the most in his life is discipline and i seriously do not believe that it''s a possibility , not with the thirty odd years behind him now .
i am not his greatest fan nor am i his greatest foe , am just a spectator who loves to sit back and enjoy the shoaib akhtar show .
ali_rageaholic ®