Sunday, June 05, 2005

Battle in Barbados - Who's right? Wasim or Imran

So Wasim Akram & Imran Khan have come down on different sides on how to deal with the Battle in Barbados. The altercation between Inzy, Younis & Afridi made all the papers, and rightly Saleem Altaf has taken a great deal of flack for it as well.

Wasim Akram feels that the players should have been sent back to Karachi on the first flight from Barbados because of their altercation and the message it sends to the team. Given that the Captain, Vice-Captain and perhaps the emotional leader of the team were involved, one can question the wisdom of Akram's comments.

Imran Khan has come down on the other side. At a dinner in Islamabad, he commented that such altercations happen on every tour, and the only reason this became a big deal was because Pakistan lost so ignobly!

Who is right? Was it a big deal? Only time will tell!

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