Younis paints bleak picture of oz.

Younis Predicts Tough Future For Oz


October 29 2008


Younis - predicting dark days.









Former Pakistan paceman Waqar Younis has painted a bleak picture of Australia's cricketing future, predicting further hardship for Ricky Ponting's team as they desperately attempt to hang on to their world champion status.

Despite Australia making a decent start to the third Test against India in Delhi, Younis believes the tourists are on the slide and may be in freefall for years.

The one-time master swing bowler says the lack of a quality spinner has brought Australia back down to earth.

"This is the first time the Australians have got a little exposed with no Glenn McGrath, no Shane Warne and (not) playing in your own country with the bouncy tracks," Younis, who took 373 wickets in 87 Tests, said at the launch of the ICC's women's World Cup in Sydney on Wednesday.

"You don't really have any spinners and that's the biggest drawback at the moment for the Australians.

"I don't really see anyone in the line-up who's going to do really good as a spinner.

"We're used to Shane Warne coming up and taking six, seven, eight wickets.

"That's not going to happen (and) it's not going to happen in the near future so Ricky Ponting's got to think differently now."

Asked if he thought Australian cricket was headed for a sustained down period, Younis replied: "It looks like it."

Younis also has concerns over his own country's cricketing future in the wake of coach Geoff Lawson's sacking and the paucity of international cricket being played in the troubled republic due to political unrest.

He believes Lawson was hard done by but the ending was inevitable.

"He hasn't really done that badly if you look at it," Younis said of the Australian.

"He may have lost a few games but he didn't really have enough time to prove himself.

"I wasn't expecting things to be done this way but these things do happen in our part of the world.

"When we change the chairman the entire thing changes and that's exactly what happened.

"Even before Geoff Lawson arrived in Pakistan he knew he was going to get the sack."

Younis was not sure when international cricket would return to Pakistan.

"It's very sad with the conditions back home at the moment," he said.

"One can't do anything. You have to wait and hopefully soon we're going to see a Test team back in (Pakistan).

"We want to see cricket back home."

That's it Waqar. Trash talk those filthy Aussie vermin.

He didn't trash talk them. Actually most of what he is said is pretty much spot on, and breaking news to no one.

I'm surprised Pakistan didn't consider one of the 2 W's to be Lawson's replacement.

Shuttup Trev.

Suck my left nut.

Henry wrote:He didn't trash talk them. Actually most of what he is said is pretty much spot on, and breaking news to no one.

I'm surprised Pakistan didn't consider one of the 2 W's to be Lawson's replacement.

they dont seem like the best coaches. they hardly helped pakistan cricket when they were playing

Phurt. Except for taking 20 wickets on a regular basis!

Pakistan just recycles its coaches. Inti is on to his fourth go and Javed would have been on his fourth had he agreed to their offer to coach.

It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

Henry wrote:Phurt. Except for taking 20 wickets on a regular basis!

yeah except for that. they didnt seem too helpful to the others in the team. maybe being coach wont give them the same insecurities, but they dont even have any coaching background. so yeah, something you can expect from the pcb

Henry wrote:It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

except for 92 ...

They might be able to become the number 1 team for a couple of months, but I just can't seen them having a sustained period of dominance like the West Indies and Australia.

I actually thought this thread was going to be about Younis Khan talking about his first couple of weeks in South Australia.

The One wrote:

Henry wrote:He didn't trash talk them. Actually most of what he is said is pretty much spot on, and breaking news to no one.

I'm surprised Pakistan didn't consider one of the 2 W's to be Lawson's replacement.

they dont seem like the best coaches. they hardly helped pakistan cricket when they were playing

says who?

Waqar was the bowling coach and the bowlers did a fine job while he was there but later he had some difference with DNA(ex chairman) and got fired.

embee wrote:

Henry wrote:It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

except for 92 ...

actually the only time PAK have been number 1 in tests was in 1988(for only 4 weeks)

PlanetPakistan wrote:

embee wrote:

Henry wrote:It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

except for 92 ...

actually the only time PAK have been number 1 in tests was in 1988(for only 4 weeks)

which was BEFORE the debuts of Waqar, Inzi, Saeed, Mushy etc....a clear indication that just great talent can't take you to # 1.

Isn't Waqar a fair dinkum Pom now?

Or did I dream that?

You have odd dreams.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

embee wrote:

Henry wrote:It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

except for 92 ...

actually the only time PAK have been number 1 in tests was in 1988(for only 4 weeks)

which was BEFORE the debuts of Waqar, Inzi, Saeed, Mushy etc....a clear indication that just great talent can't take you to # 1.

I'm sure I was at the 'G for a game in '92 which the result sort of meant that Pakistan were the No 1 team in the world ...must have been JAMWCF...

embee wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

embee wrote:

Henry wrote:It's why Pakistan will NEVER be the number 1 team in the world.

except for 92 ...

actually the only time PAK have been number 1 in tests was in 1988(for only 4 weeks)

which was BEFORE the debuts of Waqar, Inzi, Saeed, Mushy etc....a clear indication that just great talent can't take you to # 1.

I'm sure I was at the 'G for a game in '92 which the result sort of meant that Pakistan were the No 1 team in the world ...must have been JAMWCF...

In ODIs i would say Wasim's team > Imran's team EXCEPT for the world cup finals.

which was quite fitting because Wasim as a captain didn't deserve to win the WC while Imran deserved it more than any other captain in the world.