12th November 2013

Reinforcing a point that I have made many times previously here at an appropriate time when the vultures are out.

Alastair Cook
Michael Clarke
MS Dhoni
Misbah ul Haq
Brendon McCullum
Angelo Matthews
Mushfiqar Rahim
Brendon Taylor

All lead their countries in Tests+ODIs.

Pakistan Team need 1 captain for both. They can't afford anything else with the way things work in the country.

They need to follow the current trend. They are better served with 1 Captain only in their culture for the main formats of the game.

Problem is that all other credible captaincy options in Pakistan that I can think of don't have a place in both formats.

Azhar Ali - not favoured in ODIs
Asad Shafiq - mediocre ODI player
Shan Masood - not played an ODI
Umar Amin - failed in ODIs, not played many tests
Mohammad Hafeez - not a test match player
Umar Gul - not a test bowler
Shoaib Malik - not a test player, failed in ODIs for a long long time
Younis Khan - does not want to do it, not an ODI player

There is simply no alternative to Misbah if you think it through properly with this in mind.

He is the best all round choice, the most complete choice and the most proven choice. The ONLY choice in simple terms.

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