Shoaib Akhter Says Pakistani Cricket On The Verge Of Extinction

Shoaib Akhter, the ‘Rawalpindi Express’ has said that the future of Pakistan cricket is looking bleaker by the day.
Shoaib Akhter said that with him, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younus out, there was no one to take the Pakistani cricket to soaring heights.
Shoaib Akhter said this in an interview on the Voice of America Radio (VOA).


Shoaib Akhter said that PCB needed to come up with a proper cricket academy that could hone talent for the next 3 years at least. Shoaib Akhter said that for now, the cricket here in Pakistan is all but doomed just like hockey and squash, which people kept saying would prosper forever because Pakistan is oozing with talent in those games. But we are at the rock bottom in those games now, Shoaib Akhter said, and that it looks like cricket is destined to follow suit.

There may be a grain of truth in what Shoaib Akhter said because looking at the conditions of the streets of Karachi on any given street, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the youngsters have lost interest in the game.

There was a time when each nook and corner of every city in Pakistan was a playing ground for people passionate about cricket, irrespective of their age. Now, even the big grounds remain deserted. Maybe its because the youngsters have found more constructive use of their time. But playing video games in a gaming arena or watching porn or even flirting around with someone can hardly be considered worthy successors of a game that has given Pakistan probably the only respect and recognition it got from the entire world.

PCB, however, is not amused at Shoaib Akhter’s outburst and is considering taking disciplinary action against Shoaib Akhter as well as Shoaib Malik who has questioned the reformatting of the players’ contact.