Rare photos of Afridi and his family

Shahid Afridi scores a great century

Shahid Afridi should be called the Hero of the Pakistan . Afridi scored a great century under pressure. He came in to the crease when Paksitan where tattering at 32/4 and scored a magnificent hundred. Afridi would have gone to win the match for Pakistan if Sangakkara had not caught such a spectacular catch.

Afridi scored 109 of just 76 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes. He looked unstoppable until he got cramps. He scored his runs at a strike rate of nearly 150 making life very difficult for Sri Lankan bowlers.

Afridi was the only batsman who applied himself while the rest of the players played horrible cricket to hand over a humiliating loss to Srilanka. Akthar was another man who impressed me in this match who bowled his heart out. Akthar got 3 wickets in his 10 overs and gave away 41 runs.Even though Pakistan ended up in the loosing side Afridi is the real hero for me in this match.

Younis backs Afridi as captain

Waqar Younis backs Shahid Afridi as the captain of Pakistan for the longer form of the game also. I think he will do well and produce good results for Pakistan in the longer form of the game also.Pakistan legendary former cricketer Imran Khan also backed Afirdi as the Pakistan captain for a longer run.

Younis told that Pakistan team are in a rebuilding phase and it would take time for them to become a stronger unit. Shoib Akthar inclusion in the team is a surprise for him since he is not very sure whether the player is fit.

Afridi ready to play Test match Cricket

Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi has reversed his retirement decision from Test cricket and he is ready to play Test match for his country. Afridi in 2006 had announced that he is going to retire from Test cricket and concentrate more and the shorter forms of the game.Afridi has changed his decision now because he feels that the team needs him and so he will be available for the series against England.

The unavailability of all the senior players of Pakistan team is the reason for Afridi to get back to Test cricket.The captain for the Test match series will be announced on May 25th and most likely Afridi will lead the side especially due to his experience and he is the senior most cricketer in the team.

World Cup T20 Champions Pakistan

Pakistan have been crowned as the World Cup T20 Champions.They had so many problems within the team as well as inside the country.But Younis Khan and his man have done it in style.Shahid Afridi was instrumental for Pakistan's success and he shined both with the bat and the ball in the crunch situation.He played two match winning knocks one in the semi-finals against the South Africans and the other one against the Sri-Lankans.

The match summary of the finals is Pakistan had to chase 139 for victory.It is one of the modest totals that can be a match winning one for any team since the situation was a big one and teams generally fail to perform in crunch situation.Pakistani players never panicked.Akmal played well and then Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik did the rest to crown Pakistan as the new T20 Champions.

Younis Khan the captain of Pakistan must be a proud man because only Imran Khan has achieved this feat before in the cricketing history for Pakistan.After the match in the press conference Shahid Afridi told that he would like to be the captain of Pakistan side.He clarified that he has full respect on Younis Khan but this is just a desire that he has and he wants to full fill that before he retires from International Cricket.