Janaab | (جناب)

In recent times, from newspapers and message boards, in informal conversations, I had begun to get the feeling that 20-overs cricket was the root of all evil in the game And when I said I liked 20-overs cricket, I got curious responses. "No, you don't!" "That's Mickey Mouse cricket". "You have no editorial Judgement" I have always wondered why it has to be one or the other. Misbah or Afridi? Aqib or Waseem? Rap or classical? Burger or Bun Kabab?  I'm sorry but I like both Test cricket and 20-overs cricket. And the ODIs. I realise they demand different skills but I am unwilling to create a hierarchy of skills. Because we have been brought up believing one form is superior, or that the skills it demands are superior, it doesn't necessarily imply that other skills are trivial. We weren't allowed to respect different skills equally.  I fear we look at Test cricket and 20-overs with similarly prejudiced eyes. We grade them,...

"Autobiography is about my life" says Shoaib Akhter.  If we agree, his life was controversial for us, then dah! his book will also be controversially ours. We should not judge the book by its cover, we have to understand its a autobiography and it contains 36 years of information in it. We have to analyze the era, the context, the flow of  the book. It will be so early to comment on the book & to give review about it. We need to have an editorial judgement before making any review. Let the iron be hot then we should stroke else on controversially your our comment will become controversial.