Kamran Akmal's new career as a comedian

In a dark week for cricket in Pakistan some light relief has come from an unlikely and surprising source.

According to The Sunday Times, Kamran Akmal is seeking explanations through his lawyers as to why he hasn't been picked by Pakistan since the end of the World Cup in any form of the game.

What might seem obvious to everyone else is clearly not so to the butter-fingered blunderer.

So, to help the Pakistan Cricket Board in their time of need, here are just a few reasons why Akmal is unlikely to wear the national colours again:

1. Akmal has to be the worst wicketkeeper to ever play international cricket - he drops more than he catches and his performances put the iron into the derogatory phrase iron gloves.
2. He doesn't even have the excuse that his batting hides his inadequacies with the bat. He may have a passable career Test average of 31, but that slips to just 15 when in the more challenging batting environments in Australia, England and South Africa.
3. Sydney 2010 - we suggest that the PCB sends Akmal a video of the match where his blunders snatched defeat from the jaws of certain victory.
4. Trent Bridge 2010 - Another video on its way and another shocking performancefrom Akmal.
5. We're not sure if Akmal has noticed, but Pakistan seem to be doing quite well without him, thank you very much.
6. Perhaps the PCB could explain the concept of brotherly love to Akmal given that the man who has replaced him in the Pakistan side is his sibling Adnan.
7. It may have slipped Akmal's notice, but his name cropped up frequently during the spot-fixing trial. Perhaps the PCB could get its lawyers to respond to Akmal's lawyers with some rather searching questions?

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Comments

[wilo]

it has to be number 7. i'm not sure Kamran's as bad a 'keeper as all that, sadly. if i were him, i'd be keeping a very low profile and thanking Allah and my lucky stars on a daily basis that i wasn't facing a jail term like Butt and Asif. it's only circumstance and blind chance that mean that he's still in a position to make such stupid representations.

[The Reverse Sweep]

Yes, he seems to have been a bit lucky to have not had his time in court...