Time for Salman butt to be part of team

[Rajaraja Chola]

Who hasn't fixed matches ? Even Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Ijaz Ahmed, and Waqar Younus have done it. Former Attorney General, Malik Qayyum had admitted they have evidence to prove they were guilty but at the end of the day they let them walk free because of 'fame' and 'talent' and his own 'soft corner'

We even have stories of guys like Shoaib Akhtar beating people up, clubbing and smoking weed the night before the game and the legend, Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz having affairs while on the job. The list goes on and on of the lack of discipline.

Salman Butt is an excellent cricketer, great skills. great records, etc. Its just not fair to continue to bash him when unlike others, he has served punishment ; ban, jail, and rehab time. If you can bring Mohammad Amir back it would be unfair to not bring this guy. Yes he was the captain, but a great one. Pakistan was a winning team. I would rather give him the money to perform then give Afridi for loosing us every night and coming on commercials fooling people how good he is.

One mistake cannot justify another. Are u telling me Butt was in the league of Miandad, Anwar, Yousuf, Inzi?
If the above had fixed matches then PCB is to be blamed. If they had atleast given "secret" warnings, then there would have no need for Pakistani players to get embarassed in a foreign country.

When the 3 was caught prosecuters claimed that there was a culture in that team of fixing, smoking and drugs. But after Scotland Yard acted and Misbah came in, the discipline in team has improved a lot. Its only the talent which is lacking, and Pakistan will find a few , pretty soon

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

We dont need butt and all these old faces with average record. Invest in domestic cricket and try to find some young Pakistani batsman and most important select them on merit..It will take some time but it will be more effective in the long run...

 

[touela]

salman butt and ahmad shahzad will be back in the team. it seems pak has no future in batting. we dont have batsmen to score 150 runs combined in any format. misbah and younis will be retired in near future. batsmen who have scored runs in asia cup are also old like shoaib. right now there are two players who have got some batting talent i.e. sarfaraz and umar. even if salman is added back he is not a great cricketer but better then those available so it's better to give him chance.
i always watch pak matches for one man and he never disappoints and that is M amir. he can be the greatest fast bowler in the history of cricket. i supported chitagong vikings in BPL cause of amir and loved the way he sent misbah, afridi and hafeez to the pavilion. in PSL i supported karachi again because of amir. just imagine where would pak stand in asia cup without amir?the other player to watch is irfan and he also bowled well

A guy like Fawad Alam is just warming the benches up for theese incompetent players... look at his record... he is the pakistani version of Shivnarine Chanderpaul.... very good test and ODI player....

And we have bowlers like Sadaf hussain knocking on PCB's door for years... not given any chances... look him up to...

Their is a difference btw amir and Salm butt... Amir was about 18-19 when they're charged in UK, while Salman and Asif were the ones who convinced him.... Pakistan did take Amir back, but to have a little bit of respect among other playing countries, I therefore do not think PCB will elect them again....