Akhtar Sent Home

Shoaib Akhtar has been sent home from South Africa after a dressing room altercation ended with Shoaib striking Mohammed Asif in the thigh with a cricket bat. Shoaib is one of those characters that just can't seem to stay away from controversy. There is a good little piece on cricinfo by Pakistani journalist Kamran Abbasi suggesting the Shoaib has had too many chances. I couldn't agree more with his sentiments. He is obviously a de-stabilising factor in the team and it seems to be stem from his arrogance. When he gets it right, he is one of the most devastating bowlers of his generation, but it is too rare an occurrence (he has hardly played in the last 18 months, and when he does, he is often lacklustre) to allow him to continue disrupting the morale of the team.