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Did the world ever understand anything about Shahid Afridi? I certainly can’t claim to.
For me the quintessential Afridi moment will always be this one:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/nov/22/englandinpakistan200506.cricket2
Anyone who thinks to behave thus in the wake of an explosion is utterly “other”. Gawd bless him.
I agree. A great person.
That depresses me for the reason that Strictly Come Dancing has been on the telly for ten years now.
Understanding Afridi was never the point. His baffling insistence on ignoring the situation that his team were in when he came in to bat was part of his charm.
I agree that his incongruousness was also part of his charm, though – and he’s far less incongruent these days.
To me, Afridi is best summed up by the innings I mentioned in the comments on this article:
http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/we-wrote-about-shahid-afridi-for-cricinfo/2013/05/02/
It’s a perfect example of what you say.
Thanks for that Bert, I do like a bit of KC-Afridi action. Shahid is one of the few constants on this site, from the Blogspot days right up to now.
He’s a great example of one of those ‘not what he does do but what he might do’ players.
When he got out quite early on in this run chase in an innings that summed him up perfectly, we knew we’d ‘finally bloody win something’ that day:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/109804.html
This game was also noteworthy for the total disintegration of Scott Boswell, bowling continual slow, wide filth to the mercurial Banger… surely a future KoC?