Break the Bank, Bring Down the House, and Leave the Building

Younis Khan has manged to do all three ending it all on almost a perfect note. The sixty-four thousand dollar question is of course who gets the captaincy? Names of Akmal, Misbah, and Afridi have been thrown about. Misbah was the last designated vice captain and probably for continuity should take over. Two things that may go against him are his age (He is thirty-five) and Afridi's recent success. In Pakistan cricket the recency effect is usually over pronounced. Unless there is widespread descent against him Misbah should take over the reigns with maybe Afridi as the captain-in-training (He does wish to be the captain). In two years time at thirty-seven Misbah would probably be ready to retire and Afridi can take over if things have gone smoothly. Besides there are likely to be not too many international twenty20 matches except in the world cups.