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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Adelaide, March 22 (IANS) Former batsman Ramiz Raja suggested on Sunday that fast bowler Wahab Riaz should be appointed Pakistan cricket captain after Misbah-ul-Haq retired as the One-Day International (ODI) skipper following the team&#39;s ouster from the 2015 World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&#39;s a difficult one because Pakistan have not yet trained a youngster. What I saw of Wahab against Australia convinces me that he&#39;s got it in him to make it big as a leader because he showed aggression, passion and emotion and that is what is required right now to put Pakistan cricket back on track,&quot; Ramiz was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;The team think-tank have not really been able to give Pakistan that aggressive tag that it&#39;s renowned for and I&#39;ve been very disappointed with the route that we have taken. Pakistan cricket is about emotion, about showing passion and to a certain degree about being unpredictable in a healthy way, which makes it so romantic.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Misbah had announced months back that he would retire from ODIs after the World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Wahab bowled an unforgettable fiery spell against Australia, especially to Shane Watson, in Friday&#39;s quarterfinal at the Adelaide Oval here, a few standout performance of the World Cup. He gave his team more than a chance of winning the match despite defending a modest total of 213 but some dropped catches gifted the co-hosts the win.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;You can experiment with an out-of-box idea like this in one-day cricket. Australia is a great example. George Bailey was plucked out of first class cricket straight into international cricket as a leader when he was made Twenty20 captain,&quot; said the former right-handed batsman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I&#39;ve seen the ingredients to give Wahab Riaz that pedestal and position. Let&#39;s see how he operates but what I saw of him against Australia, he can take Pakistan cricket in the right direction.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Wahab finished the World Cup with 16 scalps at an average of 23.00 and an economy rate of 5.56.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Pakistan&#39;s next international assignment is a tour of Bangladesh involving two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I from the middle of April.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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