Younis: Oz will be whitewashed

by S M April 16, 2009

"Our last series against Bangladesh has been postponed and furthermore the home Test series against Sri Lanka was also incomplete due to a tragedy, therefore, we lack in international cricket," Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said said.

"But remember how Pakistan defeated England in 2005, who came here after beating Australia in the Ashes series," Younis said.

Younis said: "Who am I to give him advice, as he (Shoaib) is not a child and very well know what the team expect from him."

"Like other players, Shoaib is also duty bound to play for the country and the team and not for himself. I feel no difference between Shoaib Akhtar and upcoming Ahmad Shahzad as far as performance of a player is concerned. Everyone has to play for the country and perform and only those who will not come up to the expectation will be my target," he said.

‘We will be glad by giving good performance against the Australian best side, but in the absence of three players Australian team may have shaken', he said.

"We are going with our best side to play against Australia, and people and media should support their team even our success rate will be 40 per cent," he said.

"It was the public and media support which helped us a lot in giving tit-for-tat reply to Sri Lankan's big total in the two Test match series," he said.

"Some (of our) finest players like Mohammad Yousuf are also not available for the team due to their affiliation with the ICL, as with them Pakistan can field a more strong side," he said.