Shahid Afridi, Show'em How Things Are Done In Pakistan

Dear Pakistan Cricket Team Captain;

Shahid Afridi and his Fingers Of Victory

That's right Shahid, this letter today is for you.  I flipping love you and how you've turned this Pakistan cricket team around.  You have taken a group of extremely talented athletes out of the quagmire of chaos, politics, scandal and heartbreak and have transformed them into a magnificent fighting machine, capable of going all the way to the top.  All the way!

We have all seen your glorious transformation from impatient, hot-headed batsman to passionate, calm, collected, masterful captain and deadly, efficient bowler.  You have furthermore taken each player's weakness and turned it into a strength.  Every bowler can bat, every batsman can bowl, and everyone is dynamite in the field.  With every match, the lads are getting better and better, and I have faith that today, in your epic cricket battle with India, you and the lads will show your full potential and blow away the entire world with your skills and superior cricketing ability.  Furthermore, my captain, you and the lads will look fabulous while you're doing it!!!

Since I started watching cricket in June of 2010, you and the lads have been my favourites.  Although at the time I knew next to nothing about the game, and you were losing matches, even I could see the enormous amount of raw potential in the squad which no other team seemed to have and I remember saying to my friends:  these chaps are going to be legendary and we will be talking about them for years to come. 

And now we are here, a few hours before the semi-final of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, playing against India, our fiercest rival.   Shahid Afridi, you and the lads do your best, and have the time of your lives out there today. Blow India out of the water!  Make them tremble in fear!  Go give them the Heebie-Jeebies!   Go show them how things are done in Pakistan!  And people are indeed saying that Pakistan is a great team...but show the world that they ain't seen nothin' yet!

Shahid Afridi, my captain, you're my hero for never giving up, and all of us thank you for staying with the lads and taking them this far.  Shahid Afridi you rock and may you point your victorious fingers towards the sky many many times during this historical match.

Yours faithfully in Cricket,
Kiki