PCB and Pakistan..!

PCB and Pakistan..!

Again, we lost to India tonight, a match which was very winnable. The only problem with our cricket is that it is being led by nincompoops, who may be very good in their own spheres of professional and sporting activities, but alas, they know nothing about the leadership requirements of cricket affairs. On this account, there is no need to single out the leadership incompetence of the chairman PCB or his think tank wizards. It is sufficient to explain the whole problem, with a very relevant definition of a leader, as below:

“A good manager ensures that ladder is being climbed efficiently by his men. However, a good leader is responsible for the ladder to be leaning, against the right wall”.

Despite the fact that all the requirements of winning the T20 World Cup were informed well in time today, as well as, earlier in an analysis titled “How the Asia Cup was lost” to the all and sundry in the PCB; still the brainy think tank of the PCB, comprising of the manager Mr. Zakir Khan, chief batting consultant, Mr. Zaheer Abbas, head coach, Mr. Moin Khan and the captain Mr. M. Hafeez, made certain cardinal blunders during the match vs India tonight, explained as below:

a). It is a rule of thumb to select horses for the courses. But PCB brains made sure that wrong players like Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal were selected for ODI and T20 games, over fresh legs of Awais Zia, Hammad Azam, Anwer Ali, Sami Aslam, Umer Waheed, Imran Khan, Zia ul Haq, Aezaz Cheema and many other budding youngsters. Rather than losing with oldies, who have passed their expiry dates, we should not be afraid of losing with players, who can be truly called, as a future investment.

b). There was no need to play unfit players like Umer Gul and Shahid Afridi. There is no harm in sending them back and calling the replacements.

c). Mostly, a T20 game is won or lost in the first six power play overs. In fact, I had already submitted at point # 1 below that we should aim for a minimum of 60 runs in the 1st six overs. Anyway, our team scored almost half of that target i.e., 34 runs.

d). In the point #6 below, it was suggested that at any cost, playing dot balls must be avoided, as it was the biggest crime in an ODI and T20 games. But, what we did was amazing, to say the least. We played 51 dot balls out of the total available 120 balls. Which means that instead of utilising 20 overs, we wasted 8.3 overs and played only 11.3 overs. You can’t even think of beating a team like Zimbabwe, by batting for just 11.3 overs.

e). At point #4 below, it was proposed that there was no place for players like Shoaib malik and Kamran Akmal in the playing XI. Yet, they were played and what they performed was no surprise for any person, having rudimentary knowledge of the game. But, this glaring issue of destroying our teams balance, is not being realised by our so called think tank of the PCB. It seems, this tank is doing every thing, except thinking.

f). Weaknesses of our team’s fielding are not being attended by the so called fielding coach, about whom the captain has already given his piece of mind, in a media interview, before leaving for Bangladesh.

g). Mr. Muhammad Hafeez must be asked to explain the reason for giving 4th over to Umer Gul who had an economy rate of 10 runs per over in the match, whereas, he kept un utilised, his own and Junaid’s 1 over each, whose ER/over in the match was 4.66 and 7.66 respectively.

h). The two run outs of the total 7 outs of the Pakistani innings, is also a big question mark, on the fielding abilities of the fielding coach.

i). Shame on the PCB person responsible for the purchase of substandard kits for the Pakistani team.

The shape and stitching of the cap on the head of our captain Mr. Muhammad Hafeez was pathetic and abysmal and was no comparison with the cap on the head of MS Dhoni.

Mr. Najam Sethi, Chairman PCB, must conduct an urgent enquiry over the purchase of miserably substandard and pitiable kits for our national team; and hand over the responsible person to the FIA, for defaming Pakistan’s prestige, image and reputation. The inquiry should also encompass the possibility of any direct or indirect connection or related link, of any PCB insider, with the firm, which provided the kits to the PCB. This will ensure the transparency and enhance the image and reputation of the PCB.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

Sure shot recipe for victory in T20 World Cup matches for Pakistan

1. Must target to score above 60 runs in the power play overs.

2. Must bat second in case of winning the toss for night matches.

3. No over dependence on any one player, more so on Shahid Afridi.

4. Must not, repeat must not, include Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal in the playing XI.

5. Must control, repeat must control, wide balls. To control this habit every bowler be fined Rs.50,000 per wide ball.

6. Must not, repeat must not, play a dot ball which is the biggest crime in the T20 and the ODI matches. To control this bad habit, every player be fined Rs.50,000 per dot ball. According to Sunil Gavaskar, dot ball is like giving a wicket to the opponent team in the T20 matches.

7. To control the habit of catch dropping during the fielding, every fielder be fined Rs.1,00,000 for every dropped catch.

8. Every fielder be rewarded with a direct throw run outs with Rs.50,000/-, an excellent attempt for fielding with Rs.10,000. Two or more fielders involved in indirect throw run outs, be rewarded with Rs.50,000/- prize, equally divided among the fielders.

9. Batsmen hitting a six be rewarded with Rs.10,000/- and a boundary with Rs.5,000/-. Batsmen scoring 1, 2 and 3 runs be awarded with Rs.1,000/-, Rs 2,000/- and Rs.3,000/- respectively.

10. Every bowler be rewarded with Rs.50,000 per wicket and also penalised for each no ball with Rs.50,000.

Best Regards.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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