Re-structuring of the PCB – Few Proposals

Few proposals for the re-structuring of the PCB..!

As they say the proof of pudding is in the eating.

Let us evaluate only the ODI results since Mr. Najam Sethi and later on Mr. Shahryar Khan, took over the charge of the PCB:

1. Pakistan after losing all the matches, came last in the 8 nation champions trophy, played in the UK, in June-July 2013.

2. When Pakistani team visited Zimbabwe, it was defeated in an ODI and also in a Test match, in August 2013.

3. Pakistan lost the ODI Asian championship and in the T20 World Cup, for the first time we did not even play the semi finals in Dhaka, during February & March 2014.

4. Now, during the tenure of Mr. Shahryar Khan, we lost 2-1 to SL in SL, 3-0 to Australia & 3-2 to NZ in UAE. Went to NZ & lost 2-0 to its B team and then again 2-0 to NZ.

5. PCB deliberately kept under the carpet the review report of the World Cup debacle, submitted on 4 April, 2015.

6. The Chairman PCB, promised another review of the BD debacle, where we even lost to the B team of the BD, in the practise match and were throughly humiliated and consequently relegated to the 9th position, in the ODI team rankings and from 3rd to 6th position among the Test teams.

7. Now the chairman PCB is again silent over the Dhaka debacle and wants to bury the vital issues of the accountability of the three pillars of the edifice of the cricket i.e., the chief selector, captain and the coach.

8. The nation demands resignation of Mr. Haroon Rashid after his statement in a live TV program of Syed Yahya Hussani that he was responsible for the team’s performance in Bangladesh.

9. If Muhammad Sami is to be recalled for the T20 matches vs Zimbabwe, then why not also call back Saleem Jaffer, who is almost of the same age group? Moreover, the inclusion of Shoaib Malik in the T20 team (not even deserving to be in the Test team) proves beyond any shadow of a doubt, the intellectual bankruptcy of all the selectors, who instead of moving forward, are taking our cricket back to veterans era.

10. The chairman must take (for the sake of Pakistan) ruthless and surgical actions in the cricket administration of the PCB, against all the persons (including Mr. Misbah ul Haq) who are responsible for destroying our cricket since after the World Cup 2011, to the extent that we have started losing with consistency, against the B teams of NewZealand and Bangladesh.

11. The worry is not that we are losing against all and sundry. Rather, the point to ponder is that we have regularly started losing in 32-34 overs. Even we lost to Bangladesh in 39 overs. Moreover, our team very rarely bats full quota of 50 overs. We are the shameful holders of the world records for playing highest number of DOT balls, lowest score average of ALL teams in 1st 10 overs i.e., 39 runs and lowest score (14 runs) world record in 1st 10 overs.
All this proves that we are totally out of sync with the demands of the modern day cricket; and the entire cricketing experts in the PCB, are hell bent selecting old cricketers who can be much better off, playing golf very leisurely.

12. Under the circumstances, we should be ready for more humiliating defeats in the coming days, after the euphoria of the Zimbabwe tour is over.

13. If we can’t beat the Sri Lankan team in the tour of Sri Lanka, starting from 6th June, then it will be curtains for Pakistan’s participation, in the next champions trophy.

14. As such, the only way for improvement is ruthless accountability for all those directly and indirectly associated with the cricket in the PCB, including the person who allowed paid holidays for the chief selector (s) to the World Cup and then recently to Sri Lanka, on the pretext of witnessing the performance of Pakistan’s A team in Sri Lanka; which by the way was again a dismal story, because our expert selectors headed by the genius chief selector, selected players like Khurram Manzoor for the ODI team.

15. The PCB man who allowed the chief selector and another selector to do commentary in the recently held T20 domestic tournament, in clear violation of the rules of the CONFLICT OF INTEREST, should also be severely taken to task.
This rule is so much important that the Indian Supreme Court removed Mr. N. Srinivasan from the post of the president of the BCCI, just on the basis of conflict of interest.

16. Until and unless, the chairman PCB is willing for an internal overhaul, rather than the current policy of MITTI PAOO, nothing good should be expected, even from the Zimbabwe team’s tour to Pakistan.

17. In this regard, after abolishing the post of the COO, the PCB should be immediately restructured and divided in two areas of Cricket Affairs and Administration Affairs, each to be headed by a Director General.

18. The current COO should be re- designated as DG (Administration) with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Administration & Logestics, Security and IT departments directly reporting to the DG (Administration).

19. The DG Cricket Affairs should look after all matters relating to the cricket development or Academies, domestic and international affairs, matters relating to the appointments of chief selector and selectors, coaches, team selection etc. DG (CA) should also look after all the domestic and international affairs of the women’s cricket.

The selection of DG (CA) should be decided on the following criteria:

a). Must be a man of impeccable integrity and honesty with spotless cricketing career.

b). Must be a renowned legendary cricketer of international repute.

c). Must have known international connections with officials of the ICC board members and international retired and playing cricketers.

d). Must be a communication expert.

e). Must posses a graduation degree, as a minimum educational qualification.

20. The authority of the chairman PCB to appoint the captains, should remain intact with the chairman PCB and the DG (CA) must be answerable to the chairman PCB for the achievement of the key performance indicators.