http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580 Accepts PCB’s Offer
Pakistan’s legendary batsman and former coach Javed Miandad has finally accepted Pakistan Cricket Board’s offer of appointing him as a batting consultant of the Pakistan national cricket team.
On Saturday, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board had announced that it appointed Javed Miandad as the batting consultant for Pakistan. However, no official statement had been made by Javed himself regarding PCB’s decision. Today, however,
after two days, Miandad has officially accepted his new role as cricket consultant to the national squad.
Javed, who scored 8,832 runs in 124 Tests and 7,381 runs in the ODIs, is certainly the best man for the job.
The decision to give Javed the realms of batting has been welcomed by many quarters.
Former Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 welcomed the decision by saying, “Javed Miandad is a hard-working man. Then he knows the ins and outs of batting technique. He is one of the greats of his times. So it's nice to have a big name
like him in the side. He is street fighter and players should learn from him"
Wasim feels that if Waqar Younis (head coach), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 (bowling advisor) and Javed Miandad manage to work together, then they will do wonders for this Pakistani outfit and the younger players will have a great opportunity to
learn a lot from these legendary players.
Before being appointed as batting consultant, Javed had been working as Director General in Pakistan Cricket Board. Javed has had a few stints as the coach of the national side, which has given him enough experience to carry his
duties as a batting consultant.
During his time as the head coach, Javed had managed to improve Pakistan’s batting to a great extent and this time the basic purpose of his new assignment is the same; he needs to lift the batting standards of the current Pakistani
squad, which has been struggling in this particular department.
Pakistan, in its recent outings has time and again lost matches due to lack of batting prowess, which needed to be addressed before the World Cup, and finally it seems that the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to take action
in this direction.
In the past, Javed has made numerous statements regarding the fact that he would definitely prefer an appointment that would allow him to make an impact on the national side. Javed is a kind of player who just cannot sit behind
a desk; people like him want to get their hands dirty in the field while they teach. He has always had a passion to transfer his batting secrets onto the next generation.
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 has always been of the opinion that it is a futile exercise to appoint a batting coach for the national side, because it is already too late for the players who have made it to the national
squad. The Chairman has been on different occasions criticized for this, but he has remained undeterred until now.
In almost all the recent matches that have been played by Pakistan, batting has been the Achilles heel for Pakistan. Nonetheless, now, with the appointment of Miandad, Pakistan’s luck might change for the better with the bat.
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