Javed Miandad takes one for the team
Keeping in view the tension that was building up between the head coach Waqar Younis and the newly appointed batting consultant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580, the later has decided to take a step back and let the head coach have full control.
Javed announced that he would not be travelling with the team to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 because having two coaches in a tour will only help in confusing the players and nothing more. Javed admitted that since Waqar is the current head coach so it is his job to take
the responsibility of making strategies for the team.
The legendary batsman said, “I refused to travel with the team only to avoid conflicts in the coaching department, Younis is the head coach and should be in command. Players need to follow him instead of getting confused over the presence of another coach.
I’m a very strong believer that in cricket one must follow one approach to avoid confusion and with two people for the same purpose, it doesn’t help. This is what I conveyed to the PCB Chairman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 as well, as it’s his [Younis] duty to coach the team
and make the strategies.”
The batting consultant praised the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) for organizing a training camp at the right time. Javed believes that as a batting consultant he can only transfer his exposure and experiences to the Pakistani batsmen, and then it will be
up to the players to execute Javed’s teachings on the tour.
Javed said, “I always told the players that you are always learning, no matter how experienced you are. In the end, it’s all about fine tuning them and mentally preparing for difficult conditions and situations.”
Miandad believes that there are many talented batsmen in the current Pakistani outfit and they just need to focus more while they bat. The major problem identified by Miandad was the lack of patience and focus in the batsmen. The Pakistani batsmen lose patience
quickly if easy runs are not coming and then they try to play hasty shots, which ultimately result in their demise.
Earlier, Miandad had refused to accept his new appointment because he felt it was not possible for him to work under the head coach Waqar Younis who is much junior to him. Waqar Younis also created a bit of buzz by making it clear to Javed that he should
not get in his way and should refrain from taking part in the matters related to the strategy making. After this the Chairman Cricket Board Ijaz Butt jumped in and neutralised the situation by convincing Miandad to help the players in the training camp in
Lahore. The legendary batsman heeded to the chairman’s request and joined the camp later.
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