Not a day passes by without news, controversy or allegation hitting Pakistan cricket. It is now a sordid tale of nepotism, corruption, infighting and incompetency. When players, coaches and the administrators are criticized and
placed under the careful scrutiny of the public eye, then this criticism is most certainly called for. What needs to be understood is the fact that it is these very same fans who have ignited the passion for the game in the country and have placed their heroes
on high pedestals to be worshipped. This should explain why the fans have such high expectations from their players, and why not? In a country of 170 million cricket fanatics that have produced the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Abbas-c98435, Hanif Mohammad, Fazal Mehmud, Javed
Miandad, Imran Khan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 and others, is it unfair to ask for others to rise up to the occasion like their predecessors before them?
“It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders,” writes an American writer. Pakistani cricket is resigned
to its fate, they have accepted whatever follies have befallen them and now they decide to move on with these follies in tow. Looking at the sorry state of affairs at this particular juncture, one cannot help but allow the mind to drift into the cosy realms
of its warm memories, those of the 1992 World Cup, the time when Pakistan went to the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 to come back with its integrity intact having drawn a Test series against the cricketing giants, the time when Pakistan recorded the first Test series win in
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 against India. The time, when the team of Pakistan was led by men of honour and not opportunists, a time when Pakistani cricket was still respected.
The recent controversy that has embroiled Pakistani cricket takes root from the decadent system that has been followed over the last many years where in succession the administrators of the Pakistan Cricket Board boasted a general,
a diplomat, a doctor and now an incompetent former cricketer. The amount of damage that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 has single-handedly brought to the state of cricket in the country is unparalleled. He has wreaked havoc during his tenure ruling over the PCB carte blanche.
Without a competent domestic structure in place, well defined selection criteria and the absence of proper facilities, it is no wonder that Pakistan has been struggling so much. The drawn Test on a flat wicket does not in any way
mean that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket is returning to normalcy for that would require careful deliberation and sincere efforts.
The willingness to do that seems to be non-existent. Why is it that players like Imran Tahir, Asim http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamal-c70069, Imran Nazir and Anwar Ali never made it to the national side despite performing exceptionally well when required? The answer
to that lies in the fact that the culture of nepotism is systematically destroying the future of Pakistan cricket.
Whereas men like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Khan had worked to set the foundation for Pakistani cricket for the next two decades, such a willingness amongst other members of the PCB seems to be lacking.
Many a times, cricket writers talk about the issues pertaining to Pakistani cricket, the sorry state of affairs, the poor performances but very few have in reality given any true suggestions on how cricket can improve in a country
where the sport is loved passionately by millions of people.
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