Pakistan cricket fans and critics, do they really understand the dilemma? (part 2)
(Continued from part 1…)
Being one of the most vocal critics of the chairman of PCB, to say that he is the root of all problems would be a naive thing to say at best.
Since, despite his incompetency, there remain a lot of factors in play that have collectively played a part to bring Pakistan cricket on its knees. And no, it is not the global Zionist conspiracy.
The first and foremost aspect is the fact that PCB is a tool to further political agenda’s of the ruling parties in the country. It is used to expand their domain of power. Rather than democracy patronising another democratic institution we are confounded
with the paradox of knowing that it is democracy that is condoning dictatorship. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 is most certainly a part of the problem, however, he is not the problem itself.
The problem lies with the system that we have allowed to evolve over the years. Sometimes, even things like honesty have been taken for granted. There was a time when Jahangir Khan, who was a selector with the PCB resigned upon knowing that his son had come
to give the trials for selection. His son was none other than http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Majid-Khan-c73932.
We took the honesty of these men of honour for granted and therefore made laws that did not ensure a system free from the fetters of nepotism and corruption but allowed men to make those decisions themselves. Human nature is prone to err. Therefore, it comes
as no surprise that over the years, the very system that allowed the institution to function is now serving as the biggest hindrance to it.
The domestic cricket structure is yet another factor, why http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket is struggling so much. At the same time, the players in first class cricket are paid peanuts for their matches. One cannot entirely blame them for their lust of money. One can certainly
not attribute this failing to one man, but rather the responsibility itself lies with the entire institution – the system that has been created is also serving as a self destruct button for its own existence.
For a long time now, I have failed to read an article basing itself on plain simple facts and not getting carried away with emotion. Emotions tend to be misleading, they tend to be biased, they tend to be weak. Facts are strong, they are not misleading and
they do leave the reader to form an opinion about something.
The entire series of events as they have unfolded are not as simple as they may appear to be. When an individual, or a set of individuals, or a nation sets out to do something and fails, the failure is not a result of one man, but is linked to multiple other
factors that are not taken into account.
Writing an article for cricket, for the sake of writing an article to get it over with has now resulted in all sorts of hogwash being published where analysis and explanations tail each other in an infinite circle. It does not matter, if the facts are corroborated,
if the opinion is in fact justified, if the writing is in fact honest.
An honest opinion that does not aim to sound more fancy that it actually is, is quite refreshing to look at, to read. Which is why, despite his explicit language and strong opinions, I respect a certain Australian writer, Jarrod Kimber. He is honest, and
does not aim to sound fancier than he actually is. Alan Tyers is another example of an honest cricket writer. There is Jonathan Agnew Andy Zaltzman, Gideon Haigh and others who are simply honest cricket writers. That in itself is the most enduring quality
about all of them.
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