Why http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket has hit rock bottom – the fall and a possible resurgence (Part 2)
(Continuing the discussion from part 1…)
The fact of the matter is that due to the strong domestic structure prevalent in England, they consistently have a large pool of players to select from.
Unfortunately, Pakistan has lacked that since the very beginning. To see that Pakistan has managed to do so well in the international circuit despite the domestic structure indeed speaks volumes about the sort of talent and potential
the young cricketers have.
It is time for Mr. Ijaz Butt to retire. He has served a good two years at the PCB and has systematically destroyed whatever little was left of it post http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasim-Ashraf-c78712 era. If Mr. Ijaz Butt has that minimal level of moral integrity
that it takes to be a man, then he must resign.
If the Pakistan government and the honourable President Asif Ali Zardari are naïve enough to let him continue with this anarchy then they must hold themselves responsible for the consequences.
Mr. Ijaz Butt should consider himself lucky that the Sri Lankan cricket team is still alive and so should the honourable Patron-in-chief of Pakistan cricket. The precedent of resigning in the face of failure has seen its systematic
and gradual extinction in Pakistan and now politicians to bureaucrats to institutional heads persist in their blatant misuse and abuse of power with absolutely no repercussions.
The National Assembly committee for sports finds its wings clipped as they yield absolutely no influence on the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board or members of the PCB. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 continues to rule the PCB carte blanche with
disastrous consequences.
The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team was a reflection of how serious things were at the PCB, however, that did not result in the resignation of the chairman of the PCB and neither did the Spot fixing fiasco result in any resignation.
The fact that the chairman publicly humiliated the very institution of the PCB and Pakistan cricket by making an impulsive erratic statement at the behest of the lamenting Pakistani cricket fans, could not incite him to issue an
apology to the Pakistani nation for humiliating the country on an international forum.
If seen in retrospect, many of the great players from the last 30 years have been honed and polished after spending time at the international level. However, on the contrary a prime example of the incompetent domestic system is
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Nazir, who received much praise from cricket legends like Clive Lloyd and Ian Chappell.
He was dropped from the national side, after a few unsuccessful stints at the international level. The blame for Nazir’s deteriorating form rests with the domestic structure and not least the player himself.
Many players do not realize the immense responsibility that comes with captaincy and the sole reason for Imran Khan’s success at the international level has to be the fact that he understood the intricacies of being the captain
of the side. He understood the amount of responsibility that the role in itself carried and so led his team from the front during his reign as captain. During the last ten years of his game, at a time when players are consistently deteriorating this man consistently
improved, with a Test batting average of 50 and a bowling average of 19.
The fact that the Pakistan team has been fiddling around with captains is just poor administration and reflects the failure, which is now inherent to the PCB. If the PCB were serious about doing its job in the first place, such
failures would have been less consistent. With players like Imran Nazir and Asim http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamal-c70069 fading into oblivion the domestic cricket structure stands blatantly exposed.
(Continued in part 3…)
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