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Great news....but what will happen to his political party?
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running a political party requires money. :)
joking aside, we definitely needed a bowling coach and in the absence of Wasim unavailability for coaching Imran has the responsibility to train the young guns. I hope the past won't be repeated and both Imran and Javed will work for the best of Pakistani cricket.
Cricket’s survival lies in promotion at regional level: Imran
**Cricket’s survival lies in promotion at regional level: Imran **
KARACHI, May 28: Former national skipper Imran Khan reiterated on Wednesday that Pakistan’s survival as a top cricket-playing nation lies in promotion of the game at regional level.
Speaking at the launching of Imran-PCB Regional Cricket Under-16 Clinics in collaboration with Pakistan Cricket Board and Pepsi, Imran, who led Pakistan to their solitary World Cup victory in 1992, stated there was no dearth of talent in this country but unless they were harnessed and groomed properly the future stars would struggle to survive for long.
Imran, who has been strongly against departments playing cricket, gave example of world champions Australia where the game is flourishing on regional basis for years.
“Just look at Australia. In that country the grooming is done from grassroots level and players grind through grade and state cricket. When those guys are thrown into international cricket they find it much easier to play at the highest level,” Imran remarked.
“It has been easier to produce good bowlers but in the last 10 years, Pakistan has come up with only one batsman, Inzamam-ul-Haq, who qualifies as world-class,” Imran noted. “By playing on substandard pitches and unfriendly environment we are helping no one since there is a huge gulf between our domestic structure and international cricket.”
He emphasised that after the disastrous World Cup campaign in southern Africa it has become essential to have cricket academies in which future players are nurtured and groomed. “We are basically not lacking in talent but we need to polish the talent and groom them skillfully before they are allowed to play competitive cricket.”
Imran asserted that talent, technique and temperament are the basic qualities which leads to success which in turn produces good cricketers and hoped that the clinics will assist in discovering stars of tomorrow.
Heading a panel of 18 coaches who will run these clinics in various cities across the country, Imran lauded the sponsors for joining hands with PCB.
“In the past talent hunt clinics proved successful and I hope that we will able to unearth more talented players who after undergoing training would be helpful for Pakistan cricket,” Imran said and added, “no cricket associations will be involved and trials will be open basis and the promising boys will be picked purely on merit”
He expressed the hope that standard of cricket in general will improve if the PCB carries forward the scheme.The programme starts on June 10 when open trials will be conducted concurrently at National Stadium (Karachi), Niaz Stadium (Hyderabad), Shola Ground (Quetta) and Iqbal Stadium (Faisalabad).
Similarly, trials will be held at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore) and Multan Cricket Stadium on June 12 while the last round of trials will be staged at ARL Ground (Rawalpindi), Arbab Niaz Stadium (Peshawar) and Cricket Ground (Sikanderabad, Mianwali) on June 14.
A total of 24 boys, in the age group of 12-16, will be trained at each of these clinics from June 16 to 30. From July 3 to 8, inter-clinic tournament is scheduled to be played after each pool of players is trimmed to 15.
The following coaches have been nominated to run the clinics:Sikander Bakht and Iqbal Sikander at Karachi; Taslim Arif and Saghir Abbas at Hyderabad; Javed Khan and Younis Ata at Quetta; Aamir Malik and Naved Nazir at Faisalabad; Ehteshamuddin and Javed Malik at Multan; Mohsin Kamal and Mohammad Jamil at Lahore; Masood Anwar and Ameer Akbar at Rawalpindi; Farrukh Zaman and Akhtar Sarfraz at Peshawar and Ashraf Ali and Sajjad Akbar at Mianwali
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The following coaches have been nominated to run the clinics:Sikander Bakht and Iqbal Sikander at Karachi; Taslim Arif and Saghir Abbas at Hyderabad; Javed Khan and Younis Ata at Quetta; Aamir Malik and Naved Nazir at Faisalabad; Ehteshamuddin and Javed Malik at Multan; Mohsin Kamal and Mohammad Jamil at Lahore; Masood Anwar and Ameer Akbar at Rawalpindi; Farrukh Zaman and Akhtar Sarfraz at Peshawar and Ashraf Ali and Sajjad Akbar at Mianwali
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Who the hell is :
Saghir Abbas ?
Javed Khan ?
Younis Atta ?
Naved Nazir ?
Javed Malik ?
Mohamad Jamil ?
Ameer Akbar ?
Farrukh Zaman ?
Sajjad Akbar ?
I guess we have lot more Int'l crciketers who are not doing much so why not them like ... Iqbal Qasim... Zahid Fazal ... Abdul Qadir .... Kabir Khan .... .. well there are a lot of other cricketers .. get them assigned with this !!
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I guess we have lot more Int'l crciketers who are not doing much so why not them like ... Iqbal Qasim... Zahid Fazal ... Abdul Qadir .... Kabir Khan .... .. well there are a lot of other cricketers .. get them assigned with this !!
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Iqbal Qasim and Abdul Qadir would be ok but why the other tow players. Kabir Khan is too young and was never able to cement his place in the side. Zahid Fazal was never a permanent member of our side either. His place in the side of primarily as a batsman and he failed badly in both froms of the game. His Test average is 18.00!!! his ODI average is 23.20......
Secondly I dont know why we should have ex crickets as coaches anyway. Anyone who understands the game and knows the basis of proper coaching could do fine. It works everywhere else. It took India Dennis Lillie to come up with Zaheer Khan and Asish Nehra but it didnt take Australia a brilliant ex cricketer to come up with Bret Lee.
The best cricket coach in the world today is John Buchannan of Australia and he doesn't have a international cricketing background. Why is it that in Pakistan that only x cricketers are getting place in PCB, guys like Ramiz, Miandad, Amir Sohail, Aaqib Javed.
^ because they're all part of the famed squad of '92. :D Perhaps being linked to the group that represented Pakistan cricket's finest hour must stand for something.
Add to that list names like Intikhab Alam etc. who keep popping up every now and then. As of now, only one big name remains to ssee a return...oh no wait, Imran's back too.
*He emphasised that after the disastrous World Cup campaign in southern Africa it has become essential to have cricket academies in which future players are nurtured and groomed. "We are basically not lacking in talent but we need to polish the talent and groom them skillfully before they are allowed to play competitive cricket." *
That's it in a nutshell basically. When you see players like Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Yaaser Hameed etc, it's pretty clear that as far as raw talent goes we are pretty well supplied. They definitely need to learn how to apply themselves in proper competitive cricket though, so I'd say well done to Imran for taking some positive steps.
** Imran asks PCB to give authority, power to captain **
KARACHI: Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give more authority and powers to the senior team captain.
Imran, who turns 51 in October said here at the National Stadium that he was surprised to read in the newspapers that the Pakistan captain Rashid Latif had not been a part of the national selection committee meeting held to pick the touring squad for England.
“It is amazing that the captain is not invited to attend the selection committee meeting. When he is the virtual General on the field and has to get the best out of the selected players, motivate them and get good results,” the legendary allrounder stated.
“When I was captain I always made it a point that the selectors knew the players I wanted. I was very much part of the selection process. And on a few occasions when I was not consulted in the selection of some players, I made it clear publicly they were not my choice and I was not responsible for their performances,” he recalled.
Imran who is credited with changing the fortunes of the Pakistan team and introducing a culture of win mentality among the players during his captaincy tenure from 1982 to 92, said he would advise the Board they needed to rethink their strategy on how much authority they needed to give to the captain.
“I have no grudge or grouse against anyone. But frankly speaking my view is very clear the coach, manager and selectors are there as a support team for the captain. But they are not the ones who really are rallying the players and making them fight on the field. This job is solely done by the captain.”
“I have never believed that the coach has such an influential or major role to play in a team’s fortunes as the captain in cricket. He is there to support and advise the captain and players. He is not the one performing or getting results on the field.”
Imran said that even the unprecedented success of the Australian team was mainly due to Steve Waugh and Ricky Pointing, their Test and One-day captains.
“No one even knows the name of the Australian coach. He plays just an advisory and side role. He is not the one being credited with the team’s outstanding performances it is the captain and his players and that is the way it should be.”
“We would never have won the 1992 World Cup if we had had the present system of selection of touring squads where the captain has no role to play. It was the team which won the World Cup not the selectors and we had Intikhab Alam with us to give us support and advise but it were the captain and players producing results on the field.”
Imran said he would like to see the Board revise their policy on selection matters and on the issue of delegating authority to the captain. “Rashid has done well and he should be given say in all selection matters.”
He had no doubt that the England tour would be a tougher assignment for the present team compared to recent tournaments in Sharjah and Sri Lanka.
“I wish them all the luck and hopefully the talent we have in the team will pay dividends.”
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June:10
National Stadium - Karachi
Shola Cricket Ground - Quetta
Niaz Stadium - Haiderabad
Iqbal Stadium - Faisalabad
June:12
Multan Cricket Stadium - Multan
Qaddafi Stadium - Lahore
June:14
ARL Ground - Rawalpindi
Arbab Niaz Stadium - Peshawar
Cricket Ground Sikandarabad - Mianwali
Note: Age limit 12 to 16 years
Get ready to see the real talent of PAK Cricket. Hopefully in a year or two PAK will start polishing the new Imran, Wasim and Waqar. 