Former captains and coaches Intikhab Alam and Javed Miandad have refused to apply for the position of Pakistan’s coach which is being advertised on Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) website. The advert was placed last week as PCB started the hunt for the vacant position caused by the death of Bob Woolmer during the World Cup.
Intikhab criticised PCB’s method of advertising for the post and said that it was a technical position and putting it through the website was not the best method.
“It is not a post like that of chief executive or a director or general manager but a totally specialised one and there is no chance that I would stand in a queue to offer my services for the job,” Intikhab, the World Cup winning coach-cum-manager, told Dawn. “The PCB should have an efficient database of the experienced candidates in the country for coaching job and they should be approached according to their credentials.”
Miandad, who has been appointed as the coach on no less than three occasions, agreed with Intikhab’s remarks and termed the advert as a casual approach towards the game by the PCB.
“Since the PCB’s only major criterion for the job is first class cricket experience, there will be at least a thousand applicants for the job I should imagine,” Miandad told Dawn. “And I wonder how the board intends to judge their credentials.”
“There is no need to go on the website, it would only create a mess,” he said. “Soon after the World Cup debacle, there were some caricatures of PCB officials in national dailies which showed their desperate attempt to find a new captain through ads. This week, the PCB has done exactly that with the coach’s post. Under such circumstances, I am not willing to offer my services to the board, not at any cost.”
Well...Zabardast can take the reponsibility to coach Pakistan national team...
I will create 10s of Shahid Afridis and 10 of Wasim Akrams...within 1 year to beat any team...anywhere...anytime...under allconditions...
Training: 10 hours training a day...5 hours in a gym to train like a gymnast...and 5 hours of cricketing...a fielder must be able to leap 5 meters in any direction to take a catch...a bowler must be able to shower yorkers and bouncers at will...and footwork of a batsman to hit hard and above regardless of the opposition...howzaaaaaat...hmmmmmmmm
PS: But I am not going to apply to PCB for a manager...the morons...
Intikhab seems to have a bit of an ego problem "I will not stand in a queue to offer my services...". Maybe the coaching should be offered to him on a platter, with assurances that no other candidates were ever under consideration.
We have all witnessed what Miandad did in his coaching days. His monkey dance from the balcony was embarassing to say the least. Intikhab, well he's lost all respect ever since I heard his comments on Shoaib's personal life when he was in the tribunal for the doping contorversy.
Intikhab is ancient - iss umar mein bhi coaching ke pechey para hai. He should just sit back, spare us, and enjoy the rest of his life without causing any more damage.
As for Miandad - after 3 failures, dramas, politics, lacking the professional qualifications, not to mention being connected to the likes of Dawood Ebrahium....he is the worst person possible for the job. Thank God the PCB put a lid on him by demanding professional qualifications. Let him continue to spoon feed the kid he hosts a show with on Hum Tv...and leave the Pakistan Coaching alone.
We have all witnessed what Miandad did in his coaching days. His monkey dance from the balcony was embarassing to say the least. Intikhab, well he's lost all respect ever since I heard his comments on Shoaib's personal life when he was in the tribunal for the doping contorversy.
