Inzamam blamed for World Cup exit

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**Inzamam blamed for World Cup exit **

Inzamam gave evidence to the committee in Islamabad last month
A committee investigating **Pakistan’s under-performance at the World Cup has cited “poor leadership” from captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as a major factor. **

**“Inzamam’s attitude was haughty and that of a dictator and more than one incident proved that,” said committee chairman Ijaz Butt. **
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But he continued: “The poor performance reflects an overall failure of management at all levels.” **

Pakistan were eliminated at the first round stage after losing to Ireland.

And Butt said the “entire cricket system” in the country needed to be “overhauled”.

Inzamam resigned as captain following Pakistan’s elimination and announce his retirement from one-day international cricket, but he hopes to continue his Test career.

He has been replaced as skipper by all-rounder Shoaib Malik, who will lead the team in a best of three one-day series against Sri Lanka, which starts in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

**Butt said the problems with Inzamam dated back to last September when Pakistan forfeited a Test match in England after the team were accused of ball-tampering by the umpires and continued during a subsequent series in South Africa. **

**“Inzamam became an autocratic and introverted captain after the Oval fiasco last year and his refusal to go on the field was overlooked by then PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] chairman Shaharyar Khan,” said Butt. **

**“When the Board sent a selector with the team on tour to South Africa in January-February this year, Inzamam did not involve the selector in team selection.” **

The committee also looked at claims about possible match-fixing by members of the team during the World Cup in the Caribbean.

But they found no evidence to support the allegation, which was strenuously denied by Inzamam when he returned home from the Caribbean in March.

“We heard several allegations but they were nothing more than that. We found nothing to suggest the team had fixed any games,” Butt added.

The commitee, meanwhile, has recommended that a seniority system for paying players should be abolished, with only the captain and vice-captain receiving more than the basic rate.

Source: [BBC.](Source: BBC SPORT | Cricket | International Teams | Pakistan | Inzamam blamed for World Cup exit)

Another chance to have a bash at the dopey Inzi. I have been saying it for a long time that he was a dictator …

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Maybe Inzi ko aab finally ghairat aye gi and he'll retire from tests as well...then again, probably not.

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Rock…tumharee tau lottery nikal ayee… :cb:

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:smiley: absolutely and I look happy as the fella in the picture.

Any opportunity to bash dopey will be regarded as a lottery.

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oh great :smack:

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Inzi should play one last series and retire with izzat. His service for so many years shouldnt be forgotten over WC dibacle.

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He just wants to breaks Javed's Pakistan test record than retire.

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^ Yeah that's the sole reason why he did not announce retirement from all cricket after world cup exit

On a side note if Inzi is selected and does well in the 2-test series in September (which may not come to pass esp. if political killings happen nearer the time of SA's arrival), then fans and Board should not put unnecessary pressure on him to retire. Inzi is 37 but there are other examples of batsmen who have gone on for much longer. Gooch for instance retired from test cricket at 41 and he was n't the fittest person in the England team. Inzi 8813 runs should perhaps be given the chance to become the first Pak batsman to score 10,000 test runs but that will obviously depend on his form and fitness. Inzi is a good slip-catcher so he may not need to run after the ball anyways :CareBear:

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^ Yes.

He can also get a runner when batting so that he doesn't add to tally of run out's in his career.

will he get a chance to break Javed's record considering political situation in Pakistan (visitors may not want to tour on security grounds) or selectors not selecting him.

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*Inzamam blamed for World Cup exit *

Inzamam gave evidence to the committee in Islamabad last month
A committee investigating Pakistan's under-performance at the World Cup has cited "poor leadership" from captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as a major factor.

"Inzamam's attitude was haughty and that of a dictator and more than one incident proved that," said committee chairman Ijaz Butt.
But he continued: "The poor performance reflects an overall failure of management at all levels."
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ok

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And Butt said the "entire cricket system" in the country needed to be "overhauled".

"Inzamam became an autocratic and introverted captain after the Oval fiasco last year and his refusal to go on the field was overlooked by then PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] chairman Shaharyar Khan," said Butt.

"When the Board sent a selector with the team on tour to South Africa in January-February this year, Inzamam did not involve the selector in team selection."
The committee also looked at claims about possible match-fixing by members of the team during the World Cup in the Caribbean.

**But they found no evidence to support the allegation, which was strenuously denied by Inzamam when he returned home from the Caribbean in March.

"We heard several allegations but they were nothing more than that. We found nothing to suggest the team had fixed any games," Butt added.**
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So basically they are blaming him for not talking with them. My god, if these are our Chairmans and Board members who are still stuck in high school mentality of "you don't talk to me, you are an a-hole" we are in deeper trouble. Point again made;

  1. Entire Cricket system need to be overhauled.

  2. PCB did not prepare for the tournament.

Moreover, wasn't the match fixing claims came from Pakistan Cricket Board, mainly Shahrayar Khan and Pervaiz Mir? Good job PCB for finding a scape goat for your incompetancy. You have again found a way to completly separate yourself from the mess.

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*Shukr hai Woolmer per ilzaam nahi lagaya... *

PS: Pakistani players were so proud of themselves or dumb in other sense that they discarded Woolmer's instructions/advises...

PS: Pakistan team need some Army Colonel as a Coach who doesn't know anything about cricket...but knows very well how to use 'Raghra without Reason' (RWR as known in the Pak Army training recruits with harsh discipline) and above all a* Danda*...voilá :)

PS: Any training which doesn't include humbleness and discipline is useless...

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Who is Ijaz Butt, and what is his own credibility? I have no idea. But I agree 100% with the conclusion that Inzi takes the lion share of the blame for the demise of Pak cricket in WC 2007. Yes, there are many other factors as well, but the crappy leadership of Inzi takes the cake.

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I wonder who will take responsiblity for;

  1. Announcing Akhtar and Asif exclusion at last moment.
  2. Poor form of our openers.
  3. Our bolwers "injury".
  4. Poor fielding.
  5. Poor scheduling before World Cup.
Some of my work-Kapray Shapray on FB
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  1. Akhter & Asif
  2. openers
  3. bolwers
  4. fielders
  5. PCB

for everything else you have "MasterCard - Inzimam".

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^ hain??? care to elaborate?

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^^ The ultimate responsibility lies with General Pervaiz Musharraf...he is the Chief Patron of PCB...in my opinion he should resign...and there is no need for a Patron or even PCB (always making idiot statements) or a Coach...try this for 2 years...believe me...you will be getting surprising outcomes...Period!

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Don't blame the players...the same players have proved to bring to shyt to any team in the world...so what you think the leftover is...management...yes...they should resigned and not the players...okay...

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Again its PCBs fault that why they gave so much power to one guy who is not good for captaincy. ab WC harnay kay baad everybody is blaming Inzy for that.........

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The main fault is PCBs and they are making Inzi the scapegoat. Granted Inzi was a really bad captain and lacked a cricketing brain, but the whole blame of giving Inzi too much power and listening to his recommendations for selections rather than the selectors taking his input ONLY - was not Inzi's fault. Why did the PCB listen to him and gave him so much power to run things his way? Its there fault for having no plans to groom another wicket-keeper, to keep trying and trying the same openers for the past 2-3 years...in a merry-go-round. They just dont want to take the hit for lack of planning and preparation for the WC '07.

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its the list of "who is responsible for which item"