re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
The chances of getting run out in test are not that high... but still he gete either himself out or someone else.
The chances of getting run out in test are not that high... but still he gete either himself out or someone else.
jee....let's see if Tablighi Jamaat teach MoYo some special 6 number for the captaincy...
Mualana Mushtaq and Mualana Inzimam kee special overseas jamaat for coaching and counseling....
:)
The ever revolving door of Pakistan cricket and the stupidity of its administrators. Everytime Pakistan had a local coach..this kind of nonsense occurs. Rifts among players, groupings, infighting...match fixing allegations etc.
Pakistan needs a foreign coach along with a strong local manager..someone like Majid Khan...none of these so-called 'superstars' would dare mess around with someone like Majid Khan watching over them...and a foreign coach comes in as neutral - he does not take sides and players do not feel he is supporting someone else over them..or what not.
Anyway, grandpa Ijaz Butt and Intikhab Alam are the two worse things that could happen to Pakistan cricket. The sooner these two are put out to pasture the better.
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I think MoYo is just a temporary bando-bast like Pakistani movies main nahee hota dulha nai baarat laney sai inkar ker deya (jahaiz na honey kee wajah sai) tu kisee bhee qabool soorat naujawan ko paker ker dulhan k saath bith ditey hain 
After that there are two types of ends
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that naujawan HAPPEN to be the actual hero
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that naujawan HAPPEN to be the villan (shakti kaproor style)
lets see whats waiting for MoYo
and foreign coach? :nono: wo tu exercise bohat karata hai and he does not allow to jog in slippers 
re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
The ever revolving door of Pakistan cricket and the stupidity of its administrators. Everytime Pakistan had a local coach..this kind of nonsense occurs. Rifts among players, groupings, infighting...match fixing allegations etc.
Pakistan needs a foreign coach along with a strong local manager..someone like Majid Khan...none of these so-called 'superstars' would dare mess around with someone like Majid Khan watching over them...and a foreign coach comes in as neutral - he does not take sides and players do not feel he is supporting someone else over them..or what not.
Anyway, grandpa Ijaz Butt and Intikhab Alam are the two worse things that could happen to Pakistan cricket. The sooner these two are put out to pasture the better.
^^Ijaz nana aur Inti mamoon apnee dukanain chamka rahay heain...
but unfortunately humaree quam ko "foreign" batain raas naheen aateen..
and to be honest, you have quite a good coach in the shape of Aaqib available as well as Wasim but I am sure there is a reason why Waseem stays away from PCB....too obvious and Aaqib seems like he is very timid infront of admin...maybe his pawwa is chota wala...
re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
I would make him the captain of the test team any time if he breaks his own record of most centuries in a year. I'm not sure how he'd handle the captaincy, but you gotta admit he is the best test batsman in Pakistan side.
Following the one-day series defeat, Pakistani media reported that Younis had lost the confidence of his fellow players, who wanted him to be replaced.
DAWN.COM | Cricket | Yousuf replaces Younus as Pakistan captain
re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
as per Jang, yousuf asked for some time before accepting the captaincy and consulted Inzi before accepting it.
re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
DAWN.COM | Cricket | Afridi axed from tour selection committee
KARACHI: Bowing to skipper Younis Khan’s demand, the Pakistan Cricket Board has taken off vice-captain Shahid Afridi and team manager Abdul Raqeeb from the tour selection committee in the ongoing one-day series against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Raqeeb said under the new policy only the captain, coach and the chief selector were selecting the playing eleven for every match. ‘In the past the team manager and vice-captain also used to be involved in this process,’ he revealed.
PCB sources said one of the conditions that Younis had put forth for taking back his resignation as captain after the Champions Trophy was that the team manager and vice captain be removed from the tour selection committee.
‘Younis had made it clear to the PCB Chairman that only the captain and coach should have this responsibility after consultations with the chief selector either in person or on telephone when on tour,’ the source said.
‘In the past Younis and coach Intikhab faced problems getting their playing eleven because of the interference of the manager, vice-captain and even some senior players but now they have a free hand to pick their playing eleven,’ he added.—Agencies
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**Seriously …:hinna:
**
A case of “Aik nayam main dau pathan”
Hum U.P. walay bila wajah badnaam hain keh aik doosray kee tang kat-thay hain
Re: Mohammad Yousaf appointed captain for NZ test series
Younis quits, says he’s lost command
Younis Khan has given up the captaincy of Pakistan once again, and taken a temporary break from the game altogether, after failing to overcome a long-running rift with a group of players. Effectively, after Younis informed the Pakistan board chairman Ijaz Butt of his decision, it signaled a victory for player power over an unpopular captain.
“I met the chairman today and told him I needed to rest,” Younis told Cricinfo. “I told him I feel as If I have no command over this team. And if a leadership has no command over its players, what is the point of continuing to lead? I also told him that the last 3-4 months have been very trying times for me, not just with the cricket but all that has happened outside it. I need time to get myself together now.”
At least eight or nine players in the current squad have been unhappy with Younis as captain for a while and had made their concerns clear to Butt immediately after the Champions Trophy. The loss to New Zealand in the three-match ODI series, in which Younis failed with the bat, cranked up the pressure, with a number of voices in Pakistan calling for his ouster. Today Younis decided that he had lost “command” over the team and carrying on was not an option.
The PCB immediately named Mohammad Yousuf, senior batsman and one-time stand-in captain, as the man to lead the side in a three-Test series in New Zealand beginning later this month. Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper, will be his deputy.
The PCB’s no-frills press release stated simply that Younis had asked for a rest and Butt is reported to have said that they did not object to the decision. “We did appoint Younis captain until the 2011 World Cup, subject to his performance and fitness, but we have no objection to him asking for a rest, and I don’t think it’s turmoil in Pakistan cricket,” he said.
Revolt within the ranks
Pakistan’s history is no stranger to such player revolts. In 1981-82, almost the entire XI decided they were not going to play under Javed Miandad’s captaincy. A second XI was picked, Miandad stayed on but soon stepped down of his own accord, paving the way for the start of Imran Khan’s captaincy.
In 1992-93, Miandad was again sidelined by his own players during the ODI series in Australia, which led to Wasim Akram taking over. And not long after, Akram was pulled down by a group of players led by his own vice-captain and fellow fast bowler Waqar Younis.
Younis’ tenure, which began earlier this year, has been crippled by a lack of support from his players. Ostensibly his resignation last month, after the Champions Trophy, was over the match-fixing allegations leveled against his side, but as the affair progressed it became increasingly clear that Younis was trying to outmanoeuvre a group of players who were not with him. It worked briefly, as the board made him captain till the 2011 World Cup, with enhanced powers over selection, but the players’ support has clearly not been forthcoming.
Younis refused to go into further detail over which players had revolted but it is believed the group is led by Shoaib Malik and includes other seniors such as Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal. Sources close to Younis say that he was particularly disappointed in the manner in which some players were dismissed in the last ODI against New Zealand.
Though Pakistan ultimately lost by seven runs, their batting had collapsed to 101 for 9 - effectively losing those nine wickets for 54 runs - until a miraculous last-wicket stand took them nearly all the way. But the way established batsmen were dismissed - in a rash of pull shots - on a placid pitch has led Younis to conclude that it was done to undermine him.
“He was really unhappy with the shots some of the batsmen played and he feels as if they did it deliberately to undermine him,” one source told Cricinfo. “He just feels as if he is knocking his head against a brick wall, telling batsmen, senior guys, how to play and them just not listening. He is tired of the constant fighting within the team, especially when it is not clear what they are all fighting or upset about. Nobody has gone to him directly to say anything and that has upset him the most. It isn’t so much the pressure of his own failures that has brought him down as this.”
Younis’s immediate future is unclear. It is believed that he wants to continue playing international cricket and will return to Pakistan and play some domestic cricket to set himself up for the Australia tour, beginning at the end of December. A return to captaincy seems highly improbable; neither is the PCB likely to offer it to him, having been burnt so many times, nor is he likely to take it up, given his experience this time round.
As a result, Yousuf’s elevation marks a remarkable comeback for the batsman, who only recently was in exile from the national team for his involvement with the ICL. He has led Pakistan in the past, twice in Tests in Australia - both lost - and once at home against South Africa in 2003-04, which Pakistan won. Incidentally, he was also a replacement captain for Younis once before, for all of a day, when Younis walked away from the post ahead of the 2006 Champions Trophy, only to be convinced to come back.
The buzz in Pakistan suggests that former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has also played a hand; in recent days, Inzamam has been publicly vocal about the need to dispose of Younis, openly pushing the candidacy of Shahid Afridi as ODI captain. According to some reports, Yousuf contacted Inzamam - the pair are very close - before accepting the job. Some are even touting Inzamam as the next coach for Pakistan.
Cricinfo
There’s more to it than meets the eyes. :hmmm:
After reading this article all I can say is "Holy crap". Shouldn't they just be concerned with their own performances and making the country proud rather than personal agendas. Typical desi syndrome.
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Even if this all was happening Younus did not help himself by his performance and by showing lust for more power. His public comments againast Shoaib Malik (almost a threat), ouster of Vice Captain from selection committee and mix hints to come back in 20/20 did not help at all
Even if this all was happening Younus did not help himself by his performance and by showing lust for more power. His public comments againast Shoaib Malik (almost a threat), ouster of Vice Captain from selection committee and mix hints to come back in 20/20 did not help at all
Exactly. Now not only is his image ruined but his career is also in jeopardy. How quickly things change. One day he is perhaps the most powerful captain of the team the next day his cricketing career is on the line. Maybe because he became overzealous.
After reading this article all I can say is "Holy crap". Shouldn't they just be concerned with their own performances and making the country proud rather than personal agendas. Typical desi syndrome.
I'd say it's typical Pakistani behavior... as a nation, we're plagued with a seniority complex... in every sector, be it industry, be in government, or sports. Everyone who's a "senior" carries with him a sense of entitlement, and feels snubbed if it isn't accorded to him. Merit and performance are secondary.
To get over our problems, we need to overcome the ranks and hierarchical system. I'm not sure if such a system is even needed in a sports setting.
Anyways, many of us thought something was wrong in the last match against NZ, and these proceedings just substantiate those doubts. After reading the first few posts in this thread, I thought to myself, why Younis just doesn't adopt a more staunch stance against the players revolting against him and replace them for sometime. It's not like we have anything to lose... if they're not performing deliberately, their replacement has a better chance of performing because they don't have the same agenda. In a leadership position, you can't really please everyone. That being said, if the majority of the team is against him, then it really has to be something that's wrong with his approach to managing them as a unit. So, perhaps giving up captaincy is the best option.
I'm not sure if MoYo is such a good choice for a captain, but then again, I haven't seen him lead much at all. It's just his laid back attitude that concerns me at this time, but I'd like to be proven wrong.
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^^ exactly to last few lines - I see inzi bhai culture all over him - that's what I hinted with post no. 22....
and I would like to be proven wrong as well....
Hillarious
Our nation needs leaders with quality leadership capabilities. Leadership is not only needed in cricket but for Pakistan as a country as well. It is a matter of shame to see this drama going on at all levels in Pakistan. We have become a joke in our own eyes!
'Awam ka captain' should not be 'resting' and saving his job for the next series.. he should come out clean, sincere and honest with his concerns.
Koi hai..mai ka lal jo mulk ko sambhalay!
Good luck :(