Re: Pakistan vs. West Indies @ Hagley Oval, Christchurch CWC 2015 10th. Match
saleem bhai.. you know very well that i admire many of your analyses but the reason i am taking a stand on this merit theory is because if the real problem with this WC team is selection of parchi and safarshi players then the solution is simple. we can go back to home, put a new selection committee, which under pressure and shear national embarrassment will do a better job and will select those talented players.
but i am afraid that is not the case. that is why i am respectfully asking everyone that if this team is safrashi then kindly point out 2-3 top fast bowlers, 2-3 top spin bowlers and 3-4 top batsmen who are available but were not selected for the world cup. I also humbly asked that when this team was announced show me one article in which from former greats ( miandad, mohammad yousaf, rashid latif, wasim bari, wasim akram, zaheer abbas) vehemently criticized this WC squad saying that 4-5 top players have been rejected. everyone knew that that is all we have (more or less).
once we acknowledge that our bench is also pretty empty only then we can get into the real discussion that what went wrong in last 10 years? why are we not getting zaheer abbas, miandad, inzimam, rashid latif, wasm akrams, waqar younis, saqlain anymore? our first class structure is still the same (habib bank vs PIA type) for last 40 years…why was it producing some talent before but not anymore? .. where is the problem? what else changed…school cricket? grass root level? that is all