The PCB is quite a rich organisation without working too hard for it. They should have a proper marketing and fund tapping department.
PCB should be an autonomous body which doesn’t need a president’s “sarparasti”. It should have its own constitution - board of governors and hierarchy - and system of accountability. The processes should be set up instead of intervention at the top from the president. There is also no need to hold unnecessary inquiries in the parliament after every bad performance. This puts unnecessary burden on the chairman and other board members. I think Shahryar Khan spent a lot of time and effort dealing with those politicians (Enwar Baig, a member of the Senate Standing Committee) for nothing. Parliament should only come in if there are serious mishandlings and corruption in any institute.
IMO, the PCB should be run as any professional organisation is run. Some people suggest it should be run by the cricketers but I disagree. Cricketers should only be appointed at the technical posts e.g. selection committee. Administrators should be experienced at handling such things.
There MUST be, classes for psychology, media behaviour, presentation skills etc etc.
The board should have taken the issue with an iron grip and sidelined Younis Khan for a while and disciplined all the trouble makers in the team. Afridi and Razzaq (again speculating) are not indispensable. No individual is bigger than the team. Razzaq is not the same force that he once was with the ball and his batting comes good once in a blue moon now.
Afridi, well we all know that he can do it but he does it so rarely + even if he were consistently good, he is not bigger than the team.
Captaincy is not just about innovative thinking and aggressive field setting. It is a LOT about man management. Inzamam may not match Younis in aggression and innovation but players respect him as a captain and like his laid-back attitude and man-management. A man devoid of politics who has managed to keep a team incident-free for nearly 3 years. Oval fiasco might be one failing but it was too big an incident, a once in a life time, or for that matter, once in cricketing history.
The most important thing is team unity. Under Inzamam we were getting used to it. Younis’s emotional behaviour has left doubts. I don’t know what kind of support he will get. Will players play happily under him or perform poorly so that PCB pulls him back from captaincy? Only time will tell.
PCB should stop spoiling the kids and teach them how to behave.