what is Miandad’s problem? Pakistan (nearly) wins one match and all of a sudden he wants to cash in. from his comments, one would think that he was on the field playing the game and was the chief architect of this victory.
this is very irresponsible and unprofessional attitude on his part especially since practically all the media criticism was spot on except for the matchfixing allegations. if he’s complaining about Imran’s comments, he should know that more people agree with Imran’s opinion than they do with Miandad’s - at least in recent times.
and what does he mean when he says - he would be willing to step aside again if anyone else could do the job better. “I’ve never asked to be appointed coach of the senior team. The board have always come to me to help out in a crisis”
this is Pakistan cricket. you serve it and Pakistan with pride and not with an arrogant “I’m here to save your behind” attitude.
And it’s not like he’s volunteering his time out of the goodness of his heart - the board pays him a royal sum for his services which in my opinion are very overrated and outdated. I say the board should take him on and replace him with someone with formal coaching credentials.
If Latif damages Pak cricket’s reputation with his irresponsible statements, the likes of Miandad and Akram, who give the impression to foreign media that Pakistan is a jungle, are no better.
Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has hinted he may give up the job after the current Test series against India.
Miandad, who is in his third spell in charge of the team, says he is fed up with media criticism. “I’ve been very disappointed and upset and upset with some comments in the media and I’m not sure if I want to continue,” he said.
Pakistan lost the one-day series 3-2 and the first Test, but look set to win the second in Lahore. India ended the third day’s play on 149-5 in their second innings, still needing another 53 runs to make the home side bat again.
“I’m very happy with how the boys have bounced back in this match. But this performance has been soured by the damaging and unfair criticism in the last two weeks,” said Miandad. “What hurts most is that there is criticism on the basis of just one or two bad performances.”
Miandad is one of Pakistan’s greatest ever batsmen, having scored 8,832 runs in 124 Tests and 7,381 in 233 one-day international appearances, and was a member of the 1992 World Cup-winning side.
His previous spells as coach ended in 1999 and 2001 and he said **he would be willing to step aside again if anyone else could do the job better.
“I’ve never asked to be appointed coach of the senior team. The board have always come to me to help out in a crisis**,” he added.
