Waqar's Interview at Geo TV

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Waqar Younis was interviewed by a correspondent of the Geo TV earlier today.

Waqar quite candidly stated that the onus of defeat in the WC cannot be put squarely on any one individual. He showed his clear dissent with the policies ond action of the selection committee and lashed out at them fiercely. Quoting one instance he mentioned that during the tour of South Africa, he asked them to send over Saeed Anwar so he can get some neccessary practice before the WC, however the request was turned down. He stated that that the selection committee kept the captain in the dark and the working relationship never seemed to develop between the two.

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He criticized players across the board naming Inzimam, Afridi, Younis and particularly Shoaib. He said it’s pretty easy sitting out in one’s lounge and passing judgements about who should have been played and who shoud not have; however current player form tells another story. Referring to Saqlain, he said, he was not bowling well in the nets and consequently he was not played.

He chose not to comment on the disciplinary aspect of the team performance. He, however said that the problem is more deep-rooted than meets the eye and in order to secure future of Pakistan’s cricket, it should be dug and corrected now.

He says he is not stepping down as a captain because he does not feel that his performance as a captain alone resulted in the dismal team performance. He says he is willing to explain his so-called captaincy blunders as well, provided the authorities are willing to listen.

Responding to a question on his ouster from the team, he said he believes there is plenty of cricket left in him, however it’s up to the selectors to decide if they want him in the 15 players to be named for upcoming tournaments.

Overall, he sounded pretty dejected and heart-broken by the attitude of the players and minced no words in saying that (he however mentioned there was nothing lacking in the hardwork put in by all of them, except that they all failed to deliver when it mattered i.e. on the field).

To a question that he should be thrown out of captaincy, he said: “Ab ghar main to bethay hain, yahan se to koi nahin nikal sakta na!”

On another program earlier today, all the senior players along with Waseem Bari and General Sahib were invited at a public talkshow earlier today. Not a single one of them was brave enough to face the public wrath and their chairs remained empty with their name tags during the talkshow.

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Khanu,

Did you write that all by youself? Damn!

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I feel bad for the guy. Having prima donnas in your team like Afridi, Shoaib and Saqlain must not be fun as a captain.

Waqar still might have to go for his bowling if nothing else. But as far as I'm concerned Afridi's and Shoaib's Pak careers ought to be over especially Shoaib's. If he plays, I will not watch Pak matches. I've had it with this moron.

There is one thing that I will not fault Waqar for and that is having the heart to try again and again. I feel for the man.

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PT: Yes! :~p

sambrialian: I too feel there is some merit in what he is saying. I esp. buy the part that he alone is not to be blamed, prolly the board is pulling him in as an scapegoat.

Afridi for sure should be out and i would like to see a much sober Shoaib back in the team. It's one thing to be fierce as a fast bowler but outright aggression without much to prove makes one a laughing stock and he has proved himself just that.

Btw, in another public opinion proggie (carries weight) people are voicing for Latif or Moin as the captain, Mianded as the coach and Imran Khan as the Board chairman. FYI.

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sambrialian: I too feel there is some merit in what he is saying. I esp. buy the part that he alone is not to be blamed, prolly the board is pulling him in as an scapegoat.

Afridi for sure should be out and i would like to see a much sober Shoaib back in the team. It's one thing to be fierce as a fast bowler but outright aggression without much to prove makes one a laughing stock and he has proved himself just that.

Btw, in another public opinion proggie (carries weight) people are voicing for Latif or Moin as the captain, Mianded as the coach and Imran Khan as the Board chairman. FYI.
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Khan bhai, IMO going for Latif and Moin is taking a step in the wrong direction. Moin can not command a place in the team since he is an inferior keeper to Latif. And as far as Latif is concerned he knows that he's nearly finished and which is why he stepped aside for Kamran Akmal. Miandad might have a fine technical mind but taleem-o-tarbiyyat ka fuqdaan and in general his immaturity comes to the fore when he has to deal with senior players. He might be okay if he's given the charge of a new clean team. He cannot coach a team which as Shoaib or Wasim in it. Although I'm highly skeptical that Imran will come back to cricket in any capacity, if he does it's good for everyone.

BTW, yaar you should post here more often. thanks for the intelligent thread. Sometimes Khail Khilari just becomes stale.

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Damn, i missed that interview khanu bhai, thanks for posting anyways :(

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sambrialian bhai: Thanks for the encouragement…although yahan to kaafi barey barey stalwarts aate hain…aur main thehra kal ka bacha! :Pretty:

Being honest i tell you that i got hooked onto this KK forum in the run up and during the WC only..thanks to ehsan bhai and intelligent comments from some of the members here that made it worthwhile (now that my WC is over is another thing altogether).

PS: I still remember that tribute you wrote on Wasim. Class act yar :k:
I forwarded it to my friends aur bicharay aik doosray ko dhikke de de kar mujh se pooch rahe they ke kis ne likha hai yeh…

…par me being me :devil: bataya nahin! :hehe:

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Re: Waqar’s Interview at Geo TV

this program is saw khanu bhai, and that Was a plain ridiculous program. I must agree with Waqar ke kehna bohut asaan hai ke yeh ker dain woh ker dain iss ko khilaayain, and that program vindicates his point. In that program, the compere ridiculously opined that Wasim went to play in the WC only because he wanted to complete his 500 wickets… Ridiculous , plain stupidity by the so called compere :smack:

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Saby: Yar if i remember correctly, it was not the compere..it was one of the participants who said that…no? :~)

Aik aur said: “Yeh Wasim, waqar aur shoaib bas Tiger Biscuit khao..jaan banao aur Pepsi ke ads main he aa sakte hain..wickets lena in ke bas ke baat nahin” :hehe: Hae..kitne dil-jale hain hum loug!

I can see where these people are coming from…they are venting out since their castle of hopes has crashed to the ground. Don’t blame them as such…after all hum sab sada-louh awaam hain.

The program is btw ‘50 Minute’

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Nahi i remember.. either he said or he Agreed coz i felt like switiching the channel… I know we are ‘sada-loah’ ppl but come on you are on a public channel and there is no way such comments should go on-air.
Soon a time will come when cricketers will stop aspiring for a green paki cap just for this same reason.

I mean okay our team was pathetic but this is the same crop who has brough such laurels in past to decades. We, as awam, tend to forget that. And mind you by saying this i dont mean that players are not to be blamed But there should be a limit to something.

No wonder senior players want to carry on and repair thier reputation coz they know one tournament win and they will be hugged and kissed etc etc… If players retire right now, like Waqar, they will NOT be remembered in a positive way and they are risking this least amount of reputation to end thier careers on a slightly higher note.

People are angry , yess, so am i but i wouldnt go on and pass such ‘tiger-biscuits’ comment.

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While I agree that Waqar is not alone to be blamed for the debacle, he was the captain and the buck stops there. The honourable and right thing to do was to resign. I would have respected him more for that. As is I think he should be sacked. If he cannot take responsibility for his action and his team he is not worthy of leading them.

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sambrialian bhai: Thanks for the encouragement...although yahan to kaafi barey barey stalwarts aate hain...aur main thehra kal ka bacha!
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Lahawallawallaquwwattaillahbillah! bhai, kabhi aap nay apni writing parhi hai?

You're one of the best writers on this forum and you call yourself a kal ka baccha. Being humble is all good but please, don't embarass others. I absolutely love reading your posts especially when you're post out of cafe. :)

Thanks for the compliment. honestly that was a fluke. plus it was not well written.

Did you read the article that Kamran Abbasi wrote on Waqar? now that was an excellent read. He's such a good writer, it's a pity that he doesn't write often. Agha Akbar and others are so redundant and boring.

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All this national introspection and self-kicking because loosing one lousy match to India? Get a life folks.

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All this national introspection and self-kicking because loosing one lousy match to India? Get a life folks.
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I don't think it was because of losing to India. It is because of our performance for the last one year under Waqar's captaincy and that is much much more important than one match against India. It is teh first time in WC history that we have exited so early on in the tournament. The hue and cry is justified and heads should roll.

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All that national euphoria and proclamations of greatness because of winning just one lousy match against Pakistan. Get a life folks.

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Haha.

Aray Khanu tum nay kya yaad dilay diya. Here’s a joke of Moin Akhtar [acted as a Pathan Bhai] from Studio Pon-e-Teen on a Cricket game:

Sharbat kay isthahar mein tu dharadar wickets layta hai. Geeno tu 14,000 wickets liya hai. Ground mein ja kay to hadi toot jata hai. :rotfl:

It’s almost confirmed Miandad will be our next coach and Taufeeq Razzaq will be team’s doctor. Recently, in an interview Shoaib mentioned their names. He openly admitted that he didn’t listen to Pybus and Pybus confirmed it. According to Super Sonic, when Pakistan got coaches like Miandad, Abbas and Mushtaq Muhammad and doctors like Taufeeq Razzaq and Rizivi, why would be rely on a foreign help? Some advice for PCB management. :slight_smile: Therefore, I think this Pindi fella will learn something from the legend Miandad as he admired him.

I believe Waqar should take break from his career. No matter how hard he pulled his legs off, he ain’t gonna be able to bounce back. Without a doubt, Vicky is a great bowler. But rightnow, it’s time for him to relax and spend vacation. Take off Cricket from mind and just be cool. Muhammad Sami will replace him, Razzaq will replace by Azhar Mehmood; and Imran Nazir will do the job of Younis Khan.

As for Imran Khan being a PCB chairman, I don’t see that in future. One step in Politics, other in Cricket wouldn’t work him. In a recent interview to Prime TV, he said that he will fixed the problem selection committe has been facing but wouldn’t spend as much time as he has been involved in the political activities of the country.

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Re: Waqar's Interview at Geo TV

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He says he is not stepping down as a captain because he does not feel that his performance as a captain alone resulted in the dismal team performance. He says he is willing to explain his so-called captaincy blunders as well, provided the authorities are willing to listen.

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Non-cooperation from players and faulty selection of them is one thing and pure stupid decision on the feild is another thing. We all saw it on the televisions that Australia and England were allowed to go off the hook when we had their throats in our grip. Just in order to assure that the team do not loose one or two over for slow over-rate, the captain decided to welcome a full-grown innings from Aussies and England. Who on the face of earth told Waqar that you MUST have to bowl full 50 overs to the opponents? How come he didn't think of bowling them out within 40 overs so that no only the target would remain minimum but also the slow over-rate fine would also have no impact on you.

And how will he explain himself away by dropping Afridi against Nimibia and Holand when he could have helped build our run-rate?

Will he please tell me what Salim Elahi was doing against Zimbabwe when clearly everybody knew that we will need to set a huge target for Zimbabwe. I know Afridi is a bad bet, but than we are known for betting on him for a very long time.

I really don't know how Waqar could absolve himself of the blunders that are obvious like anything.

He IS a great bowler, but he is a horrible captain. That's it!

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it goes like this…
Shoaib Akhtar: 100.2
Waqar Younis: 96.4
Wasim Akram: 92:5
and the fourth fastest bowlerPEPSI! :hehe:…
its ok yaar… v lost the world cup… so y makin such a fuss about it… Inshallah we will do better in sharjah cup and future tournaments:jhanda:

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I just watched the recording of that interview.

I will quote Waqar "Agar main captaincy se nahi utar raha, ki mujh se poochay tu sahi ke aisa kya hua hai, judge kerna bohut asaan hai ke you did this blunder or that blunder, I wasnt the only reason we are out in first round but i wanna point out the mistakes i , we all committed

He also said blatantly that *i know main jo aaj baatain keh raha hoon uss ke baad mera kuch nahi pata but i wanna tell the nation what happened. Yes we all are sorry and ashamed of what we did but that alone wont satisfy nation *

I assume we can expect some breaking statements from Mr. Waqar.

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Poppycock, the guy is making excuses. He is totally without shame and honour.