Lack of educated players brought cricket’s downfall, says PCB chairman
Shaharyar Khan said PCB would rectify this problem by encouraging educated players and grooming existing ones
There are no graduate players in the team right now apart from Misbah, says Shaharyar Khan. PHOTO: REUTERS
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Thursday said the absence of educated players in national team was one of the main reasons for the side’s poor performance in recent tournaments.
Addressing the media, the chairman said that presently only Test captain Misbahul Haq is an educated graduate in the team. “There are no graduate players in the team right now apart from Misbah and the absence of educated players in the team is a primary reason for its recent downfall,” he said.
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The 82-year-old also accepted partial blame for this and said that the PCB would rectify this problem by encouraging educated players as well as grooming the existing ones. “In future we will do our best to induct and encourage educated players into the team and also groom the existing lot,” he said.
The PCB chief also admitted that the board would not make any compromises on disciplinary issues and pursue the current level of commitment towards fitness of players. “Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal have not been selected because of disciplinary issues and we want to make it clear that in the future we are not going to compromise on discipline or fitness,” he said. “That is why we have had fresh fitness tests and now have the boot camp under supervision of military trainers in Kakul before the team leaves for England.” he added.
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Regarding Mudassar Nazar’s appointment as president regional cricket academies, Shaharyar Khan said that he is the most qualified person to improve grassroot cricket in the country. “There is no one more qualified than him [Mudassar Nazar] to supervise our grassroot cricket and he has made a big sacrifice by agreeing to resign from a lucrative coaching assignment in Dubai and join us,” he said.
The chairman also spoke about inviting the Afghanistan cricket team to Quetta, praising the recent improvement in security situation. “The security situation has improved in Balochistan and we are planning to set up a full fledged regional cricket academy in Quetta to tap the raw cricket talent in the province,” he said.
Shaharyar Khan was quoted by Press Trust of India
Addressing the media, the chairman said that presently only Test captain Misbahul Haq is an educated graduate in the team. “There are no graduate players in the team right now apart from Misbah and the absence of educated players in the team is a primary reason for its recent downfall,” he said.
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The 82-year-old also accepted partial blame for this and said that the PCB would rectify this problem by encouraging educated players as well as grooming the existing ones. “In future we will do our best to induct and encourage educated players into the team and also groom the existing lot,” he said.
The PCB chief also admitted that the board would not make any compromises on disciplinary issues and pursue the current level of commitment towards fitness of players. “Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal have not been selected because of disciplinary issues and we want to make it clear that in the future we are not going to compromise on discipline or fitness,” he said. “That is why we have had fresh fitness tests and now have the boot camp under supervision of military trainers in Kakul before the team leaves for England.” he added.
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Regarding Mudassar Nazar’s appointment as president regional cricket academies, Shaharyar Khan said that he is the most qualified person to improve grassroot cricket in the country. “There is no one more qualified than him [Mudassar Nazar] to supervise our grassroot cricket and he has made a big sacrifice by agreeing to resign from a lucrative coaching assignment in Dubai and join us,” he said.
The chairman also spoke about inviting the Afghanistan cricket team to Quetta, praising the recent improvement in security situation. “The security situation has improved in Balochistan and we are planning to set up a full fledged regional cricket academy in Quetta to tap the raw cricket talent in the province,” he said.
Shaharyar Khan was quoted by Press Trust of India