[EXCLUSIVE] "That was one of the great World Cup wins, to go to Ahmedabad and silence the 100,000+ crowd": Nasser Hussain

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In the first part of an exclusive interview, Saj Sadiq speaks to former England captain Nasser Hussain for PakPassion, where he discusses:

- His experiences in India
- His thoughts on the length of ODI games
- Australia's brilliant bounce back in the 2023 World Cup
- India’s spectacular World Cup performance
- Australia's brave decision to bat first in the final
- Why England had a shocker of a World Cup


 
Always a pleasure to listen to Nasser Hussain. His razor-sharp analysis, mercifully free from national pieties, rests not just on intelligence but on hard work, deep thought and research. So many commentators simply rely on knowledge from their playing days and seem to believe that their own experience as an ex-player is a sufficient condition to warrant them talking about cricket. They ‘wing it’. No such complacency mars Hussain’s commentary. He treats it as a job, something that requires conscientiousness and diligence. As a result he remains open to new ideas, realising that the game does not stand still.

There is much to admire and much to learn from him.
 
Always a pleasure to listen to Nasser Hussain. His razor-sharp analysis, mercifully free from national pieties, rests not just on intelligence but on hard work, deep thought and research. So many commentators simply rely on knowledge from their playing days and seem to believe that their own experience as an ex-player is a sufficient condition to warrant them talking about cricket. They ‘wing it’. No such complacency mars Hussain’s commentary. He treats it as a job, something that requires conscientiousness and diligence. As a result he remains open to new ideas, realising that the game does not stand still.

There is much to admire and much to learn from him.
Absolutely.

The level of research and preparation he does is incredible.

I've had him contact me several times over the years asking for very detailed information about Pakistani players.

At times, he shows up the Pakistani commentators with his level of knowledge.
 
Nasser hussain is a gem of person. Really balanced cricket commentator also. Despite an English man made a great depiction of the victory of their arch rivals.
 
He is a truly versatile commentator who can analyze this game of cricket better than anyone.

A true admirer of Pakistan Cricket!
 
The Indian reaction to the loss was very entertaining to be honest!
 

Nasser Hussain: Few better options than Andy Flower for England white-ball boss​


Nasser Hussain believes there are not many better options than “serial winner” Andy Flower for the vacant England white-ball head coach role but has doubts over whether he will get it.

Matthew Mott left the position last week after a mixed two years, guiding England to T20 World Cup success in 2022 before underwhelming displays in the last two major limited-overs tournaments.

The hunt for Mott’s successor is under way after Rob Key, director of England men’s cricket, said a “new direction” was required, with the Champions Trophy in February the next target.

Hussain feels the England and Wales Cricket Board could have the perfect candidate at The Hundred, where Flower, who spent five years in charge of the national team between 2009 and 2014, is leading Trent Rockets.

“There are some really good candidates, there is Kumar Sangakkara, there is Andy Flower, who is a serial winner with England and (in) franchise cricket,” Sky Sports pundit Hussain told the PA news agency.

“Some would view (Flower) as a backward step – ‘never go back, you are going back to a former England coach’ – but I think Andy has moved on.

“Andy was very anti-franchise and IPL, but that was a very long time ago. Now he has travelled the world, winning for most franchises and doing some really good things.

“He is a brilliant coach. You just have to look at his CV and, if Rob Key got Andy Flower’s CV out, there is hardly a better option than that, but again it is if Andy wants to do it.

“And if England see it as a bit of a backward step and they want someone younger, fresher, I don’t know? But I’ll leave those decisions to Rob Key.

“I just look at the best person for the job, simple as that. I’ve worked with Kumar and (he has a) brilliant brain. I’ve played and seen Andy Flower, brilliant player-coach, brilliant man.

“Brendon McCullum, look at the impact he’s had on the Test side, brilliant. They are all very good candidates and I repeat the job is not so much finding the candidate, it is finding the candidate that actually wants to do the job.”

Hussain, who captained England between 1999 and 2003, backed Key’s decision to continue with Buttler as white-ball skipper for now.

But he added: “Jos is a very switched on and smart lad. He’ll know if they continue to lose, he’ll be the next one in line.

“That dynamic of captain-coach, I think that was the issue with Buttler and with Mott.

“With Buttler being such a softly spoken, calm and quiet individual, you probably needed a more dynamic personality (as head coach).

“(Eoin) Morgan worked with (Trevor) Bayliss because Morgan was such an impactful captain and so dynamic.

“I think with this England side, they probably need a more hands-on coach to drive them forward.”

 
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