"I hope the good times of the 1990s will be back again in Pakistan cricket" : Waqar Younis

[Abdullah719]

Some quotes from the PCB ceremony for awards etc in Lahore:

Waqar Younis

"I am very happy today, firstly cricket has come back to Pakistan and then this type of gathering"

"This sort of function will encourage our younger players to do well"

"I think the younger generation will be inspired by the matches and will take more interest"

"I hope the same good times of the 1990s will be back again in Pakistan cricket"

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"Don't also forget that we reached number one ranking in Test cricket so we survived the hard times really well"

"Full credit to Misbah and team and now Sarfaraz winning the Champions Trophy for us"


Najam Sethi

"I think it was a good thing (that we lost) as the final will be a clincher"

"I have just welcomed David Cameron of the WICB who has come to see the final game"

"When you love people, they will love you back"

"Problem is that Karachi's reputation is bad but the people and city are nice"


Mickey Arthur

"The boys will enjoy themselves tonight but my mind is on the game tomorrow"

"We hope in the future, we will go from strength to strength as a cricket team"

"We are trying to build a team that will win the 2019 World Cup and build on the success of the CT"


Misbah-ul-Haq

"I would like to congratulate the nation and all who have worked to make this series successful"

"This series is a big step towards restoration of international and this was something we were dreaming of for the past 8-9 years"


Shoaib Malik

"The message that will go out to the world is that Pakistan is a peaceful country"

"Playing in front of your home crowds cannot be described in words"

 

[DRsohail]

najham did say it good we lost..i lost my mind..

 

[Slog]

The 90s always gives me mixed feelings

Match-fixing was most likely rampant, infighting was a weekly occurrence, discipline took a hike and stability was scoffed at with a new captain every year. Even results wise we had some embarrassing results at home where Wasim and Waqar would rarely play together due to their egos and our batsmen would go missing

However man was that era exciting to watch. Especially our ODI team was box office

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

The 90s always gives me mixed feelings

Match-fixing was most likely rampant, infighting was a weekly occurrence, discipline took a hike and stability was scoffed at with a new captain every year. Even results wise we had some embarrassing results at home where Wasim and Waqar would rarely play together due to their egos and our batsmen would go missing

However man was that era exciting to watch. Especially our ODI team was box office

Pakistan team if the 1980s was much better and has a better W/L ratio
90s teams are underachievers and lost many easy crucial games like 96 and 99 WC KO matches!

 

[Zaz]

For the amount of talent we had in the 90s we sure did underachieve

The team lost on paper easy series and matches regularly for eg a test series to zimbabwe at home, we overdid a lot of useless jamodi cricket, like another poster said match fixing and infighting was rife together with the huge egos it tore the team apart when an all time future legacy shouldve been built

Pcb mismangement as usual was a contributing factor The pakistan team was box office and shouldve been marketed much much better The era was wasted away when based on their popularity they shouldve created a more marketable brand - made more money to invest in domestics and players, played more high profile iconic test series and created many more all time legends than it did

It was an era of a massive underachievment

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

I hope the 90s era never come back.
Reason: Already given by above posters.

Pakistan as a country will always find cricketing talent whether it is 90s or now. We still have better talent then most nations but with time game doesn't rely on talent alone.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

No thank you. You're one of the reasons we were never able to develop any of the domestic talent to replace you guys. It really irks me when these guys talk about that era.