'I want to meet that genius who is organising tours of Zimbabwe" : Wasim Akram

[Mamoon]

You cannot expect Pakistan cricket to improve if you keep picking players who fail against the top teams and then secure their spot by playing well against minnows. The same player will then end up getting picked for another big tour and everyone will be shell shocked as to how he failed again after doing so well vs Zimbabwe. It’s an endless cycle and it needs to be broken.

PCB should be thinking ahead for the future, give the youngsters a chance vs teams like Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe, give those players the exposure at the top level before you play them against the top teams. No one cares if a Pakistan C team loses to Zimbabwe, just like you don’t care about India C losing to Sri Lanka in the T20’s.

If you are not good enough, you are not good enough. Exposure to the top sides will not make you a better player when you do not have what it takes.

Naseem Shah played successive series against Australia, England and New Zealand and he got progressively worse and could not learn from that experience simply because he is a joke of a bowler.

Quality players are produced in domestic cricket and they then show their quality in international cricket. Exposing mediocre players to world class opposition will only result in humiliation that would dent their confidence further.

An average young player will not become a great player just because he was eased into international cricket. Moreover, an average young player will not become a greater player just because he got a lot of exposure against quality teams.

Playing young players against teams like Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland will not change anything or fix any issue for Pakistan.

 

[ManFan]

There is a reason why Pakistan plays their top-tier team even in dead rubbers and against ZIM.

The coaches, board, the public, and players crave such opportunities.

 

[Saj]

Worth mentioning that when Wasim Akram played against Zimbabwe they were a damn strong team. Nowadays they are nowhere near as good as they once were.