"I was saddened by Mohammad Amir and Sami Aslam's announcements" : Ehsan Mani

[MenInG]

Ehsan Mani speaking on PCB Podcast


"I do not believe one can ask for better support staff than what we have in the side today; Apart from Misbah-ul-Haq, we also have Waqar Younis, Younis Khan who have all performed on the field of cricket; This is a great opportunity for our youngsters but it will take time to produce results"

"Misbah like any other coach can only work with the material he has - he can only work with players he has; Having said that, I don't think there is a player on this tour who should not be there or there is some deserving player who has not been selected for this tour"

"I was saddened by the announcements by Mohammad Amir and Sami Aslam and none of them spoke to the PCB about their decisions; They took their decisions and announced them straightaway"

"The only criteria given to the selectors is about merit; The proof of the pudding is there in the shape of Fawad Alam who is now playing with the Pakistan side; He had been out of the Pakistan side for many years but because he performed in domestic cricket, he is now playing for Pakistan and he also scored a hundred as well"

"Players may think that they have been dealt with unfairly but all they need to do is to talk to the board, to ask about where he stands and why he feels he should be in the side; Sometime selectors have views which do not make their way to the players about why a player hasn't been selected"

"I am particularly saddened in regards to Mohammad Amir as he is 28 years old; He left Test cricket and is also not playing that much in ODIs and is mostly playing T20s; It would have been much better if Amir had come to see us"

"When Amir left Test cricket, I was told that he feels that he is not match fit for this format; But if you look at the best teams in the world like Australia, England or India - you will note that especially in the case of India and Australia, their players play in all formats of the game; They have very few players who play in one format or are specialists"

"The fact is that this is a big loss for the nation and I never wanted that both players, Amir and Sami, should have opted out and we lose them"

"Its my wish that Sami Aslam should reconsider and come back and play in domestic cricket, as he has the example of Fawad Alam in front of him; He should make Fawad Alam his role model and perform as merit is the only criteria for selection"

 

[unemployedgm]

Process Failure # 1

It is not the job of a player to reach out to a Selector or Chief Selector about where he stands. The Chief Selector should be consistently communicating with the players. In particular, they should be communicating with the players outside the team. Part of the process of selection should be both Verbal and Written Feedback. Where does a player stand in the pecking order and what does he need to to improve his position? What are his weaknesses? Reinforce his strengths? I don't blame the players for a second. This a failure of management.

 

[MenInG]

The merit comment was - well - amusing.

 

[unemployedgm]

I think the existing structure is more streamlined and merit based. The weaknesses in this system or any system will emerge because the way we think about the game in Pakistan is rudimentary.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Would have been nice if you actually did something instead of getting sad.

On Amir, not Sami Aslam.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Okay one thing to get out of the way first. Mohd Amir, yes he considered himself too big of a person to himself inquire the board to where he stands and what he needs to do to get back in selection frame. No one is bigger than the game and Amir is nowhere near the greats. Even greats wouldn't put up this behavior.

This geriartric needs to refrain from talking about the cricketing side of things of which he has no idea of and even if he did, is too out of touch. It's Wasim Khan's job to be answerable regarding the appointments of coaches and management staff. Mani's focus should be on the administrative side of things and upping the standard of the institution by using his expertise and making PCB more credible and efficient and perhaps more powerful. It's just as silly as the one of the previous head of PCB saying Sahibzada Farhan will be selected in future back in 2017-2018 upon conclusion of some domestic cup.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Process Failure # 1

It is not the job of a player to reach out to a Selector or Chief Selector about where he stands. The Chief Selector should be consistently communicating with the players. In particular, they should be communicating with the players outside the team. Part of the process of selection should be both Verbal and Written Feedback. Where does a player stand in the pecking order and what does he need to to improve his position? What are his weaknesses? Reinforce his strengths? I don't blame the players for a second. This a failure of management.

What should be told to an experienced campaigner who when selected for t20is recently, broke down and failed to finish his miniscule quota of 4 overs. They would have simply told him to work on his fitness, play domestics, train at NCA and HP centre. If he considered that below his dignity, it's him who is at fault. Selectors can't reach out to around 200 players and tell them where they stand in terms of selection for international cricket.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Everyone is milking Fawad Alam at the moment, including Fawad Alam.

Pakistan lost a game!! But hey!

And Mani citing Fawad Alam as a shining beacon for PCB is a bit naive, considering it tells a youngster he has to top averages for decades before being considered for selection at 40.

 

[moghul]

What a pathetic and heartless response from the chairman, he can still do something by reaching out to Amir but Misbah won't let him.

 

[offstump]

I think this is the pcb’s way of reaching out to players. Make a statement in the media and wait for the player to hear about. Then said player puts out a statement on YouTube or via a talk show / morning show after which PCB will reply via Twitter. Eventually they will come to an agreement!

 

[Darkrai]

No need to be sad.

Don't keep reaching out to Amir, let him retire if he wants to.

Can't afford ex-criminals with poor fitness, form, and attitude.

 

[Bigboii]

"Misbah like any other coach can only work with the material he has - he can only work with players he has"

Rinse and repeat straight from Wasim Akram argument, he said no one is better than sarfr atm than Rizwan scored a test century in Australia

The old CS before Inzimam said the same thing about "no talent"

Than inzi and psl came and we won CT a year or two after that

Btw we were better under Mickey with the same guys so stop lying old man...

 

[Shams123]

"Misbah like any other coach can only work with the material he has - he can only work with players he has"

Rinse and repeat straight from Wasim Akram argument, he said no one is better than sarfr atm than Rizwan scored a test century in Australia

The old CS before Inzimam said the same thing about "no talent"

Than inzi and psl came and we won CT a year or two after that

Btw we were better under Mickey with the same guys so stop lying old man...

And we became bad in the time of mickey young man. Fakhar, Hassan, and Sarfraz all lost form in his time. You cant say we were a good team then. Apart from champions trophy, we got smashed left right and centre.

 

[Markhor]

Mani is obviously not going to blast the team management in public so don't know what people were expecting.

For once we have a clean and upright Chairman instead of the crooks and political appointees who viewed cricket as an ego trip.

I guess some deserve officials like Ijaz Butt who called the Big 3 "sons of pigs" live on TV and handed out lifebans like toffee.

 

[Shafi]

Mani is totally unfit to hold top position. Very weak personality and crawling attitude.

 

[Bigboii]

And we became bad in the time of mickey young man. Fakhar, Hassan, and Sarfraz all lost form in his time. You cant say we were a good team then. Apart from champions trophy, we got smashed left right and centre.

In Lois we were a better team than we are know
Do you agree?

 

[moghul]

Mani is totally unfit to hold top position. Very weak personality and crawling attitude.

and too old

 

[MMHS]

He sounds like an OSD in Govt. office. With change in Govt. my old man was put in “special duty”, under Energy & Power Ministry (basically training & PR staffs) ... he used to give such speeches almost every day for his three months paid vacation.

Can’t this guy tell Imran that I’m too old now, please allow me time to prepare for the final journey? Or he can self retire voluntarily- no one will stop him. Holding such a position into late 70s isn’t good for his health either.

 

[Saj]

If there were issues between some players and the PCB, I wonder why officials such as Ehsan Mani didn't attempt to arrange some meetings and reconciliation between the 2 parties.

All these statements seem a bit late now.

 

[shujaatraza]

Process Failure # 1

It is not the job of a player to reach out to a Selector or Chief Selector about where he stands. The Chief Selector should be consistently communicating with the players. In particular, they should be communicating with the players outside the team. Part of the process of selection should be both Verbal and Written Feedback. Where does a player stand in the pecking order and what does he need to to improve his position? What are his weaknesses? Reinforce his strengths? I don't blame the players for a second. This a failure of management.

Please also let us know how such selector call a player? There are 180 odd cricketers in domestic. The selector should call all of them or how should he decide which player he has to call and which player he doesn’t have to call?

 

[Zaz]

Sami should make fawad his role model lol

If he tops the batting runs and avges for the next decade he ll eventually get a chance in his mid 30s

 

[Titan24]

I think Ehsan Mani is talking bit more about selections and individual players than he should be in my opinion.

 

[Mamoon]

Mani and Wasim are sycophants. The only reason they got these jobs is because they brown-nosed Imran.

Mani is easily one of the worst chairmen PCB has ever had. He is lethargic and senile.

I am not even sure what he does these days apart from drink tea in his office and sign a few papers every now and then, because Wasim is running the show and making these goofy decisions.

The way he handled the Mickey succession was complete shambles and showed that he is out of his depth.

It appears that Mani has been reduced to a ceremonial role again which is all that he has done during his uneventful and impact-less career as a cricket administrator.

He has never been employed in an influential position and you can see why.

 

[kingusama92]

Probably should have kept the merit quote to himself.

More than half of the squad isn't there on merit.

 

[reversehook]

merit.... hmmm... then sir how the hell you appointed miabah and waqar as coaches?

 

[waleed88]

Aaaah yes, so now everyone is trying to take credit for Fawad Alam being enrolled into the team. I see how this works. And using the fawad alam sword to strike Amir and Sami Aslam. This is a political statement nothing more. This statement was designed to take a dig at these two names.

 

[unemployedgm]

What should be told to an experienced campaigner who when selected for t20is recently, broke down and failed to finish his miniscule quota of 4 overs. They would have simply told him to work on his fitness, play domestics, train at NCA and HP centre. If he considered that below his dignity, it's him who is at fault. Selectors can't reach out to around 200 players and tell them where they stand in terms of selection for international cricket.

Of course they can and they have too.

 

[unemployedgm]

Mani and Wasim are sycophants. The only reason they got these jobs is because they brown-nosed Imran.

Mani is easily one of the worst chairmen PCB has ever had. He is lethargic and senile.

I am not even sure what he does these days apart from drink tea in his office and sign a few papers every now and then, because Wasim is running the show and making these goofy decisions.

The way he handled the Mickey succession was complete shambles and showed that he is out of his depth.

It appears that Mani has been reduced to a ceremonial role again which is all that he has done during his uneventful and impact-less career as a cricket administrator.

He has never been employed in an influential position and you can see why.

The Chairman role should be ceremonial.