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"If I apply for the Head Coach role, I will resign from the Cricket Committee" : Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq at a media interaction today:
"The players who have been selected for the provincial teams, their previous performances in FC or Grade 2 cricket should've been kept in mind. We'll try to review that and to ensure that all the performing players have been picked in teams. We will try to ensure all the players are there on merit"
"My input was included for the members of the ongoing camp, overall we are trying to focus on the centrally contracted players and those who have been recently with the team"
"Hasnain was a part of our plans and we spoke to him, he was coming on the 22nd but he pulled out because he has a contract at the CPL"
"I haven't applied for the Head Coach role. All the talk in the media are just rumours. I am a member of the cricket committee. Since we don't have a selection committee or team management, I am holding a camp to prepare the players. It's not final whether I will apply for the role or not"
"Former players have their own opinions. I have done Level 2 coaching courses here and also from the ECB, perhaps they don't know about that"
"The decision about the captain depends on the cricket board. It depends on whether we want to separate the captaincy if the load is too much on one person, or continue with one captain in all formats. It depends whether we have the suitable personnel for that"
"There is a lot of speculation going on. I have played a lot of cricket and know these players well, I know what preparations are required to ready players for international cricket. I'll try to help the players out for the upcoming season"
"We have included mostly players who are centrally contracted, we haven't included many batsmen from outside. When the selection committee comes, they will look at the performers. We had a limited number of players we could accomodate. There are so many players who have performed well and we can't pick them all"
"If I apply for the Head Coach role, I will resign from the Cricket Committee"
"I think as soon as you have a new system in place, you slowly refine it and make it better. That's where this process will go"
"The internationally required standards of fitness aren't hidden. Our team has a lot of room for improvement and there has also been improvement already. We want to work hard in these 3 weeks so that the players are carrying good fitness into the season. But to attain those levels, I will try my utmost to get players to make fitness into a habit and a lifestyle, so that fitness problems don't come up again"
"In this camp for the first 2 days, it's not just the training but we're looking at the sleeping habits, food, calories, body weight and fat level. I will try to get us to go towards the ideal fitness levels"
"The approach towards fitness is simple, you have to be very professional. You can't compromise on your discipline as a player and that is my approach. Whatever we're doing and the perimeters we're setting need to be followed. Once it becomes a habit, you don't even think about it. Training and food habits need to become a lifestyle"
"There is a misconception amongst the players about this as well. This camp is just to ready some players so that the management and selection committee has data about the players. But the team of 15 won't necessarily be from these players. Any player in domestic cricket who is performing and has good fitness can be selected. We could have picked a lot of players for this camp but we couldn't accomodate more"
"Even when I was playing cricket with SNGPL, Islamabad United or Peshawar Zalmi, specially with SNGPL, for the past 7-8 years I have been playing with players but also guiding or coaching them which I have enjoyed. Once you're captain then you get an idea of quite a lot of things. Your thinking changes once you're not playing because you can solely focus on all the other players"
"A time comes where you need to look towards new players so after retirements of bowlers, we need to look at those who are performing and have good fitness levels. There's a lot of young fast-bowlers. We will keep an eye on them and see which ones can serve Pakistan in the long format in future"
"In the current system, the selection committee selects players and when the XI plays then no one owns the decisions if the XI is not correct. If the coach is also the chief selector then there is no place to hide, he is completely responsible. But there is the question of how to manage that, how does one keep an eye on all the players and who are your helping hands"
"Final selection is not just based on fitness, other things are also taken into account such as performances and attitude as well as team requirement. It's possible that some players top the tests but there is no spot in the team for them. That happened with me also, for 5-6 years. But we will try that players who are performers and have very good fitness levels get a chance to represent Pakistan"
Misbah-ul-Haq at a media interaction today:
"The players who have been selected for the provincial teams, their previous performances in FC or Grade 2 cricket should've been kept in mind. We'll try to review that and to ensure that all the performing players have been picked in teams. We will try to ensure all the players are there on merit"
"My input was included for the members of the ongoing camp, overall we are trying to focus on the centrally contracted players and those who have been recently with the team"
"Hasnain was a part of our plans and we spoke to him, he was coming on the 22nd but he pulled out because he has a contract at the CPL"
"I haven't applied for the Head Coach role. All the talk in the media are just rumours. I am a member of the cricket committee. Since we don't have a selection committee or team management, I am holding a camp to prepare the players. It's not final whether I will apply for the role or not"
"Former players have their own opinions. I have done Level 2 coaching courses here and also from the ECB, perhaps they don't know about that"
"The decision about the captain depends on the cricket board. It depends on whether we want to separate the captaincy if the load is too much on one person, or continue with one captain in all formats. It depends whether we have the suitable personnel for that"
"There is a lot of speculation going on. I have played a lot of cricket and know these players well, I know what preparations are required to ready players for international cricket. I'll try to help the players out for the upcoming season"
"We have included mostly players who are centrally contracted, we haven't included many batsmen from outside. When the selection committee comes, they will look at the performers. We had a limited number of players we could accomodate. There are so many players who have performed well and we can't pick them all"
"If I apply for the Head Coach role, I will resign from the Cricket Committee"
"I think as soon as you have a new system in place, you slowly refine it and make it better. That's where this process will go"
"The internationally required standards of fitness aren't hidden. Our team has a lot of room for improvement and there has also been improvement already. We want to work hard in these 3 weeks so that the players are carrying good fitness into the season. But to attain those levels, I will try my utmost to get players to make fitness into a habit and a lifestyle, so that fitness problems don't come up again"
"In this camp for the first 2 days, it's not just the training but we're looking at the sleeping habits, food, calories, body weight and fat level. I will try to get us to go towards the ideal fitness levels"
"The approach towards fitness is simple, you have to be very professional. You can't compromise on your discipline as a player and that is my approach. Whatever we're doing and the perimeters we're setting need to be followed. Once it becomes a habit, you don't even think about it. Training and food habits need to become a lifestyle"
"There is a misconception amongst the players about this as well. This camp is just to ready some players so that the management and selection committee has data about the players. But the team of 15 won't necessarily be from these players. Any player in domestic cricket who is performing and has good fitness can be selected. We could have picked a lot of players for this camp but we couldn't accomodate more"
"Even when I was playing cricket with SNGPL, Islamabad United or Peshawar Zalmi, specially with SNGPL, for the past 7-8 years I have been playing with players but also guiding or coaching them which I have enjoyed. Once you're captain then you get an idea of quite a lot of things. Your thinking changes once you're not playing because you can solely focus on all the other players"
"A time comes where you need to look towards new players so after retirements of bowlers, we need to look at those who are performing and have good fitness levels. There's a lot of young fast-bowlers. We will keep an eye on them and see which ones can serve Pakistan in the long format in future"
"In the current system, the selection committee selects players and when the XI plays then no one owns the decisions if the XI is not correct. If the coach is also the chief selector then there is no place to hide, he is completely responsible. But there is the question of how to manage that, how does one keep an eye on all the players and who are your helping hands"
"Final selection is not just based on fitness, other things are also taken into account such as performances and attitude as well as team requirement. It's possible that some players top the tests but there is no spot in the team for them. That happened with me also, for 5-6 years. But we will try that players who are performers and have very good fitness levels get a chance to represent Pakistan"
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