Junaid Zia named as General Manager PCB Domestic Cricket [Post #27]

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Seeing as how a couple of undeserving players--an allrounder who hasn't contributed anything of note for 2 years, and a flashy opener who has failed to convince in a decade--have hampered the team, it might be worthwhile remembering the Junaid Zia example.

Nepotism is not new to Pakistan cricket but when chief selector Aamir Sohail chose Junaid Zia--a hardworking but fairly ordinaryy seamer who continues to do well in FC games--in 2003 in attempt to please the chairman, Tauqir Zia, there was an outcry, especially after Junaid failed to make an impression against Bangladesh.

However unlike many parchis who have stuck on and harmed the team, Junaid Zia took what I consider to be a very respectable and laudable move; he saved everybody concerned a great deal of embarrassment and harm by omitting himself from the squad under the excuse of studying for his examinations. It was a smart and unselfish move and I do hope that a couple of non-contributing players can perhaps follow that route and bite the bullet.
 
A great example.

Somehow I don't think the two current players mentioned are capable of following that route unfortunately.
 
they would have done so long ago. mohammad Aamir will make a comeback, play for a decade, retire and only then will those two consider taking such a step.
 
Do you really think Farhat gives a crap? He gains weight and becomes really unfit, his batting absolutely sucks but its all just a joke for Farhat as long as he can get his single digit score against an international side.

I'm starting to think that the ONLY thing that can keep Farhat out of the team is a career ending injury..which is sad when you think about it. Only in Pakistan could this happen
 
The world cannot have enough Farhats? TBH Farhat is not as big problem as Asad Shafiq and YK are for this team.

What on earth? You rate IMRAN FARHAT higher than Asad Shafiq? Not to mention Younis freakin KHAN??!

Wow, no number of facepalms is going to do justice for this post.
 
Seeing as how a couple of undeserving players--an allrounder who hasn't contributed anything of note for 2 years, and a flashy opener who has failed to convince in a decade--have hampered the team, it might be worthwhile remembering the Junaid Zia example.

Nepotism is not new to Pakistan cricket but when chief selector Aamir Sohail chose Junaid Zia--a hardworking but fairly ordinaryy seamer who continues to do well in FC games--in 2003 in attempt to please the chairman, Tauqir Zia, there was an outcry, especially after Junaid failed to make an impression against Bangladesh.

However unlike many parchis who have stuck on and harmed the team, Junaid Zia took what I consider to be a very respectable and laudable move; he saved everybody concerned a great deal of embarrassment and harm by omitting himself from the squad under the excuse of studying for his examinations. It was a smart and unselfish move and I do hope that a couple of non-contributing players can perhaps follow that route and bite the bullet.





Good story but unfortunately untrue...Tauqir Zia, dad of Shinny Ganja Domed Assassin, was under tremendous public pressure because obviously his son was a parchi, untaluunted, and could not perform even against BD.

After the series was over, there was an A team tour (forgot where they were going) and Mr. Junaid was selected as captain of the team by Aamir Sohail. But public had enough of the 75 MPH trundler and upon seeing their anger and outcry...Tauqir Zia pulled his son out of the squad, citing he has to appear for his FA papers!

Well, where were those papers when Ganja Terror was picked as the skipper Mr. Tauqir Zia...and are those exams over yet?

No Perchi:malik has any shame...Perchis and shame don't ever go hand in hand
 
Good story but unfortunately untrue...Tauqir Zia, dad of Shinny Ganja Domed Assassin, was under tremendous public pressure because obviously his son was a parchi, untaluunted, and could not perform even against BD.

After the series was over, there was an A team tour (forgot where they were going) and Mr. Junaid was selected as captain of the team by Aamir Sohail. But public had enough of the 75 MPH trundler and upon seeing their anger and outcry...Tauqir Zia pulled his son out of the squad, citing he has to appear for his FA papers!

Well, where were those papers when Ganja Terror was picked as the skipper Mr. Tauqir Zia...and are those exams over yet?

No Perchi:malik has any shame...Perchis and shame don't ever go hand in hand
Bhai eventually he bit the bullet. I respect him for that, I haven't seen anybody else do that
Good story but unfortunately untrue...Tauqir Zia, dad of Shinny Ganja Domed Assassin, was under tremendous public pressure because obviously his son was a parchi, untaluunted, and could not perform even against BD.

After the series was over, there was an A team tour (forgot where they were going) and Mr. Junaid was selected as captain of the team by Aamir Sohail. But public had enough of the 75 MPH trundler and upon seeing their anger and outcry...Tauqir Zia pulled his son out of the squad, citing he has to appear for his FA papers!

Well, where were those papers when Ganja Terror was picked as the skipper Mr. Tauqir Zia...and are those exams over yet?

No Perchi:malik has any shame...Perchis and shame don't ever go hand in hand
Bhai eventually he bit the bullet. I respect him for that, I haven't seen anybody else do that
 
The world cannot have enough Farhats? TBH Farhat is not as big problem as Asad Shafiq and YK are for this team.

Wow you rate farhat above younis and asad em glad you are not a member of the selection comittee:milyas
 
Junaid maybe not of international quality but is a hard working bowler. Those who say that he was a complete parchi should be reminded that even today he plays for top sides like ZTBL and Lahore Lions.

You can call him a trundler and whatnot but the fact is that he has 272 first class scalps. Not bad for a untalunnted parchi. :)
 
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Junaid maybe not of international quality but is a hard working bowler. Those who say that he was a complete parchi should be reminded that even today he plays for top sides like ZTBL and Lahore Lions.

You can call him a trundler and whatnot but the fact is that he has 272 first class scalps. Not bad for a untalunnted parchi. :)




Have you even seen him bowl or are just looking at the numbers...by sheer numbers many a laluus look like world class.

He chucks the ball at 75 MPH...is that enough for you?

1137moiz...I would have respected him more if he had come forward and issued a statement himself; his daddy (Tauqir) made up the bahana of exams!

He did not bite the bullet, his daddy forced him to make it look like that...and my last question still stays: Are the exams over yet because it's been almost 9-10 years since that year, if he was so good to lead the A team, how come he never made it to the team again, even as a regular player?

One reason: He chucks at 75 MPH and even for a Perchi Player:malik he sucks bad
 
Do you really think Farhat gives a crap? He gains weight and becomes really unfit, his batting absolutely sucks but its all just a joke for Farhat as long as he can get his single digit score against an international side.

I'm starting to think that the ONLY thing that can keep Farhat out of the team is a career ending injury..which is sad when you think about it. Only in Pakistan could this happen

:16: yes blade feed on the hate.
 
anybody know what Zia's performance was like before he got selected?
 
Junaid Zia was withdrawn by his father Tauqir Zia as Monsee pionted out. this whole thread based on a false story.

AZ, he didn't exactly set the stage on fire. Many bowlers had similar stats as his I think. You didn;t need to look at his stats, if you ever saw him bowl to realize how average he was.
 
lol @ that taklu fellow. When I first saw him, I was like ye punjabi films ka villian kahan se agaya? :23:

Add in another bit to the story that Tauqir Zia later resigned to ensure his kid is not called parchi again for the selection. Unfortunately for him thou, the taklu never got selected again :D
 
^^ Also, Majid Kahn wouldn't accept the chairman of PCB post because of Bazid Khan.
 
lol @ that taklu fellow. When I first saw him, I was like ye punjabi films ka villian kahan se agaya? :23:

Add in another bit to the story that Tauqir Zia later resigned to ensure his kid is not called parchi again for the selection. Unfortunately for him thou, the taklu never got selected again :D




I almost saw his shinning dome of a tindh in Fortress stadium while being in Lahore in 2005...Farhad (an old PPer) and I were driving through end part of Fortress and he passed by!

I am disappointed that I could not ask him if his exams are over and when he will be making a come back but I guess we all know how that turned out, thankfully:akhtar
 
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former cricketer Junaid Zia as General Manager PCB Domestic Cricket Operations following a recruitment process.

Junaid (35) who featured in four One-Day Internationals in the 2003-04 season represented Pakistan Under-19 in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2002.

Junaid played 90 first-class matches from 2002-03 to 2013-14, and took 282 wickets besides scoring 2,379 runs. He also played in 35 Twenty20 matches, taking 41 wickets.

Junaid Zia is son of the former PCB Chairman General Tauqir Zia (Retd.). Junaid has been actively working with the PCB through organising national club championship.

The slot of General Manager PCB Domestic Cricket Operations was left vacant since Shafiq Ahmad retired in June this year.

Moreover, Central Punjab's Zafar Gohar has been fined 20-per cent of his match fee for a Level 1 offence relating to showing dissent at an umpires decision during a match in his side's Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 10th round fixture against Southern Punjab at the State Bank Stadium, Karachi.

The incident happened on Tuesday, in the 143rd over of Central Punjab's first innings when Zafar delayed his departure from the crease and gestured in frustration after being adjudged LBW, which was deemed as a disagreement over the decision by the on-field umpires.

Zafar was charged for the violation of Article 2.8 of the PCB's Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel by on-field umpires, Alay Haider and Rashid Riaz.

Zafar pleaded guilty and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee Mohammad Anees, a PCB spokesman, said.

https://www.brecorder.com/2019/12/06/550834/junaid-zia-named-general-manager-pcb-domestic-cricket/
 
I hope he is better Administrator than he was a player. Undoubtedly one of the worst bowlers to play for PK, not only was he terrible Bowler, he was a chucker.
 
He is a decent educated guy who was not a good international cricketer, that doesn't mean he can't be a good administrator as well, the guy had huge passion for cricket in his playing days even if he never had the talent but the passion and aggression was admirable, so let's hope he pour some of it into his new role.
 
Yup. No nepotism here. None at all.




If OP is still around, maybe he can try and give this posting a new spin as well!

PCB, today proved to fans like me (as if not done a 1000 times before by repeated ******** selections of Haroon Rashid, Iqbal Qasim, Wasim bari, Shakeel Shaikh etc. in top posts) that they just don't get it or have no idea how to efficiently run a cricket board! What a complete mess :-(
 
He is a decent educated guy who was not a good international cricketer, that doesn't mean he can't be a good administrator as well, the guy had huge passion for cricket in his playing days even if he never had the talent but the passion and aggression was admirable, so let's hope he pour some of it into his new role.



FP times a 100...so you think he was selected because of being educated and his passion for cricket lol

I have a bridge to see that is all ready for shipping to your address at a minute's notice
 
Played for Pakistan 17 years ago and is still 35 years old. :yk2

Pakistani crickets don't age like the rest of the human race.. just look at Ifti chacha, he was born in 1971 but he's still only 24

yongsta beauties
 
  • Featured in four ODIs for Pakistan in 2003
  • 90 first-class matches
  • 282 wickets
  • Currently serving as SGM Domestic Cricket Operations at PCB
Happy Birthday Junaid Zia
 
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