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Misbah-ul-Haq speaking during the Pakistan Men's National Selection Committee press conference at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:
“You have to try to identify where the Pakistan team needs players, and then see who is performing in domestic cricket at those positions. Aaqib Javed has said this too — the team should be selected by working together with the captain and coach. The kind of players they need, at whichever position, we look at the domestic performances and provide those players accordingly. Sometimes you don’t have a ready category of players, so as Aaqib Javed mentioned, you have to fast‑track certain players. Overall, the effort will always be to look at potential performances and match them with the team’s requirements, so that the best options are given to the team.”
About accepting selection committee duties with coaching responsibilities:
“It’s simple. I will say this: whenever the opportunity comes to serve Pakistan cricket, you definitely consider it and try to play your role. Wherever you can work for its betterment, you should do that. So, the simple thing is, whatever role you are given, you try to perform according to it. You don’t look at it as ‘I must get this or that.’ At present, since I am part of the selection or working as a consultant, I am focused on contributing in that capacity.”
About Salman Ali Agha’s captaincy:
“It’s part and parcel of the game — your decisions are not always right. Sometimes you make the correct call, sometimes you make the wrong one, and you learn from it. In terms of captaincy, I feel he is still very young. If I look at my own experience, it took two to three years before I really started to understand things and gain control. When you face different situations over time, you improve. Otherwise, mistakes are a natural part of life.”
“Even captains who lead for 10 years still make mistakes in certain situations. So, I think it’s fine — mistakes will happen. But going into the future, unless you are consistent in your approach, the same issues will keep repeating. Whatever comes, errors will occur, but with time, your improvement will come through consistency, and that’s what is needed.”
“You have to try to identify where the Pakistan team needs players, and then see who is performing in domestic cricket at those positions. Aaqib Javed has said this too — the team should be selected by working together with the captain and coach. The kind of players they need, at whichever position, we look at the domestic performances and provide those players accordingly. Sometimes you don’t have a ready category of players, so as Aaqib Javed mentioned, you have to fast‑track certain players. Overall, the effort will always be to look at potential performances and match them with the team’s requirements, so that the best options are given to the team.”
About accepting selection committee duties with coaching responsibilities:
“It’s simple. I will say this: whenever the opportunity comes to serve Pakistan cricket, you definitely consider it and try to play your role. Wherever you can work for its betterment, you should do that. So, the simple thing is, whatever role you are given, you try to perform according to it. You don’t look at it as ‘I must get this or that.’ At present, since I am part of the selection or working as a consultant, I am focused on contributing in that capacity.”
About Salman Ali Agha’s captaincy:
“It’s part and parcel of the game — your decisions are not always right. Sometimes you make the correct call, sometimes you make the wrong one, and you learn from it. In terms of captaincy, I feel he is still very young. If I look at my own experience, it took two to three years before I really started to understand things and gain control. When you face different situations over time, you improve. Otherwise, mistakes are a natural part of life.”
“Even captains who lead for 10 years still make mistakes in certain situations. So, I think it’s fine — mistakes will happen. But going into the future, unless you are consistent in your approach, the same issues will keep repeating. Whatever comes, errors will occur, but with time, your improvement will come through consistency, and that’s what is needed.”
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