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Recently Sami Aslam in his interview to PakPassion alleged nepotism to be responsible for his derailed career. I have anendotedly heard of many such occurrences. Can anyone with deep knowledge of history of Pakistan cricket list some names that

1. Made careers due to nepotism
2. Lost their potentially promising careers due to nepotism?
 
When one person is in charge of matters and that too for a very long time, that encourages Nepotism of the highest order. Misbah has fuelled Nepotism in the past few years by giving endless chances to his friends. The likes of Iftikhar, Shan, Rahat, Asad Shafiq played too many games for Pakistan.
 
gazza619 said:
When one person is in charge of matters and that too for a very long time, that encourages Nepotism of the highest order. Misbah has fuelled Nepotism in the past few years by giving endless chances to his friends. The likes of Iftikhar, Shan, Rahat, Asad Shafiq played too many games for Pakistan.
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Biggest fraud in pakistan history. PERIOD
 
Interesting topic.

Well if you speak with current players, this is still going on.

In fact I was chatting with a first-class player a few days ago and he was complaining about his Head Coach in first-class cricket and that guy is also a coach at the PSL.

He was suggesting that he is an appointment made only due to family connections.
 
gazza619 said:
When one person is in charge of matters and that too for a very long time, that encourages Nepotism of the highest order. Misbah has fuelled Nepotism in the past few years by giving endless chances to his friends. The likes of Iftikhar, Shan, Rahat, Asad Shafiq played too many games for Pakistan.
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Mere allegations. What's your proof these guys are Misbah's buddies and the only reason they were selected? Also was he even a selector then? :genius
 
Most recent exams is Imam. His career got fast tracked due to Inzi being his uncle
 
Faisal Iqbal played 25 miserable test matches. He wouldn’t have gotten close to that if not for the family connection. At the time Misbah was topping batting averages every domestic season but couldn’t get a chance (2003-2007).

Bazid also did well for the A teams (that last ball win against England around 2005 a particular stand out) but could only get 1 opportunity in test cricket. He should have played some of the games Faisal got.
 
No one is ever happy in Pakistan Cricket. The media were lobbying for Tabish Khan for years, now he finally got his opportunity, most posters are like Tabish is a beneficiary of low bounce green wickets in domestic cricket and his stats have been inflated because of it.
 
All this crying over Sami Aslam, he is a timid, stroke less batsman. It is not a big loss and not a sign of nepotism. I am not saying that there is no nepotism but not in Samis case.
 
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Well when you have a bunch of people making selectorial decisions your always going to get likes and dislikes, some players with poorer records preferred over the players with better records

Nepotism should never happen but clearly does Take the fact that someone like faisal iqbal in the 00s played more tests than misbah ul haq at a similar point in time does beg the qs
 
It’s also hard to untangle nepotism from incompetence when it comes to Pakistan team selections.

Rizwan is an example of someone who should have played more international cricket between 2014 when he debuted and 2019. There was enough talent on display to justify an extended run (even if it meant playing him as a specialist bat).

Abbas probably debuted a few years too late and was already past his best. Another miss when we were playing lesser talents like Rahat Ali and Sohail Khan etc. and searching for quality pacers in test cricket. Again, abbas was the leading wickettaker for several years so purely based on stats should have had a look in.

Fawad of course is another. Mountains of runs but couldn’t break through even when Misbah and Younis retired.
 
Savak said:
No one is ever happy in Pakistan Cricket. The media were lobbying for Tabish Khan for years, now he finally got his opportunity, most posters are like Tabish is a beneficiary of low bounce green wickets in domestic cricket and his stats have been inflated because of it.
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Tabish was good and deserved a chance when he was at his peak. These last few years he's been underwhelming
 
is there nepotism, yes, however do pakistani players have an entitled attitude which cries foul every time they are dropped regardless of how poorly they have performed, definitely.

swap the england set up for the pakistan team and imaginee guys like mark stoneman, gary ballance, adam lyth, sam robson coming out with these statements about how they never got adequate chances, how selections were biased, etc.

the matter is worsened by totally nonexistant sports journalism, they all have their favourites so they can have access, ive never seen any one take the numbers, break em down, and ask these guys what makes them think they were as good as they claim they were.
 
I don't know about the past but currently I believe most of the players that make it the Pakistan squad do so based on merit. The ones that aren't good enough to be there are just judgement errors.
 
People often confuse incompetence with dishonesty. Misbah might be incompetent, but I don't think he's dishonest or corrupt.
 
TabishNator said:
People often confuse incompetence with dishonesty. Misbah might be incompetent, but I don't think he's dishonest or corrupt.
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If he was the least bit corrupt, he wouldn't be given the duty to rebuild Pakistan Cricket after the most embarrassing corruption saga in world cricket's history. He's an honest man but some haters have stooped so low that they will say anything to discredit him
 
Imran Farhat and Ramiz Raja are two of the biggest beneficiaries. Both had no right to play so many Tests ahead of Taufiq Umar and Shoaib Mohammad.
 
Fawad Alam, Tabish Khan and many others have been cheated frankly. I don't know what more they could have done to earn a place in the team when for the last 10 years they have had their head down and been grinding domestic cricket. Fawad Alam averaged 60 back when our domestic pitches were awful with average scores of 200. Because Asad Shafiq was more pleasing to the eye with his useless 20s and 30s he was selected over Fawad.
With Tabish I am even more baflled. Our bowling has been shambles in test match cricket for a while now. Why is a bowler with nearly 600 FC wickets not being selected until now when hes 36.
 
Whilst nepotism and favoritism does seem rife in Pakistan cricket, it happens in all walks of life.
 
daytrader said:
Most recent exams is Imam. His career got fast tracked due to Inzi being his uncle
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No He didn't get fast tracked. He came through the ranks and had been performing for a while. Yes he came to people's attention because of his uncle but he was selected based on his performance. Inzi being his uncle definitely got him the limelight which others might have missed out on but that was all, didn't get him free a pass.
 
wajid said:
Recently Sami Aslam in his interview to PakPassion alleged nepotism to be responsible for his derailed career. I have anendotedly heard of many such occurrences. Can anyone with deep knowledge of history of Pakistan cricket list some names that

1. Made careers due to nepotism
2. Lost their potentially promising careers due to nepotism?
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From my experience of playing under 16, under 19, and Quaid-e-Azam trophy/first class cricket in Pakistan (I also represented Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in an all Pakistan college 11 vs all Sri Lanka college 11 game) , there is A LOT of corruption in the regional and domestic level cricket. And I am telling you, there is A LOT of it!

Many young promising and talented cricketers (mostly 14 and under) are chased away by pedophiles in the domestic/regional cricket atmosphere, and others don't stand a chance against nepotism and corruption.

Many talented kids who maneuver through these hurdles get their careers destroyed by internal politics and groupings, (that Rashid Lateef calls "Qabeela", it's 100% true).

And on the other hand, many incompetent and less talented sifaarshies and burgers get a head start and are pushed to be among the pool of Pakistan probables.
Domestic scorecards are rigged by making the batsman of choice play extremely weak bowlers. Sometimes even third class bowlers are paid to provide halwa balls, so that the burger can play a few strokes and make his record look good.

During my playing days, if you had played 6 first class games, you would qualify to apply for a visa to play some Jr. county in England.
And many guys would use their connections or pay to buy a spot in the first class regional team to get 6 games under their belt, and then try to leave Pakistan for greener pastures in England, thus butchering the spot of a talent player on merit.

Many of the regional cricket admins of PCB are some of the most dishonest and corrupt people you may come across. They act as an all knowing big time philosophers riding on a self righteousness horse.

And then is also a problem of recreational drugs. Many youngsters, who mostly do not have any education and come from poor backgrounds, are slaughtered by this laanut when they join the ranks of domestic cricket team environment. The off the field activities of many youngsters are not ideal.

We do not, and I repeat, we do NOT have a healthy environment in our domestic level cricket atmosphere. We repeatedly fail to groom talented youngsters. There is a lot of corruption and injustice in domestic cricket.
 
Shaddy86 said:
No He didn't get fast tracked. He came through the ranks and had been performing for a while. Yes he came to people's attention because of his uncle but he was selected based on his performance. Inzi being his uncle definitely got him the limelight which others might have missed out on but that was all, didn't get him free a pass.
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imam has had 1 good domestic season witj bat in Red ball format, just like imran butt. if it wasnt for imam being related to inzi he would not have got selected at all.
 
Shehzar Mohammad - grandson of Hanif Mohammad and son of Shoaib Mohammad.

45 first-class matches - a travesty.
 
wajid said:
Recently Sami Aslam in his interview to PakPassion alleged nepotism to be responsible for his derailed career. I have anendotedly heard of many such occurrences. Can anyone with deep knowledge of history of Pakistan cricket list some names that

1. Made careers due to nepotism
2. Lost their potentially promising careers due to nepotism?
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Shan Masood, Sami Aslam is literally talking about Shan when he uses the word nepotism LoL.
 
Shakeel Ansar played 2 T20Is

He was called up to the national squad at age 33 after averaging 17.90, at a strike-rate of 106 in T20s.
 
Saj said:
Interesting topic.

Well if you speak with current players, this is still going on.

In fact I was chatting with a first-class player a few days ago and he was complaining about his Head Coach in first-class cricket and that guy is also a coach at the PSL.

He was suggesting that he is an appointment made only due to family connections.
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Easy to use the bhanja tag but do we actually know anything about Faisal Iqbals credentials? He might be good enough. He was certainly not as awful a batsman as everyone made him out to be.


Misbah himself is a nepotism pick so what can you expect? He took micky down before applying for the job with no past experience at all.
I guess it helps if you are from Mianwali :)
 
junaid Zia.
[MENTION=81]Monsee[/MENTION] your all time favourite nepotism pick ;)
 
As if Sami Aslam is any better player. He failed to score a hundred in 13 matches, 7 of those against Bangladesh, WI and Sri Lanka. Stop hyping this rubbish player. Any of Ramiz, Farhat, Shan or Imam are far better than him.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
From my experience of playing under 16, under 19, and Quaid-e-Azam trophy/first class cricket in Pakistan (I also represented Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in an all Pakistan college 11 vs all Sri Lanka college 11 game) , there is A LOT of corruption in the regional and domestic level cricket. And I am telling you, there is A LOT of it!

Many young promising and talented cricketers (mostly 14 and under) are chased away by pedophiles in the domestic/regional cricket atmosphere, and others don't stand a chance against nepotism and corruption.

Many talented kids who maneuver through these hurdles get their careers destroyed by internal politics and groupings, (that Rashid Lateef calls "Qabeela", it's 100% true).

And on the other hand, many incompetent and less talented sifaarshies and burgers get a head start and are pushed to be among the pool of Pakistan probables.
Domestic scorecards are rigged by making the batsman of choice play extremely weak bowlers. Sometimes even third class bowlers are paid to provide halwa balls, so that the burger can play a few strokes and make his record look good.

During my playing days, if you had played 6 first class games, you would qualify to apply for a visa to play some Jr. county in England.
And many guys would use their connections or pay to buy a spot in the first class regional team to get 6 games under their belt, and then try to leave Pakistan for greener pastures in England, thus butchering the spot of a talent player on merit.

Many of the regional cricket admins of PCB are some of the most dishonest and corrupt people you may come across. They act as an all knowing big time philosophers riding on a self righteousness horse.

And then is also a problem of recreational drugs. Many youngsters, who mostly do not have any education and come from poor backgrounds, are slaughtered by this laanut when they join the ranks of domestic cricket team environment. The off the field activities of many youngsters are not ideal.

We do not, and I repeat, we do NOT have a healthy environment in our domestic level cricket atmosphere. We repeatedly fail to groom talented youngsters. There is a lot of corruption and injustice in domestic cricket.
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That’s truly terrible!! We are a third world country rife with societal evils but this abuse and corruption seems systematic. Cricket already is a dying street sport in Pakistan and this systematic abuse, if not corrected, will really dig us deeper in talent development and mediocrity.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
From my experience of playing under 16, under 19, and Quaid-e-Azam trophy/first class cricket in Pakistan (I also represented Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in an all Pakistan college 11 vs all Sri Lanka college 11 game) , there is A LOT of corruption in the regional and domestic level cricket. And I am telling you, there is A LOT of it!

Many young promising and talented cricketers (mostly 14 and under) are chased away by pedophiles in the domestic/regional cricket atmosphere, and others don't stand a chance against nepotism and corruption.

Many talented kids who maneuver through these hurdles get their careers destroyed by internal politics and groupings, (that Rashid Lateef calls "Qabeela", it's 100% true).

And on the other hand, many incompetent and less talented sifaarshies and burgers get a head start and are pushed to be among the pool of Pakistan probables.
Domestic scorecards are rigged by making the batsman of choice play extremely weak bowlers. Sometimes even third class bowlers are paid to provide halwa balls, so that the burger can play a few strokes and make his record look good.

During my playing days, if you had played 6 first class games, you would qualify to apply for a visa to play some Jr. county in England.
And many guys would use their connections or pay to buy a spot in the first class regional team to get 6 games under their belt, and then try to leave Pakistan for greener pastures in England, thus butchering the spot of a talent player on merit.

Many of the regional cricket admins of PCB are some of the most dishonest and corrupt people you may come across. They act as an all knowing big time philosophers riding on a self righteousness horse.

And then is also a problem of recreational drugs. Many youngsters, who mostly do not have any education and come from poor backgrounds, are slaughtered by this laanut when they join the ranks of domestic cricket team environment. The off the field activities of many youngsters are not ideal.

We do not, and I repeat, we do NOT have a healthy environment in our domestic level cricket atmosphere. We repeatedly fail to groom talented youngsters. There is a lot of corruption and injustice in domestic cricket.
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This is one of the most depressing things I’ve ever read related to our cricket. [MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] is this info you can pass on to Wasim Khan? He should be made aware of these deeper systemic issues and also if there are predators within the regional coaching ranks at younger levels. This needs to be eradicated as we’re not getting the best talent once those most deserving are weeded out early on.
 
Colorblind Genius said:
From my experience of playing under 16, under 19, and Quaid-e-Azam trophy/first class cricket in Pakistan (I also represented Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in an all Pakistan college 11 vs all Sri Lanka college 11 game) , there is A LOT of corruption in the regional and domestic level cricket. And I am telling you, there is A LOT of it!

Many young promising and talented cricketers (mostly 14 and under) are chased away by pedophiles in the domestic/regional cricket atmosphere, and others don't stand a chance against nepotism and corruption.

Many talented kids who maneuver through these hurdles get their careers destroyed by internal politics and groupings, (that Rashid Lateef calls "Qabeela", it's 100% true).

And on the other hand, many incompetent and less talented sifaarshies and burgers get a head start and are pushed to be among the pool of Pakistan probables.
Domestic scorecards are rigged by making the batsman of choice play extremely weak bowlers. Sometimes even third class bowlers are paid to provide halwa balls, so that the burger can play a few strokes and make his record look good.

During my playing days, if you had played 6 first class games, you would qualify to apply for a visa to play some Jr. county in England.
And many guys would use their connections or pay to buy a spot in the first class regional team to get 6 games under their belt, and then try to leave Pakistan for greener pastures in England, thus butchering the spot of a talent player on merit.

Many of the regional cricket admins of PCB are some of the most dishonest and corrupt people you may come across. They act as an all knowing big time philosophers riding on a self righteousness horse.

And then is also a problem of recreational drugs. Many youngsters, who mostly do not have any education and come from poor backgrounds, are slaughtered by this laanut when they join the ranks of domestic cricket team environment. The off the field activities of many youngsters are not ideal.

We do not, and I repeat, we do NOT have a healthy environment in our domestic level cricket atmosphere. We repeatedly fail to groom talented youngsters. There is a lot of corruption and injustice in domestic cricket.
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POTW. Would love to hear more about your experiences playing FC (and from anyone else who has been in the system)
 
I wonder if nepotism is being confused with personal likes or being comfortable with a player.

So players not being chosen based on stats but on other factors such as potential and how they get along with the rest of the side?
 
Amjid Javed said:
junaid Zia.

[MENTION=81]Monsee[/MENTION] your all time favourite nepotism pick ;)
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[MENTION=16]Amjid Javed[/MENTION] The shinning Ganja Assasin, the destroyer of many a grounds due to the sheen from his head

Guess what he is not done, he is working in a very important post in PCB or domestic cricket, I forgot what it is but he will be destroying some budding careers due to his connections/nepotism/incompetence. He was himself promoted due to being son of that depressing and dopey dad of his aka Tauqir Zia (through that 'Honest and Fair' Aamir Sohail). Kid chucked balls at 70-75 miles per hour and still could not buy a wicket, inanse that he even played domestic cricket with such an obvious illegal action!

I actually saw him in Fortress Stadium Lahore, many a moons ago and Farhad was with me (remember him and his insane love for Mr. Akhtar, the running his mouth non-stop machine). We both were instantly turned blind, I still carry a white stick :-P
 
The strange thing is that some feel Imran Khan himself was brought into international cricket due to nepotism.
 
Saj said:
The strange thing is that some feel Imran Khan himself was brought into international cricket due to nepotism.
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Imran said that himself in a documentary I saw on YouTube. He debuted way too early in 1971 away to England, and gave Asif Iqbal a shock when he told him he didn't even know how to mark his runup.
 
Saj said:
Interesting topic.

Well if you speak with current players, this is still going on.

In fact I was chatting with a first-class player a few days ago and he was complaining about his Head Coach in first-class cricket and that guy is also a coach at the PSL.

He was suggesting that he is an appointment made only due to family connections.
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Has to be Faisal Iqbal
 
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There are two extents to nepotism/favoritism:
1.) There are situations where it is not even visible at all, two players performing equally well, but the management picks the player they like or have received good feedback about (feedback usually from senior members or selection committee).
2.) One player is bending his back and absolutely smashing it in the domestic scene whereas some waste of a cricketer hits a 50 and makes the national team in all formats just because he is related to one of the country's greats.

The first one is quite harmless and excusable, but there are no excuses for the second one.

Backing talent and being braindead are two different extremes.

If you see a kid who genuinely has class and talent, but he has some sort of a mental block or isn't performing well, then it makes sense to back him. However, if you have useless, bog average cricketers who aren't pulling their own weight and are occupying slots which others rightfully deserve, that's inexcusable and pathetic.

Pakistan Cricket always has, and always will struggle with nepotism and favoritism. Until we get rid of the poisoned, braindamaged, idiotic hags that claim to have cricketing knowledge but pick their cousins and friends into domestic teams, our cricket will never move further.
 
Zaz said:
Is he still currently being picked saj with those stats over a number of years
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Played first-class last year.

I think he's doing some work as a fitness trainer these days.
 
Saj said:
Played first-class last year.

I think he's doing some work as a fitness trainer these days.
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Yup all players from Karachi go to his gym for fitness related activities..and yes truly shocking that he played 2-3 matches for Sindh last year..
 
Colorblind Genius said:
From my experience of playing under 16, under 19, and Quaid-e-Azam trophy/first class cricket in Pakistan (I also represented Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in an all Pakistan college 11 vs all Sri Lanka college 11 game) , there is A LOT of corruption in the regional and domestic level cricket. And I am telling you, there is A LOT of it!

Many young promising and talented cricketers (mostly 14 and under) are chased away by pedophiles in the domestic/regional cricket atmosphere, and others don't stand a chance against nepotism and corruption.

Many talented kids who maneuver through these hurdles get their careers destroyed by internal politics and groupings, (that Rashid Lateef calls "Qabeela", it's 100% true).

And on the other hand, many incompetent and less talented sifaarshies and burgers get a head start and are pushed to be among the pool of Pakistan probables.
Domestic scorecards are rigged by making the batsman of choice play extremely weak bowlers. Sometimes even third class bowlers are paid to provide halwa balls, so that the burger can play a few strokes and make his record look good.

During my playing days, if you had played 6 first class games, you would qualify to apply for a visa to play some Jr. county in England.
And many guys would use their connections or pay to buy a spot in the first class regional team to get 6 games under their belt, and then try to leave Pakistan for greener pastures in England, thus butchering the spot of a talent player on merit.

Many of the regional cricket admins of PCB are some of the most dishonest and corrupt people you may come across. They act as an all knowing big time philosophers riding on a self righteousness horse.

And then is also a problem of recreational drugs. Many youngsters, who mostly do not have any education and come from poor backgrounds, are slaughtered by this laanut when they join the ranks of domestic cricket team environment. The off the field activities of many youngsters are not ideal.

We do not, and I repeat, we do NOT have a healthy environment in our domestic level cricket atmosphere. We repeatedly fail to groom talented youngsters. There is a lot of corruption and injustice in domestic cricket.
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Yet you made it through the hurdles and represented the team through you resolve and talent. Thanks for the insight. I didn’t know it was that bad. Surprise we even have cricket teams and players that can represent and shine at international level.
🤦
 
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Officer Barbrady said:
Faisal Iqbal played 25 miserable test matches. He wouldn’t have gotten close to that if not for the family connection. At the time Misbah was topping batting averages every domestic season but couldn’t get a chance (2003-2007).

Bazid also did well for the A teams (that last ball win against England around 2005 a particular stand out) but could only get 1 opportunity in test cricket. He should have played some of the games Faisal got.
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Not correct. Both Faisal and Bazid were good players and in U19 level were captain and vice captain and our under 19 was very good at that time.
 
MenInG said:
I wonder if nepotism is being confused with personal likes or being comfortable with a player.

So players not being chosen based on stats but on other factors such as potential and how they get along with the rest of the side?
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Agree.
Also I believe one of the issues is that we still follow everything Imran used to say. Some of his ideas include:
1. Save wickets till the 40th over and then hit out. This no longer works.
2. Pick people based on talent and potential. This brought in people like Abdullah Shafiq and Naeem. I personally support this. Pakistan cricket is known for flamboyance and talent and sometimes it is not necessary for a guy to be trained fro years in domestic cricket. Other nations have done the same - Allan Border picked Steve Waugh based on his temperament and stuck by him.

I believe the number of pure nepotism cases are not so many.
 
umarf76 said:
Shan Masood also has a lot of qualities and it is understandable why coaches would like him.
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But on the other hand, many also say that his family influence has benefitted him a lot .
 
Technically, it's favoritism, not nepotism. And the root problem is "overestimation of their ability". Be it players or selectors.

Like the selectors/coaches keeps thinking that they have natural eye for talent and can't be wrong. So their favorite player should get chances after chances just to prove themselves right...
 
Years back when Geoff Lawson was our coach he openly spoke of nepotism in Pak Cricket. Soon after he quit to return home.
 
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Nepotism is part of our social setup! Cricket is not immune.
 
PakLFC said:
Years back when Geoff Lawson was our coach he openly spoke of nepotism in Pak Cricket. Soon after he quit to return home.
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Yes indeed.

He had stated that an official had told him to pick certain player(s), die to close connections to him. He told the official to get lost and got a slap on the wrist for standing up to the official.
 
Saj said:
Yes indeed.

He had stated that an official had told him to pick certain player(s), die to close connections to him. He told the official to get lost and got a slap on the wrist for standing up to the official.
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I wish more of these corrupt people were named and exposed. Maybe a little public shaming can decrease the nepotism/cronyism atleast a little bit (probably not actually, these people are shameless)
 
zacattakk said:
I wish more of these corrupt people were named and exposed. Maybe a little public shaming can decrease the nepotism/cronyism atleast a little bit (probably not actually, these people are shameless)
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The problem is they have influential people in their hands and that's why the likes of Geoff Lawson were reluctant to speak out at the time. Lawson knew that if he did speak up, he would be on the first plane from Lahore to Sydney.
 
Here's another to our collection.

An opener who has played 25 Tests
Despite playing 12 of his 25 Tests in Asia he averages 29
 
Saj said:
Yes indeed.

He had stated that an official had told him to pick certain player(s), die to close connections to him. He told the official to get lost and got a slap on the wrist for standing up to the official.
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Things like nepotism are part of our culture. The tragedy is we don't see anything wrong with it at all.
 
I remember speaking with a former PCB official who was involved in Pakistan cricket for over 30 years about this.

He said some well-connected squad players in the 70s and 80s would get picked for tours of England and Australia just so they could experience the nightlife, bars, casinos etc.

It was basically a holiday for them.
 
Well it’s definitely pretty serious considering it has moved from the players onto the team management. Before we often saw that a new government would mean a new chairman which was expected but since Imran khans taken over we’ve seen Pakistan cricket deteriorate to an all time low. If Imran khan can give his old pal Ehsan mani a call to hold a meeting about Mickey Arthur’s performance while having their new expected coach decide their fate in front of their face is that not crossing the line? And then handing over the role of head coach, batting coach, chief selector and team manager to Misbah who had no coaching qualifications, several conflicts of interests and a backwards timid mindset that has already damaged Pakistan cricket so much all on the basis of being Islamabad’s head coach for a year or two and being Imran khans distant niazi cousin. That is nepotism at its highest level and they still won’t admit it to this day. When your management is picked based on nepotism and connections and your whole government is formed through rigged elections and the army’s input then what do you expect will happen to a cricket team with 11 players. It’s clear that over half the players don’t deserve to be there and are mostly there through connections especially the punjab players. Shame on these jokers.
 
Rameez Raja's son selected who hardly plays club!

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