New CA coaches Faisal Iqbal, Shahid Anwar, Abdul Razzaq, Basit Ali to be on national selection panel

[MenInG]

Yousuf leads star-studded line-up of PCB coaches

• Former internationals Abdul Razzaq, Aizaz Cheema, Basit Ali, Faisal Iqbal, Ghulam Ali, Humayun Farhat, Irfan Fazil and Zafar Iqbal confirmed as Cricket Association coaches for the 2020-21 domestic season

• By virtue of being appointed as first XI coaches, Abdul Razzaq (KP), Basit Ali (Sindh), Faisal Iqbal (Balochistan) and Shahid Anwar (Central Punjab) will now join Abdur Rehman (Southern Punjab) and Mohammad Wasim (Northern) in Misbah-ul-Haq’s men’s national selection panel

• “We have listened to our players and aim to provide a balance of the coaching they want and the coaching they need to take Pakistan to the top of world cricket,” says Saqlain Mushtaq

Lahore, 20 August 2020:

Investing in quality coaching skills to create winning environments, while continually developing world’s best international players, has been at the heart of coach requirements behind which the Pakistan Cricket Board today announced a star-studded line-up of coaches for the National High Performance Centre and six Cricket Associations for the 2020-21 domestic cricket season following a comprehensive performance review and robust recruitment process.

Cricket Association coaches

The PCB has also confirmed 36 coaches for the six Cricket Associations, which will feature in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (four-day first-class and three-day non first-class), National T20 Cup (first and second XIs), Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament (first and second XIs) and the National U19 cricket tournament (three-day and one-day).

The performance review and recruitment process, which included survey, self- assessment, 360-assessment, panel interview and application process, was carried out by Grant Bradburn (Head of High Performance Coaching), Saqlain Mushtaq (Head of International Player Development) and Shahid Aslam (National Men’s Team Assistant). They submitted their recommendations to Director – High Performance, which were subsequently approved by the Chief Executive. Members of the PCB Cricket Committee were kept abreast of the process and developments.

International stars added to the coaching panel are: Abdul Razzaq (46 Tests, 265 ODIs and 32 T20Is), Aizaz Cheema (seven Tests 14 ODIs and five T20Is), Basit Ali (19 Tests and 50 ODIs), Faisal Iqbal (26 Tests, 18 ODIs), Ghulam Ali (three ODIs and 167 first-class matches), Humayun Farhat (one Test and five ODIs), Irfan Fazil (one Test, one ODI) and Zafar Iqbal (eight ODIs).

Besides these international cricketers, seven other former first-class cricketers will make their coaching debuts in the upcoming domestic season. They are: Aftab Khan, Aslam Qureshi, Fahad Masood, Habib Baloch, Hafiz Majid Jahangir, Hanif Malik, and Mohammad Sadiq.

The coaches, who have been retained for the 2020-21 season, are: Abdul Rehman, Akram Raza, Bilal Ahmed, Fahad Akram, Hussain Khosa, Iqbal Imam, Kamran Khan, Mazhar Dinari, Mohammad Masroor, Mohammad Wasim, Rafatullah Mohmand, Saeed Anwar Junior, Sajjad Akbar, Samiullah Niazi, Saqib Faqir, Shahid Anwar, Shoaib Khan, Tahir Mahmood, Tanvir Shaukat, Wasim Haider and Zahoor Elahi.

The coaches, whose contracts will not be renewed for the 2020-21 season, are: Arshad Khan, Raj Hans (both Balochistan), Ijaz Ahmed Junior, Naveed Anjum (both Central Punjab), Kabir Khan, Sajid Shah (both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Manzoor Elahi and Tahir Mahmood (both Northern), Azam Khan, Tauseef Ahmed, Shaukat Mirza (all Sindh) and Javed Hayat (Southern Punjab).

Other changes in the NHPC coaching panel are: Abdul Majeed and Mansoor Rana (transferred to International Cricket department as fielding coach and team manager of the men’s national cricket team, respectively), Mohsin Kamal (released) and Mohtashim Rasheed (transferred as player support personnel with the Pakistan U19 cricket team).

Saqlain Mushtaq, Head of International Player Development: “It has been a rigorous 360-degree review and recruitment process, and in the end, I am happy that we have been able to attract some of the very best ex-international and domestic performers strictly on merit of their coaching ability. I am convinced they will contribute selflessly in making our 2020-21 domestic season stronger and more competitive.

“We have listened to our players and aim to provide a balance of the coaching they want and the coaching they need to take Pakistan to the top of world cricket.

“We have been very conscious of coaching combinations, appointing where possible a blend of skill sets within each association, with succession planning also a strong consideration.

“A number of newly-appointed coaches are known for playing an aggressive brand of positive cricket, and I hope they will induce the same spirit in their sides as we remain committed to closing the gap between our domestic cricket and international cricket.”

Nadeem Khan, Director – High Performance: “I welcome all the new coaches who will be supported and trained to deliver the coaching our players require for success on the international stage.
Our coaches will be respected leaders, hold strong relationships, be quality communicators and expert at creating winning plus learning environments.

“I also want to thank all the outgoing coaches for their contributions and urge them to remain involved with this great game as the PCB is optimistic there will be future opportunities in the game, both as coaches and consultants.

“When the PCB had launched the revamped domestic structure last year on 29 August, it had announced it was an evolving process and changes will be made to further strengthen the structure. Due to paucity of time last season, the coaches couldn’t be appointed through a review, analysis and recruitment process, which we have corrected this year.”

National Men’s Selection Committee reshuffled

Following changes of first XI head coaches, there has been a reshuffle in the men’s national selection committee.

Abdul Razzaq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Basit Ali (Sindh), Faisal Iqbal (Balochistan) and Shahid Anwar (Central Punjab) will now join Abdur Rehman (Southern Punjab) and Mohammad Wasim (Northern) in Misbah-ul-Haq’s men’s national selection panel.

Cricket Association coaches (2020-21 domestic season)

Balochistan

First XI – Faisal Iqbal (coach), Wasim Haider*** (assistant coach)
Second XI – Habib Baloch (coach), Shoaib Khan* (assistant coach)
U19 – Hussain Khosa* (coach), Mazhar Dinari* (assistant coach)

Central Punjab

First XI – Shahid Anwar** (coach), Samiullah Niazi (assistant coach)
Second XI – Akram Raza** (coach), Humayun Farhat (assistant coach)
U19 – Tanvir Shaukat* (coach), Irfan Fazil (assistant coach)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

First XI – Abdul Razzaq (coach), Aftab Khan (assistant coach)
Second XI – Rafatullah Mohmand* (coach), Aslam Qureshi (assistant coach)
U19 – Saqib Faqir* (coach), Mohammad Sadiq (assistant coach)

Northern

First XI – Mohammad Wasim* (coach), Mohammad Masroor*** (assistant coach)
Second XI – Fahad Masood (coach), Saeed Anwar Junior* (assistant coach)
U19 – Bilal Ahmed* (coach), Fahad Akram* (assistant coach)

Sindh

First XI – Basit Ali (coach), Iqbal Imam*** (assistant coach)
Second XI – Ghulam Ali (coach), Zafar Iqbal (assistant coach)
U19 – Tahir Mahmood** (coach), Hanif Malik (assistant coach)

Southern Punjab

First XI – Abdul Rehman* (coach), Aizaz Cheema (assistant coach)
Second XI – Sajjad Akbar* (coach), Zahoor Elahi* (assistant coach)
U19 – Kamran Khan* (coach), Hafiz Majid Jahangir (assistant coach)

Appointments of team managers and other player support personnel will be made in due course.

*indicates coaches retained

**indicates coaches promoted

***indicates coaches transferred

 

[Markhor]

Basit Ali and Abdul Razzaq have a history of making outlandish statements in the media. I guess this will keep them quiet for the time being.

We'll have to see how they perform. Good thing about 6 team format is there's no hiding place.

 

[Rana]

Any big name or famous name is a coach in Pakistan

Are they ever going to appoint coaches with actual badges and work experience of at least 10 years at grassroots/domestic level?

 

[Bewal Express]

Let's see the coaches work for a living. Some see this as money for old rope and have no interest in improving the players under their mentorship. Let's hope the coaches have clear briefs.

 

[Shaddy86]

Faisal Iqbal? This guy is very salty and what credentials does he have apart from some 2 day coaching course he did and being a mediocre cricketer?

 

[Titan24]

Good thing about 6 team format is there's no hiding place.

Exactly.

 

[Abdullah719]

Faisal Iqbal? This guy is very salty and what credentials does he have apart from some 2 day coaching course he did and being a mediocre cricketer?

ECB Level 2 coaching course, I believe. This was reported a while ago, perhaps he’s done more since then.

 

[past master]

I got to say really impressed with this system. It filters out the good and bad coaches as well as giving them experience. There is incentive for the good coaches to make a name for themselves and hopefully get offers in other international leagues, gaining useful experience and ultimately the really good ones coaching Pakistan. The bad ones/ can be filtered out at this level instead of going straight to Pakistan's coach. We have so many examples eg Miandad, Moshin Khan, Mohammed Akram, Misbah and Younis who literally got there first coaching jobs at international level for Pakistan. I am not saying they are bad coaches but the bad ones would have been filtered out.

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

@BewalExpress [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] too

 

[MoFresh23]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

Top class analysis bro. I would like to start off by saying that in order for Pakistan to learn how to play the modern way you would first need to have modern coaches that either played or coached the modern way.

The previous coaches besides Mohammad Wasim and Abdul Rahman were teaching our cricketers in the 90 ways. As you may have seen from the the tactics that the coaches use were defensive tactics. Even though Central Punjab won they had the most int stars and barely any youngsters were played. There was no balance of experience and youth. Whereas Mohammad Wasim , Northerns coach, was aggressive in his tactic. People say that he had the most youngsters that's why he had a young team. That is not true, he made a bold/aggressive move by giving chances to youngsters with likes of Haider Ali, Zeeshan Malik and etc and he got rewarded from that nice by winning the National T20 Cup and going to the final in the Quaid E Azam Trophy. PCB made the right move by retaining Mohammad Wasim and Abdul Rahman, as they coach in a modern/aggressive way.

Some people are stating how "Central Punjab head coach Ijaz Ahmed Jr should have been retained bc he won the Quaid E Azam trophy". I completely disagree with that bc:
1. His team was stacked with int stars and had youth but he favored old players that were highly not going to be picked for the team. He had no strategy for each game.
2. Name me one cricketer that got selected from his team. Northern has two that got selected, Haider Ali and Rohail Nazar. I cant think of even one from Central Punjab. Infact Central Punjab had many youngsters like Abdullah Shafiq, Ali Zaryab (the second highest run scorer in the 2nd XI) and etc.

Now talking about the these recent appointments.
1. Central Punjab: Shahid Anwar is someone that I haven't seen him coach in the domestic setup for a while. His last assignment was as the womens batting coach. As you had stated he will have to induct some youth and develop youngsters and give them the opportunity to play in matches.
2. Balochistan: Faisal Iqbal is someone that has the coaching credentials as he has a level 2 or 3 from ECB. He has coaching experience. I believe he coached in England and is the batting coach for the Karachi Kings. This recent season Dean Jones was the head coach and he was the batting coach. He must have learned a alot from Dean Jones and I'm hoping he did and uses it as a head coach.
3. Sindh: Basit Ali is def not liked my many but If you were to listen to what he says during talk shows he says some very informative and intelligent stuff. I hope he utilizes youngsters in his team in which I am pretty sure he will bc when he was the chief selector in 2018, he selected many youngsters that are playing right now with the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Zaid Alam and many others. So I am sure he will do the same.

4. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Abdul Razzaq was an aggressive player himself. If he can coach his players to be aggressive then many Pakhtun players will be good. I love this appointment bc Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has many talent and most of our national players are from that part of the country and that Abdul Razzaq will be able to coach them. Another thing is that Abdul Razzaq loves coaching youngsters so this fits him really well.
5. Southern Punjab: Abdul Rahman is retained but he has been learning from other great coaches from around to world so this was the right move. He was the assistant coach under Andy Flower for Multan Sultans and he has gone to the Tareen Accademy and learned from many coaches that came there.
6. Northern: This is how you know that PCB is in the right direction. They retained a coach that gives opportunities to youngsters and released a coach that does not coach the modern way but won the Quaid e azam trophy as a head coach.

I am really impressed with Wasim Khan and Nadeem Khan and his team. They stated from the beginning especially Wasim Khan who stated a yr ago that they need to get coaches that coach in the modern era and not coaches that are defensive and dont know how to coach.
This is a step in the right direction. Now they should train all these coaches which they will and rest is history then.

Inshallah these coaches will be successful and bring betterment in the players and for Pakistan. Best of Luck!!!!

 

[MenInG]

 

[TeymurBlake]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

Very good assessment. The performance last year from most of these teams was bellow par and considering the names they had in there roster, you would expect much better.

The task at had for all these coaches is going to very important. Cause the one thing we must see is young players selection and development. We must see more positives this season than last season with "oldies" playing and awful pitches.

 

[Markhor]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

As I said earlier I'm not enamoured by the hiring of loose cannons like Basit Ali, Faisal Iqbal and Abdul Razzaq. However in a 6 team format and PCB introducing annual evaluations they've nowhere to hide.

1) Central Punjab is almost a reserve Pakistan side. The vast majority of their starting XIs last season were internationally capped players. They are massive favourites to win the QEA again so Shahid Aslam has a fairly simple job. Umar Akmal's stupidity means there's a vacancy in the middle order though.

2) Balochistan sadly, due to the lack of local talent, are basically a "Rest of Pakistan" side. Whilst they possess some talented individuals like Haris Sohail, Imran Butt, Hussain Talat, Yasir Shah and Mohammed Asghar - they struggled to take 20 wickets last season. Need to strengthen their seam attack - hoping to see Akif Javed developed. Faisal Iqbal is a surprising appointment - hope he's learned something being Javed Miandad's nephew. His assistant Wasim Haider was on Inzamam's selection panel and a former seam bowling AR himself which might be beneficial for Amad Butt and Hussain Talat.

3) Sindh massively underachieved last season. In my QEA preview last year I said they had the best batting depth of all teams. To finish 5th and fail to win a single game was pathetic and their coach rightly got sacked. Their weakness was a lack of pace which is vital with the red Kookaburra which offers less movement than the Dukes. Yet their three main seamers Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan and Mir Hamza are medium paced, heavily reliant on lateral movement, and averaged 39, 40 and 50 respectively last season. Mohammad Hasnain needs to get some 4 day cricket under his belt now.

4) Razzaq is a strange pick for KPK. They don't have too many seam bowling ARs that I'm aware of ? But as you mention, he has some decent seamers to work with. KPK seamers are better than Sindh's - with Usman Shinwari who while can be erratic averaged 25 on those dead pitches last season; Sameen Gul whose height and accuracy makes him ideal for red ball cricket; and experience in the form of Junaid Khan and Misbah's best mate Imran Khan. KPK finished top of the 2nd XI league but lost in the final which suggests they've a decent bench - hopefully Umer Khan and Mohammad Mohsin get more gametime. Not sure why Nabi Gul barely featured last season given his strong start to his FC career ? [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=142670]mak36[/MENTION]

5) Southern Punjab bizarrely drew 9 out of 10 matches last season. Even more bizarre - they possess 3 Mohammed Irfans (Jailer the spinner, the tall right arm seamer, and of course lambu himself)

Same problem as Sindh - not enough pace on flat wickets with the likes of Bilawal Bhatti, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Abbas (skillwise a cut above the others to be fair), Aamer Yamin, Zia-ul-Haq and our hero Rahat Ali. Their legspinner is awful - Zahid Mahmood in 8 matches took 11 wickets at 101 !

6) Northern don't need to change much. They played aggressive, result-oriented cricket last season under Mohammed Wasim and reached the final against the odds. Sometimes their batsmen can be a bit reckless - I'd like to see Haider Ali and Zeeshan Malik tighter around their offstump. A very watchable side though.

 

[TeymurBlake]

However Basit Ali's appointment is the one I most unsure on as I don't have much confidence he can deliver but with him getting a role in PCB rather than blabber his usually nonsense is much better.

 

[Saj]

I repeat, it seems that some of these guys have been given jobs just to shut them up.

Some names, particularly Basit Ali who has done nothing in any of his previous assignments, once again milking the PCB.

I just hope the monies being spent are going to reap the rewards PCB are hoping.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Ijaz Ahmed Junior removed from Central Punjab. Hope this means an end to the Akmals and Butt hogging spots on the team!

 

[coy0607]

I repeat, it seems that some of these guys have been given jobs just to shut them up.

Some names, particularly Basit Ali who has done nothing in any of his previous assignments, once again milking the PCB.

I just hope the monies being spent are going to reap the rewards PCB are hoping.

Doesn't appear (at first glance) that any any of the people appointed are professional coaches? i.e. with coaching training and experience

 

[Thunderbolt14]

This is how you know that PCB is in the right direction. They retained a coach that gives opportunities to youngsters and released a coach that does not coach the modern way but won the Quaid e azam trophy as a head coach.

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Pakistan, never in a 100 years would the winning coach be dropped. You could expect zero analysis on the actual coaching and just go by the trophy. Extremely excited by these shuffles to be honest.

 

[Green Patriot]

Some dubious appointments but fter all their statements on social media every now and then i would love to see what they can deliver and potential subsequent excuses.

 

[hitthestump]

Who has Razzaq paid off to suddenly be in the limelight so much? He had a very aggravating attitude as a cricketer and mostly coasted through his career in 2nd gear. He was clearly lazy and at very best he had average cricketing intelligence.

I don't see how he'd make a good coach or what he'd know about selection.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Looks like it's all change at Sindh and balochistan

Shahid Anwar is the guy to look out for if you're looking for a pakistani coach without 300 wickets or 10000 runs
Suprised to see manzoor rana not on the list

 

[MoFresh23]

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Pakistan, never in a 100 years would the winning coach be dropped. You could expect zero analysis on the actual coaching and just go by the trophy. Extremely excited by these shuffles to be honest.

Same here brother. I am very excited about these appointments and reshuffling. The quality of domestic cricket is just going to get bigger and better.

 

[MoFresh23]

I repeat, it seems that some of these guys have been given jobs just to shut them up.

Some names, particularly Basit Ali who has done nothing in any of his previous assignments, once again milking the PCB.

I just hope the monies being spent are going to reap the rewards PCB are hoping.

No bro they didnt get a job to just shut up. The only reason they were given a job was to improve Pak cricket.

Basit Ali has a smart cricketing brain. I understand that some of his previous assignments were not up to the mark. But you have to realize there was corruption everywhere and the previous chairman and management were not really supportive and had no knowledge of cricket whatsoever.

When Basit Ali was Chief Selector for the U19 team, he selected and supported the likes of Shaheen, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Zaid Alam and many others.

Just give them time and then judge them.

 

[Major]

Did PCB approach them? Or did PCB posted advertisements after which these guys applied for the job.

 

[Major]

I repeat, it seems that some of these guys have been given jobs just to shut them up.

Some names, particularly Basit Ali who has done nothing in any of his previous assignments, once again milking the PCB.

I just hope the monies being spent are going to reap the rewards PCB are hoping.

I dont know about Pakistan A, but Basit Ali did do a stint with SNGPL. SNGPL performed really well with his coaching and won some trophies under his coaching.

 

[MenInG]

First meeting held at PCB

 

[b.lesner]

why is Kabir khan and Arshad khan removed as KPK and Balochistan coach they did fantastic job. Arshad khan even discovered likes of Akif javed.


now replaced by faisal Iqbal and Razzaq


That means they are in selection panel too for Pakistan team.

Brace your self Razzaq's Tendulkar Ahmed shahzad is coming back.

and KPK team needed someone to teach them from their own language bad for them and Razzaq has the worst eye for talent good luck

 

[Titan24]

Alright lads, it's important to assess these new appointments over a season, especially the CA head coaches. InshAllah we'll get a full first class season in, in 2020, including the QEA 4 day, the National T20 and the Pakistan Cup, where we can evaluate these lot.

It'll be interesting to see how the chosen head coaches can develop their chosen sides, and why specific individuals were allotted to specific sides.

For e.g. last year, Mohammed Wasim as coach of Northern was specifically given a young side. This really helped him give the likes of Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir etc a platform. Zeeshan Ashraf, from the 2nd XI was also given a go in the first XI. As a result Northern made the finals of the QEA and win the T20 cup.

So, assuming that squads stay the same in 19/20 , observstions I have are:

1) Can Shahid Anwar promote some youth in the Champions Central Punjab side? The top 6 used to be a combo of Salman Butt, A.Shehzad, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, the Akmals or Usman Salahuddin.
With Umar Akmal expected to miss the 2020 season, will Abdullah Shafique get a full season in the side? With Aizaz Cheema moving onto coaching, will a younger quick be given s chance in the first XI?

2) Can Faisal Iqbal develop some of Baluchistan's batting talent? Could he develop Ammad Butt's batting enough to be considered for national selection? Can he develop Bismillah Khan's keeping enough to make him a T20i or even a PSL option going forward? Can he make Imran Butt more technically sound and improve his fitness? Can he make Talat more explosive?

Balochistan finished last in the 2019 tournament, winning 0 and drawing 7 games. With Taj Wali and Umar Gul leading the attack, they rarely got teams out below 300. Will younger quicks be given a chance?

3) Sindh - Many people are not overjoyed by Basit Ali's appointment. The likes of Omair bin Yusuf, Saud Shakeel and Hasan Mohsin getting a go in the final round of the QEA was a good sign and it's important that Sarfraz give these lads extended runs, rather than the older pros. Basit Ali has a role to play here in getting the younger lads games, rather than being a 'let the oldies play' coach. It's also necessary to see other seamers than Tabish Khan and Asif Ali play

4) Razzaq and KPK is the one that has the possibility of being feast or famine, especially wrt the white ball formats. He has the batting chops to coach and develop power hitting. In Khushdil Shah, Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Mohsin etc he has people he can defo work on in terms of power hitting.

He has the seam position, swing and length discipline from his playing days to improve Sameen Gul, Shinwari and Mohd Ilyas as bowlers.

Also, how will an Umer Khan develop under him? Will he get enough playing time?

5) Southern Punjab - These are the proper draw specialists in 2019 with 9 draws out of 10, thus being mid table sides in both t20 and QEA . Not surprising when Umaid Asif, Rahat Ali, Bilawal Bhatti et al are your pace options. But, you have to credit About Rahman in that he gave Agha Salman, Zeeshan Ashraf and Umar Siddiq many chances in 2019. Just needs to give Saif Badar more playing time and find done decent quicks in Southern Punjabs youth ranks

6) Northern and Mohammad Wasim - Wasim is the absolute boy of PP and with good reason. There's something really refreshing about a coach that takes chances with young players and Wasim truly embodies that. This resulted in a very good 2019 for Northern. He needs to keep doing what he's doing along with:

Continuing to develop Zeeshan Malikand Haider Ali, Rohail Nazir including working on their concentration issues
Further improving Shadab' s batting and seriously work on his leg spin again
Also giving Usama Mir more playing opportunities.

So, [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] [MENTION=145403]Extra_Cover[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=37180]coy0607[/MENTION] [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] @Pacy_with_wisdom [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION] , what do you guys think of the new domestic head coach appointments, specifically relative to the squads they'll inherit?

I think the way Northern under Mohammad Wasim performed last year while providing regular oppurtunities to youngsters changed the perspective of the PCB to an extent. One of reasons they have gone with couple of more young coaches in Abdul Razzaq and Faisal Iqbal to bring in fresh ideas of team management and creating players for Pakistan. We will have to see how they go and their teams go but, I dont mind the idea. They have experience of working with international players and coaches in PSL, Mohammed Wasim also got that experience at Multan Sultans which surely would have helped him such success straight away wity Northern in domestic cricket.

Other three are more experienced coaches. Shahid Aslam has been involved in coaching one way or another for almost couple of decades now and is regarded in Pakistan cricket. Is the current assistant coach of Pak national team as well. While Central Punjab won the QAE trophy under Ijaz Ahmed Jnr, i think other than Naseem Shah and not many young and upcoming players were given regular oppurtunities and Central Punjab’s team was a pretty strong one so them winning wasnt a surprise. This is bit of positive as well that PCB isnt just looking at the team winning the trophy but, also the role of coach in that and overall management of the team.

Abul Rehman who is retained for Southern Punjab is another one with tons of experience and did wonders with Peshawar team T20s and One day tournuments. I think he is one of the best coaches around in Pakistan but, last season wasnt as great as I was expecting overall.

Basit Ali while has done really good as coach in previous domestic structure with SNGPL but it was a pretty strong team overall so I am not so sure about the contributions of Basit Ali to that. His stint with Women’s team and U19 teams werent that great either. He does have experience and has delivered in previous domestic structure with a strong team but, I am not 100% sure about his appointment. I hope he can deliver and produce some players for Pakistan.

 

[MenInG]

Six Cricket Association coaches meet at NHPC

Lahore, 21 August 2020:

The elevation and enhancement of domestic cricket was at the heart of discussion when the newly appointed head coaches of the six Cricket Associations’ First XI teams met at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore today.

On their first day at office, the six coaches held a meeting with Nadeem Khan, Director – High Performance, Grant Bradburn, Head of High Performance Coaching, and Saqlain Mushtaq, Head of International Player Development, to layout a strategic plan for the 2020-21 season.

In the coming days the coaches will work on finalising their squads and will identify goals and objectives for the upcoming season.

Balochistan First XI Head Coach Faisal Iqbal: “It is truly an honour for me to be appointed as the head coach of Balochistan and I am looking forward to make the most of this opportunity. For me, this is not only a chance to serve Balochistan Cricket Association by sharing my knowledge, which I have gathered by playing at the highest level and through coaching stints, but also to serve my country’s cricket at large as a strong Balochistan team will benefit the whole country.

“I will strive along with the rest of the selectors to provide head coach Misbah-ul-Haq the support he needs in identifying players for the national team which is our responsibility as head coaches of domestic teams and selectors.”

Central Punjab First XI Head Coach Shahid Anwar: “My focus will be to first of all make a strategy to defend our title [champions of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]. Over the course of my tenure, I aim to develop players according to the goal set for us by the PCB management.

“Like the rest of the coaches and selectors, I would provide full support to Misbah and identify players that can serve our men’s national team as per the requirements and needs of the team management.”

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa First XI Head Coach Abdul Razzaq: “It gives me great pleasure that I have been given an opportunity to serve Pakistan cricket once again. My desire is to invest whatever I have learned over my nearly two-decade-long playing career with our up and coming cricketers. I want to help them out in every way possible and make things easy for them keeping in mind my experiences as an international player, who played the game for a long time at the highest level.

“We will fully support Misbah in our roles as selectors with an aim of identifying young players who can represent the national team.”

Northern First XI Head Coach Mohammad Wasim: “I want to thank the PCB for providing me another opportunity to work at this important role. There are a lot of things we achieved last year and have identified what we need to improve in the forthcoming season. We want to make sure that we continue to progress as the ultimate aim of domestic cricket is to produce players who can serve the country.

“The advantage of being a selector, while being a head coach, is that at least two selectors are watching a game.”

Sindh First XI Head Coach Basit Ali: “My focus would be to not only work for Sindh as their head coach but to keep an eye on performers who can serve Pakistan cricket. This is not only a domestic team related opportunity; I see this as an opportunity to play a productive role in our cricketing set-up.

“Our first priority would be to provide honest inputs on players to the men’s national team head coach by letting him know about the players’ potential and their physical and mental fitness.”

Southern Punjab First XI Head Coach Abdul Rehman: “Last season we tried to build a team that could not only win but also provide a path to young players. This year we strive to deliver the same while working on the areas of improvement we identified in the team and the domestic system.

“Like the last season, we will continue to fully support Misbah and work closely for producing players that have the potential to play for Pakistan across the three formats. We had great coordination with him last year and hope to continue the same with the new inductees in the selection panel.”

 

[TrentDevil]

This is quite impressive, getting them straight to work right after the appointment, no time to waste

 

[CleverSir]

I like this. A review and changes where they (Leadership) saw were needed whether we fans agree or not. I'll be most interested to see how Central Punjab (a team I support; I must also say that having a team with a name associated with a region I can sympathize with makes it easier to follow and support) build on last season's success. I am also interested to see how Northern perform also. They surprised last season and I'm especially interested in M. Wasim as a coach and if he can continue to develop and eventually challenge for the national team coach set-up.

I read somewhere that this year teams will be selected by a draft from a pool of players. I am not sure how true that is, but if it is, I disagree with it. At least until the City Associations competitions are up and running. I would hope that there would be continuity in teams so that they can learn to grow together. Once City Associations are set-up a yearly draft might be a good idea (similar to the NBA/NFL with the pool of players entering from the previous years City performances).

Overall, I am liking the general direction the board is going in with regards to processes.

 

[MoFresh23]

I think the way Northern under Mohammad Wasim performed last year while providing regular oppurtunities to youngsters changed the perspective of the PCB to an extent. One of reasons they have gone with couple of more young coaches in Abdul Razzaq and Faisal Iqbal to bring in fresh ideas of team management and creating players for Pakistan. We will have to see how they go and their teams go but, I dont mind the idea. They have experience of working with international players and coaches in PSL, Mohammed Wasim also got that experience at Multan Sultans which surely would have helped him such success straight away wity Northern in domestic cricket.

Other three are more experienced coaches. Shahid Aslam has been involved in coaching one way or another for almost couple of decades now and is regarded in Pakistan cricket. Is the current assistant coach of Pak national team as well. While Central Punjab won the QAE trophy under Ijaz Ahmed Jnr, i think other than Naseem Shah and not many young and upcoming players were given regular oppurtunities and Central Punjab’s team was a pretty strong one so them winning wasnt a surprise. This is bit of positive as well that PCB isnt just looking at the team winning the trophy but, also the role of coach in that and overall management of the team.

Abul Rehman who is retained for Southern Punjab is another one with tons of experience and did wonders with Peshawar team T20s and One day tournuments. I think he is one of the best coaches around in Pakistan but, last season wasnt as great as I was expecting overall.

Basit Ali while has done really good as coach in previous domestic structure with SNGPL but it was a pretty strong team overall so I am not so sure about the contributions of Basit Ali to that. His stint with Women’s team and U19 teams werent that great either. He does have experience and has delivered in previous domestic structure with a strong team but, I am not 100% sure about his appointment. I hope he can deliver and produce some players for Pakistan.

Central Punjab head coach is Shahid Anwar, not Shahid Aslam. Shahid Anwar has coached at all levels in Pakistan domestic. A few yrs ago he was Sialkot U19 coach. He was the womens batting coach too recently.

 

[CleverSir]

One of the things about the new CA system will be the coaching prospects that get chances to build their careers.

 

[MoFresh23]

why is Kabir khan and Arshad khan removed as KPK and Balochistan coach they did fantastic job. Arshad khan even discovered likes of Akif javed.


now replaced by faisal Iqbal and Razzaq


That means they are in selection panel too for Pakistan team.

Brace your self Razzaq's Tendulkar Ahmed shahzad is coming back.

and KPK team needed someone to teach them from their own language bad for them and Razzaq has the worst eye for talent good luck

Arshad Khan and Kabir Khan are not good coaches whatsoever. There relationships with players were very terrible. Many players in both teams did not like them. In fact Arshad Khan got suspended for one game bc of his inappropriate behavior with players.

Arshad Khan did not discover Akif Javed. Akif was discovered by PCB remote area talent hunt program and then Misbah saw Akif play and he himself inducted him in Balochistan team.

Infact one of the coaches that had discovered Akif and Amir Khan U19 is Saqib Faqir who is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 coach. He is a good coach. I was seeing videos that he had posted on Facebook of talented players in his team and I have to say there are many talented kids in that team. No wonder KPK U19 and U16 team did good in the recent tournaments.

 

[Titan24]

Central Punjab head coach is Shahid Anwar, not Shahid Aslam. Shahid Anwar has coached at all levels in Pakistan domestic. A few yrs ago he was Sialkot U19 coach. He was the womens batting coach too recently.

Thanks for the clarification, was surprised not seeing him in the picture in which he wasnt supposed to be. Havent followed the career of Shahid Anwar too closely but as per information you have provided looks like a decent choice.

 

[b.lesner]

Arshad Khan and Kabir Khan are not good coaches whatsoever. There relationships with players were very terrible. Many players in both teams did not like them. In fact Arshad Khan got suspended for one game bc of his inappropriate behavior with players.

Arshad Khan did not discover Akif Javed. Akif was discovered by PCB remote area talent hunt program and then Misbah saw Akif play and he himself inducted him in Balochistan team.

Infact one of the coaches that had discovered Akif and Amir Khan U19 is Saqib Faqir who is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 coach. He is a good coach. I was seeing videos that he had posted on Facebook of talented players in his team and I have to say there are many talented kids in that team. No wonder KPK U19 and U16 team did good in the recent tournaments.

might be true about Arshad Khan but i can't accept that Kabir khan is fired the guy took Afghanistan team from zero and is level 4 qualified coach whats your point

 

[b.lesner]

Thanks for the clarification, was surprised not seeing him in the picture in which he wasnt supposed to be. Havent followed the career of Shahid Anwar too closely but as per information you have provided looks like a decent choice.

doesn't matter Shahid Anwar has played just 1 odi game, lets see what he teaches youngsters

 

[MenInG]

doesn't matter Shahid Anwar has played just 1 odi game, lets see what he teaches youngsters

Apparently that is not a problem as long as magically they can guide others.

 

[b.lesner]

Apparently that is not a problem as long as magically they can guide others.

The reason Pakistan batsman don't finish games because there are coaches in domestic cricket who Haven't had ever played at those crunch Suitations in International cricket. If they haven't been in those pressure Suitation how do you expect them to teach.

 

[MoFresh23]

might be true about Arshad Khan but i can’t accept that Kabir khan is fired the guy took Afghanistan team from zero and is level 4 qualified coach whats your point

Even with Kabir Khan, his players did not like how he managed the team and the behavior that he displayed to his team and his management skills were terrible . Both coaches displayed bad characteristics as a coach. This is absolutely facts. Many players stated this
who follows domestic cricket and knows everything about said the same thing that he seen it himself and that players told him that too.

If Kabir Khan was a really good coach then why did he stay as a coach for Afghanistan for only 2 and a half yrs. Even when he was the coach some of the Afghan players did not like his policies.

 

[Saj]

Pretty clear that some have been picked to silence their relatives.

Doesn't take a genius to work out who I mean.

 

[Syed1]

Faisal Iqbal, Abdur Razzaq and Basit Ali as coaches/selectors.


This pathetic insaan Wasim Khan is ruining our cricket. Needs to be kicked out ASAP.

 

[Major]

Why was the winning coach of Quaid-e-Azam trophy (Ijaz Jr.) ignored from selection committee?

Central Punjab was the team that won the Quaid e Azam trophy. Its coach, Ijaz ahmed Jr. was part of the selection committee.
His contract was not renewed and the whole committee was replaced with new selectors.

Unfair?

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Central Punjab was the team that won the Quaid e Azam trophy. Its coach, Ijaz ahmed Jr. was part of the selection committee.
His contract was not renewed and the whole committee was replaced with new selectors.

Unfair?

He blocked youngsters from entering the first xi, and gave extended ropes to people like Umar Akmal, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, and Salman Butt. If I was in charge, he would be the first person to interrogate about these selections and then drop.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Having observed how PCB functions for the last 12 years, I’m not surprised at these appointments. Some Pakistani fans are very gullible.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Faisal Iqbal is a loud mouth and self obsessed. How can you trust him?

 

[MenInG]

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have forbidden contracted coaches from running Youtube channels, ARY Sports reported.

According to sources, PCB have briefed National High-Performance Center (NHPC) and new coaches on the policy. Prior permission will also be required for giving interviews as per the policy.

Head of International Player Development Saqlain Mushtaq’s statement appeared on YouTube channel four days ago.

After his statement came out, the board once again clarified its policy to all coaches and officials. Violaters of the policy may face legal action as the board have delivered the message.

It must be noted that PCB appointed Mohammad Yousuf, Atiq-uz-Zaman and Mohammad Zahid as NHPC coaches. Abdul Razzaq, Basit Ali, Faisal Iqbal and Shahid Anwar were included in provincial coaching panel.

https://arysports.tv/coaches-forbidden-run-youtube-channels-pcb/

 

[Varun]

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have forbidden contracted coaches from running Youtube channels, ARY Sports reported.

Ooh...it's a tough call for Shoaib Akhtar to make then.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Ooh...it's a tough call for Shoaib Akhtar to make then.

Was about to say this ) ) i really wanted to see akhtar throw the selection committee into chaos but seems not going to happen now

 

[cricketjoshila]

Faisal Iqbal, Basit Ali? Coaches?

Really?

Gid help the upcoming pakistani youngster.

 

[Loralai]

What will tried and tested failures like Faisal Iqbal teach young batsman? This guy always looked weak against quality bowling. Remember his embarrassing dismissals against SA in 2002-2003. Nothing improved between then and the tour to Australia in 2009-10.

Mediocrity breeds mediocrity.

 

[MenInG]

Faisal Iqbal, Basit Ali? Coaches?

Really?

Gid help the upcoming pakistani youngster.

They will all end up with some excellent YouTube accounts and Twitter feeds. Training complete.

 

[Abdullah719]

What will tried and tested failures like Faisal Iqbal teach young batsman? This guy always looked weak against quality bowling. Remember his embarrassing dismissals against SA in 2002-2003. Nothing improved between then and the tour to Australia in 2009-10.

Mediocrity breeds mediocrity.

Not saying that Faisal is a good coach or is likely to deliver but there is no correlation between success as a player and success as a coach. Pretty much none of the greatest players have gone on to become great coaches.

There’s a reason why most coaching roles around the world require a little professional cricketing experience as a prerequisite such as being an FC cricketer but more focus is on actual coaching credentials and experience.

 

[Major]

Faisal Iqbal, Basit Ali? Coaches?

Really?

Gid help the upcoming pakistani youngster.

Many people dont know this bus, basit ali has held the position of domestic coach in the past.
He was the coach of sngpl.

During the last 12 yeqrs, sngpl was the most successful team in the quaid e azam trophy. They were winning trophies back to back.

They used to scout for talented players. All the talent was playing in that team and many youngsters were coached

 

[Saj]

Hearing good things about Shahid Anwar the head coach of Central Punjab.

Several players I've spoken with have all said positive things about him.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Faisal Iqbal? This guy is very salty and what credentials does he have apart from some 2 day coaching course he did and being a mediocre cricketer?

No please no. I hate that guy and I am an Indian. There is some sort of negative energy around him. He doesn’t seem like a coach who can motivate a young player.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

No please no. I hate that guy and I am an Indian. There is some sort of negative energy around him. He doesn’t seem like a coach who can motivate a young player.

I had my doubts too but he’s actually doing quite well. His team plays a very positive brand of cricket and he’s been experimenting with different combinations, promoting U19 players like Abdul Wahid Bangalzai who are doing well, prioritizes fielding, and puts a lot of focus on the technical side of coaching.

However he was as a player, he’s performed well as a coach so far.

 

[Suleiman]

Faisal Iqbal? This guy is very salty and what credentials does he have apart from some 2 day coaching course he did and being a mediocre cricketer?

He is the nephew of the legendary Javed Miandad The Braveheart. Show some respect.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Who is the Northern coach now that Wasim is chief-selector?

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Basit Ali again? The man is unhinged.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Who is the Northern coach now that Wasim is chief-selector?

Mohammad Masroor. This guy is one of the best coaches in the circuit, coached Sindh and Karachi U13, U16, and U19 teams to dominate age group cricket to win 10 different titles over the last few years.

He’s the one who unearthed Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Taha, Aamir Ali, and Saim Ayub.

 

[Saj]

Mohammad Masroor. This guy is one of the best coaches in the circuit, coached Sindh and Karachi U13, U16, and U19 teams to dominate age group cricket to win 10 different titles over the last few years.

He’s the one who unearthed Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Taha, Aamir Ali, and Saim Ayub.

Yes a very good and hard working coach.

Played a lot of club cricket in the UK during his playing days and left a very good impression wherever he played.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Mohammad Masroor. This guy is one of the best coaches in the circuit, coached Sindh and Karachi U13, U16, and U19 teams to dominate age group cricket to win 10 different titles over the last few years.

He’s the one who unearthed Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Taha, Aamir Ali, and Saim Ayub.

Glad to see PCB putting competent people in these roles. But I'm still confused how Faisal Iqbal fits into all this.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Glad to see PCB putting competent people in these roles. But I'm still confused how Faisal Iqbal fits into all this.

Qualifications wise, he has ECB level 3 or so. And he’s genuinely been doing some good work. I’m not sure why they appointed him in the first place, but in retrospect it wasn’t a bad decision. I had my doubts but they clearly must have seen something in him.

If you take out the positive cricket index, Balochistan ranks very highly and Faisal Iqbal has gotten the unit to perform even after losing Sami Aslam, Imran Butt, Kashif Bhatti, Yasir Shah, Amad Butt while everyone else was a bunch of “Rest of Pakistan” players who weren’t really wanted by their home regions.

My guess is that PCB wanted a fresh face with proper qualifications (which he does have) and who can promote a positive brand of cricket for Balochistan which usually plays very boring. In that respect, Faisal Iqbal has succeeded.

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

I think it'll be interesting to see what he does with a more talented squad. The Baluchistan player pool is genuinely quite shocking, in that you can't accuse Faisal Iqbal of not playing players who deserve it.

I think it'll be interesting if they send some of the more talented youngsters to Baluchistan in the next domestic season, like a Mohammad Hurraira, a Faisal Akram, an Abdul Faseeh or even a Naseem Shah, especially with Sami Aslam having left and Imran Farhat retiring. That way those lads can get some game time instead of wasting away in the u19s (or second XIs, if they're lucky). The Baluchistan U19s haven't really shown up any prospects for next year themselves.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

I had my doubts too but he’s actually doing quite well. His team plays a very positive brand of cricket and he’s been experimenting with different combinations, promoting U19 players like Abdul Wahid Bangalzai who are doing well, prioritizes fielding, and puts a lot of focus on the technical side of coaching.

However he was as a player, he’s performed well as a coach so far.

I wish him good luck. I commented on his personality because it affects coaching style. You can see why Waqar Younis failed as a coach. He expects total obedience from his players. I think his failure as captain and his injury in 1992 WC haunts him.

 

[Last Monetarist]

https://arysports.tv/found-shamsi-chinaman-bowlers-karachis-zone-1-basit-ali/

Sindh’s head coach, Basit Ali claimed that he has found two young chinaman bowlers during the ongoing zonal trials here at National Stadium.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the trials, Basit said they have found two unique wrist spinners just like South African chinaman, Tabraiz Shamsi.

“We are focusing on our goal to find unique talent in these trials across Pakistan. NHPC has directed us to find young talent which is capable of doing something unique,” he said.

“We have found two young chinaman bowlers just like Shamsi in Karachi’s Zone 1. I hope they will be looked after well in the upcoming camp for the shortlisted players. Note it, both of them will be seen soon at the district level and then in first-class cricket,” he added.

Talking about more on trials, Basit said he was surprised to see some really good fast bowlers who were all set to play first-class cricket. “I was surprised to see some of the very good fast bowlers. I don’t know where were they before these trials. I mean they were a complete package and ready to play competitive cricket,” he shared.

Basit praised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for conducting transparent trials across Pakistan. “For the very first time, the trial of each and every player has been recorded so that anyone can challenge the selection or non-selection. We have complete videos of each player, if anyone comes to us with their concern, we can explain them through the candidate’s video,” said the former cricketer.

 

[daytrader]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly sidelined the regional coaches and national selectors Basit Ali and Faisal Iqbal from the forthcoming National U-19 Cup.
According to the details, Faisal and Basit have not been selected for the National Under-19 Cup, while the head coaches of the First and Second XI teams of all regions have been deployed in the event.
The two coaches first coached the first and second Playing XI of their respective regions last season and were assigned to do so in the upcoming edition.
It is pertinent to mention here that Basit and Faisal were serving as the head coach of Sindh and Balochistan respectively and were also part of the national selectors’ panel.
There were several complaints lodged against Sindh coach Basit and Balochistan coach Faisal in the past, according to sources. Faisal’s Assistant Coach Wasim Haider has refused to work with him.