[PICS]PCB appoint Mohammad Yousuf as batting coach at NHPC

[MenInG]

 

[da_don]

You can give them 8 years if you wish, but on what basis were these two people approved for their respective roles?

Bradburn was a flop as a fielding coach and couldn’t get a bunch of 15 players to field well. He did undid all the good work done by Steve Rixon like magic.

What will he achieve in a bigger and more advance role where here has to work with hundreds of players?

Similarly, what will Saqlain achieve? Does he look like someone who could manage the following:

“Experience and evidence through case studies, of successfully developing and
supporting cricketers to excel at International level, strong planning, organizing and executing capabilities, highly competent in planning individual skills enhancement strategies.”

I bet he hasn’t even looked at the job description. PCB gave him one job, i.e. to make Ajmal an effective bowler with a remodeled action and he failed with flying colors, even though off-spin is his domain and area of expertise.

You do realize saqlain was part of the England team's coaching staff at the 2019 world cup.

 

[Mamoon]

You do realize saqlain was part of the England team's coaching staff at the 2019 world cup.

If he was, he did a terrible job. Moeen was a complete liability in the World Cup. No wonder England didn’t extend his contract.

Saqlain is completely out of his depth. He will pocket millions and get sacked without doing anything. This high performance drama and giving him a fancy job title will not make him competent.

 

[Mamoon]

Saqlain has a wealth of experience Internationally and is a legend at the English County level (back it was the bench mark for domestic cricket).

He's also worked with England, West Indies and New Zealand.

Using one example on Saeed Ajmal is pretty childish and short sighted. Are you really going to blame Saqlain that a seasoned veteran like Ajmal couldn't reclaim his success later in his career when forced to remodel his action?

Saqlain was a very good bowler in his prime, but as a coach he is a failure. He keeps moving around from team to team because he doesn’t do a good job anywhere.

He will fail in this high performance role as well.

And yes, he failed with Ajmal. The whole point of roping in Saqlain was to help Ajmal become an effective bowler with a remodeled action and he failed with flying colors.

 

[Savak]

Lol at the very predictable high performance drama, fancy titles jibe

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

I've just had a good look at the grassroots infrastructure and its pathetic. Poor pitches, playing FC matches in random parks, old unknown men in playing 11s, clearly no professionalism. Poverty is the reason for our decline.

 

[Savak]

I've just had a good look at the grassroots infrastructure and its pathetic. Poor pitches, playing FC matches in random parks, old unknown men in playing 11s, clearly no professionalism. Poverty is the reason for our decline.

Cricket has apparently become a very expensive game to play and run now. It was apparently much cheaper in the 70's to 90's. Its like the standard of living across various generations. My uncle brags about a Rs 25,000 monthly salary he was getting working at a MNC in the 80's and how fantastic it was at that time, lol now you have graduates from the top business schools in Pakistan starting of at Rs 100,000-150,000 a month complaining about how inadequate it really is.

 

[Saj]

I've heard the NHPC coaches aren't happy with the national team physios and trainers stopping them working with the national players.

 

[Savak]

I've heard the NHPC coaches aren't happy with the national team physios and trainers stopping them working with the national players.

That's wierd, what power, authority, reason does the physio, trainers have to prevent the NHPC coaches from working with the national players?

 

[observer1]

Saqlain was a very good bowler in his prime, but as a coach he is a failure. He keeps moving around from team to team because he doesn’t do a good job anywhere.

He will fail in this high performance role as well.

And yes, he failed with Ajmal. The whole point of roping in Saqlain was to help Ajmal become an effective bowler with a remodeled action and he failed with flying colors.

Incase you haven't noticed, coaches are always moving to different teams in professional sports. You'll struggle to find any coach/manager who presided his role for a long period of time.

And your last paragraph is still inaccurate. You're very dense if you're going to judge Saqlain over an aged Ajmal's failure to capture his previous form with a new action.

 

[Mamoon]

Incase you haven't noticed, coaches are always moving to different teams in professional sports. You'll struggle to find any coach/manager who presided his role for a long period of time.

And your last paragraph is still inaccurate. You're very dense if you're going to judge Saqlain over an aged Ajmal's failure to capture his previous form with a new action.

Saqlain’s contract is renewed because he never achieves his objectives and then he moves around to milk another board.

When this high performance drama ends, he will leave PCB and will once again move around to leech some other board. The journey will continue.

As far as Ajmal was concerned, he was exposed for being a liar. He explicitly stated on numerous occasions that he cannot bowl within the prescribed limits because of a childhood car accident.

However, when he got banned, the after-effects of the accident disappeared and he was able to bowl with a legal action but bowl pathetically.

Unless Saqlain is a graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, he couldn’t have used his wand to fix his deformed elbow joint.

The whole purpose of roping in Saqlain and paying him millions was to help Ajmal retain his effectiveness as a bowler with a remodeled action.

Remodeling his action was not the main challenge; the main challenge was to retain his effectiveness and that is why PCB hired Saqlain because he invented the doosra and bowled it with a relatively clean action.

However, PCB suffered a double whammy. Ajmal proved to be a nothing bowler who cheated his way to international cricket and numerous accolades because of chucking.

As a result, he ruined the careers of spinners like Zulfiqar Babar who never got the chance to represent Pakistan in his prime years, and who was a far superior spinner than Ajmal because he was succeeding with a clean action.

Moreover, PCB also got milked by Saqlain for no positive outcome. That money basically went down the drain, and Saqlain also escaped any type of accountability and was never asked to work with Ajmal again or explain his pathetic flop show in the Bangladesh series after the 2015 World Cup, which proved to be the final appearance of his international career.

He basically won a lottery with Ajmal’s ban.

 

[observer1]

Saqlain’s contract is renewed because he never achieves his objectives and then he moves around to milk another board.

When this high performance drama ends, he will leave PCB and will once again move around to leech some other board. The journey will continue.

As far as Ajmal was concerned, he was exposed for being a liar. He explicitly stated on numerous occasions that he cannot bowl within the prescribed limits because of a childhood car accident.

However, when he got banned, the after-effects of the accident disappeared and he was able to bowl with a legal action but bowl pathetically.

Unless Saqlain is a graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, he couldn’t have used his wand to fix his deformed elbow joint.

The whole purpose of roping in Saqlain and paying him millions was to help Ajmal retain his effectiveness as a bowler with a remodeled action.

Remodeling his action was not the main challenge; the main challenge was to retain his effectiveness and that is why PCB hired Saqlain because he invented the doosra and bowled it with a relatively clean action.

However, PCB suffered a double whammy. Ajmal proved to be a nothing bowler who cheated his way to international cricket and numerous accolades because of chucking.

As a result, he ruined the careers of spinners like Zulfiqar Babar who never got the chance to represent Pakistan in his prime years, and who was a far superior spinner than Ajmal because he was succeeding with a clean action.

Moreover, PCB also got milked by Saqlain for no positive outcome. That money basically went down the drain, and Saqlain also escaped any type of accountability and was never asked to work with Ajmal again or explain his pathetic flop show in the Bangladesh series after the 2015 World Cup, which proved to be the final appearance of his international career.

He basically won a lottery with Ajmal’s ban.

That's not how performance management works, and conveniently, you've ignore the fact that coaches and management are always swapping and changing in sport teams. It's all about staying fresh and evolving good practise.

You can throw around words like "pathetic" and "exposed" as much as you like. It doesn't change the fact that Saqlain is clearly a popular coach as you admit to him easily finding employment, hence suggesting he does offer good coaching.

 

[NoBallZombie]

Saqlain’s contract is renewed because he never achieves his objectives and then he moves around to milk another board.

When this high performance drama ends, he will leave PCB and will once again move around to leech some other board. The journey will continue.

As far as Ajmal was concerned, he was exposed for being a liar. He explicitly stated on numerous occasions that he cannot bowl within the prescribed limits because of a childhood car accident.

However, when he got banned, the after-effects of the accident disappeared and he was able to bowl with a legal action but bowl pathetically.

Unless Saqlain is a graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, he couldn’t have used his wand to fix his deformed elbow joint.

The whole purpose of roping in Saqlain and paying him millions was to help Ajmal retain his effectiveness as a bowler with a remodeled action.

Remodeling his action was not the main challenge; the main challenge was to retain his effectiveness and that is why PCB hired Saqlain because he invented the doosra and bowled it with a relatively clean action.

However, PCB suffered a double whammy. Ajmal proved to be a nothing bowler who cheated his way to international cricket and numerous accolades because of chucking.

As a result, he ruined the careers of spinners like Zulfiqar Babar who never got the chance to represent Pakistan in his prime years, and who was a far superior spinner than Ajmal because he was succeeding with a clean action.

Moreover, PCB also got milked by Saqlain for no positive outcome. That money basically went down the drain, and Saqlain also escaped any type of accountability and was never asked to work with Ajmal again or explain his pathetic flop show in the Bangladesh series after the 2015 World Cup, which proved to be the final appearance of his international career.

He basically won a lottery with Ajmal’s ban.

So why, in your opinion, do most boards fall for this tricksters? Surely they would see through his trickery?

 

[NoBallZombie]

Saqlain was a very good bowler in his prime, but as a coach he is a failure. He keeps moving around from team to team because he doesn’t do a good job anywhere.

He will fail in this high performance role as well.

And yes, he failed with Ajmal. The whole point of roping in Saqlain was to help Ajmal become an effective bowler with a remodeled action and he failed with flying colors.

He did some good work with the English bowlers.

 

[Saj]

That's wierd, what power, authority, reason does the physio, trainers have to prevent the NHPC coaches from working with the national players?

Nothing weird about it.

The national team staff can easily block players working with NHPC coaches by stating that those players need rest, recovery time etc and limiting their net bowling and working with the NHPC coaches.

 

[Savak]

Nothing weird about it.

The national team staff can easily block players working with NHPC coaches by stating that those players need rest, recovery time etc and limiting their net bowling and working with the NHPC coaches.

Then the NHPC coaches should speak to the higher up's about this. If the players are v coming to the NCA, it means they want to work on their skills and practice

 

[Markhor]

Yousuf is earning his crust. Done wonders with Faheem.

Now glue Haider Ali and Abdullah Shafiq to his hip please.

 

[Firebat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Faheem Ashraf "Mohammad Yousuf has given me some very good tips regarding my batting and which has really helped me. He worked really hard with me and gave me a lot of good advice which has been very beneficial to me" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1356599254517743616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

Misbah and Mohammad Yousuf working with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and Mohammad Abbas

 

[Bewal Express]

Misbah and Mohammad Yousuf working with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and Mohammad Abbas

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Butt I can understand but the other 2 don't need coaching, they need to be put out to pasture. One of the reasons we took 20 wickets was because Abbas wasn't playing and Abid is past his best.

 

[the Great Khan]

good idea..lets hope this pay's off..results with regards to Faheem have been really good..

 

[the Great Khan]

Butt I can understand but the other 2 don't need coaching, they need to be put out to pasture. One of the reasons we took 20 wickets was because Abbas wasn't playing and Abid is past his best.

Abbas needs a plan B..he can still be useful for us. Once batsmen figure out a method to combat him he doesnt have any other plan to counter that. He's got all the skills just needs some help to devise some new tactics and strategy then work on these..

 

[Bewal Express]

Abbas needs a plan B..he can still be useful for us. Once batsmen figure out a method to combat him he doesnt have any other plan to counter that. He's got all the skills just needs some help to devise some new tactics and strategy then work on these..

The guy is around 35, he blocks an end but takes no wickets. Blocking an end doesnt work for us, we need wicket takers. Its the reason we won against SA. If Abbas was playing in Karachi or Pindi, We wouldnt have taken 20 wickets

 

[the Great Khan]

The guy is around 35, he blocks an end but takes no wickets. Blocking an end doesnt work for us, we need wicket takers. Its the reason we won against SA. If Abbas was playing in Karachi or Pindi, We wouldnt have taken 20 wickets

He can be useful where we cant play two spinners. Doesnt have to be a frontliner but he can do a job for us in test cricket. I wouldnt discard him just yet. We have two genuine wicket takers in afridi and Ali, two good spinners and a faheem. So I guess the question is , if faheem plays does he take abbas' place??

 

[MenInG]

I've heard the NHPC coaches aren't happy with the national team physios and trainers stopping them working with the national players.

So Zahid departs - could more leave?

 

[MenInG]

Former Test cricketers Mohammad Yousuf, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed and Mohammad Sami are participating in the level two coaching course, conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

The coaching course has started at National High Performance Center, Lahore. Before this, level one coaching course took place in Multan.

 

[Savak]

So Zahid departs - could more leave?

Don't think it has anything to do with Zahid being unhappy at the NHPC. Maybe the pay wasn't what he anticipated. Maybe he underestimated the challenge of living far away from his wife, kids, people usually don't realize how difficult long distance relationships are until they go through it for 5-6 months.

 

[shah_1]

I think he has married a white woman so his family wouldn't be coming to Pakistan. It must be difficult for him to stay away from his family for so long and PCB would have wanted him to spend most of his time in Pakistan.

It is my theory

 

[Last Monetarist]

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/589739-Former-Test-first-class-women-cricketers-attend-Level-II-coaching-course

The PCB-organised Level-II coaching course began at the National High Performance Centres in Lahore on Wednesday. Four former Test cricketers, 17 ex- first-class cricketers and four former women cricketers are amongst the 29 participating in the six-day course, which is taking place at the back of the Level-I course, which was held in Multan earlier this month.

The four Test cricketers are Imran Farhat, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf and Yasir Hameed, while the four women cricketers are: Fakhra Kazmi (Muzaffarabad), Hina Azam (Lahore), Maria Gulnaz (Bahawalnagar), Rabail Khalid (Islamabad).

The former first-class cricketers include: Aamir Sajjad, Adnan Raza, Ameem Abbas, Ashfaq Ahmad, Azeem Ghuman, Jamal-ud-Din, Lal Kumar, Majid Shabbir, Maqsood Rana, Mohammad Saad, Mohammad Waqar Mirza, Naeem Khan, Rehan Riaz, Shoaib Bilal, Shoaib Khan, Zeeshan Khan and Zohaib Khan

The course, which is being run by the NHPC coaches, has been redesigned in line with the modern day syllabus with focus on providing 360-degree coaching insights, including but not limited to education on physical skillset to cognitive understanding of the sport.

The coaching opportunities aligns with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s strategy to groom and develop local coaches and integrate retired cricketers into the cricket system in various coaching roles, which will be up for grabs when the district and City Cricket Associations will be up and running.

 

[Saj]

Former Test cricketers Mohammad Yousuf, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed and Mohammad Sami are participating in the level two coaching course, conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

The coaching course has started at National High Performance Center, Lahore. Before this, level one coaching course took place in Multan.

Yousuf seems to be doing a decent job at the NHPC despite not even having a Level 2 qualification at the moment.

 

[Kaddy]

Yousuf seems to be doing a decent job at the NHPC despite not even having a Level 2 qualification at the moment.

I remember, I saw a picture of Yousuf with a bunch of others who completed their level 2 coaching course from NCA a year or two ago. Misbah or Salman Butt were also there.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Mohammad Sami and Imran Farhat currently doing Level II qualification with PCB. Good move to continue integrating retired cricketers.

 

[MenInG]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to organize a training camp for domestic performers as part of their backup plan.

According to the details, as many as 40 players will be called for the training camp according to the initial plan. 20 batters, 16 bowlers, and four wicket-keepers will be called for the camp.

These players will be selected by the provincial coaches who are currently busy shortlisting the players. The players’ list will be sent to the director of the National High-Performance Centre (NHPC), Nadeem Khan.

The camp is slated to be organized from the third week of May. NHPC’s coaches alongside senior and junior teams head coaches Misbah-ul-Haq and Ajaz Ahmed and bowling coaches Waqar Younis and Rao Iftikhar will work with the players in the camp.

These players will be prepared as a backup for first choice players looking forward to the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The camp will be announced after the approval from high-ups in the PCB.

ARY

 

[Line and Length]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to organize a training camp for domestic performers as part of their backup plan.

According to the details, as many as 40 players will be called for the training camp according to the initial plan. 20 batters, 16 bowlers, and four wicket-keepers will be called for the camp.

These players will be selected by the provincial coaches who are currently busy shortlisting the players. The players’ list will be sent to the director of the National High-Performance Centre (NHPC), Nadeem Khan.

The camp is slated to be organized from the third week of May. NHPC’s coaches alongside senior and junior teams head coaches Misbah-ul-Haq and Ajaz Ahmed and bowling coaches Waqar Younis and Rao Iftikhar will work with the players in the camp.

These players will be prepared as a backup for first choice players looking forward to the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The camp will be announced after the approval from high-ups in the PCB.

ARY

This is smart. Have we had these types of camps before for previous tournaments? Really forward thinking move.

 

[gazza619]

They have called a camp of 40 players as a back up? Thats a big number. There are already 3 dozen players travelling on tour.

Never mind if Khurram Manzoor doesnt make the list then that will be the sign of end of days.

 

[MenInG]

Lahore: National cricketers are training under the supervision of batting coach Mohammad Yousuf at the National High-Performance Center (NHPC).

Shan Masood, Imam-ul-Haq, Sharjeel Khan, Azam Khan and Naseem Shah are among the players training under Yousuf.

Yousuf revealed that he will be working with the batters according to their needs. “Batsmen should play with balance, watching the ball release and weight transfer techniques,” Yousuf said.

“Sharjeel is working hard and we will work on him until Eid. I talked in detail with Shan Masood and we have made a training plan together. We have agreed to correct mistakes in the present and don’t worry about the past and future,” he added.

On the other hand, Sharjeel is eager to make the most out of time while working on his skills with Yousuf.

“Trainer Yasir Malik has given me an excellent fitness plan, which I am following under the supervision of Saboor Ahmed. I’ll be more likely to succeed if my fitness improves. Hence I am training to improve my fitness and skills at NHPC,” said Sharjeel.

“I am learning a lot from Yousuf bhai. He is advising me on my footwork and technique. I will also seek tips regarding power-hitting from him. Younis [Khan] bhai also helped me a lot during my time with the national team on Africa tour,” he added.

ARY

 

[Markhor]

NHPC finally seems to be pulling its weight with Yousuf there.

 

[Titan24]

Good stuff. Players who have worked with Yousuf in recent times have shown considerable improvements so he has been doing a pretty fine job. Would have really liked Haider Ali there as well.

 

[MenInG]

Would be great if likes of Sharjeel, Azam and Imam can pick up some good tips from Mohammad Yousaf

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[badsha001]

Tin Foil Hat time, why do i always see Imam in these training videos? I'm pretty sure its always him in these videos.

 

[Saj]

I get the impression that players aren't allowed to praise Yousuf without having to praise Younis Khan too.

 

[Hasan123]

A top class coach working at NCA. Music to my ears. Doesn’t seem to have any issues with any players. He is doing some good work.

 

[Canistani Hero]

Lahore: National cricketers are training under the supervision of batting coach Mohammad Yousuf at the National High-Performance Center (NHPC).

Shan Masood, Imam-ul-Haq, Sharjeel Khan, Azam Khan and Naseem Shah are among the players training under Yousuf.

Yousuf revealed that he will be working with the batters according to their needs. “Batsmen should play with balance, watching the ball release and weight transfer techniques,” Yousuf said.

“Sharjeel is working hard and we will work on him until Eid. I talked in detail with Shan Masood and we have made a training plan together. We have agreed to correct mistakes in the present and don’t worry about the past and future,” he added.

On the other hand, Sharjeel is eager to make the most out of time while working on his skills with Yousuf.

“Trainer Yasir Malik has given me an excellent fitness plan, which I am following under the supervision of Saboor Ahmed. I’ll be more likely to succeed if my fitness improves. Hence I am training to improve my fitness and skills at NHPC,” said Sharjeel.

“I am learning a lot from Yousuf bhai. He is advising me on my footwork and technique. I will also seek tips regarding power-hitting from him. Younis [Khan] bhai also helped me a lot during my time with the national team on Africa tour,” he added.

ARY

Didnt Shan Masood go to SA to work with Gary Kirsten..interesting

 

[shamaan]

A top class coach working at NCA. Music to my ears. Doesn’t seem to have any issues with any players. He is doing some good work.

He deserves more credit than younis but unfortunately that won't be the case

 

[Hasan123]

He deserves more credit than younis but unfortunately that won't be the case

Yep he does. You don't see him making excuses. He is just getting on with his job. It would be better if he works with 15-19 year olds. As the changes you make for those batters will help us more in the long term than international batters who you can only make small changes .

 

[Savak]

The funny thing is that a lot of people here felt Yousaf would be a terrible coach and individual to work in a coaching capacity based on his Geo stints as an expert

 

[shamaan]

Yep he does. You don't see him making excuses. He is just getting on with his job. It would be better if he works with 15-19 year olds. As the changes you make for those batters will help us more in the long term than international batters who you can only make small changes .

Yes definitely I haven't heard him complain one bit.

 

[TeymurBlake]

He's definitely doing a very impressive job. Send him some young batters as well. Abdullah Shafique learning and improving his batting rather than sit on the bench every series.

 

[Sherlock]

It'll take Imran Butt failing one tour and we'll see Shan Masood back in the starting XI.

Man hasn't learned where his off-stump is and yet is given more time than others.

 

[MenInG]

Innovation and scientific advancements remain at core of NHPC’s evolution

Lahore, 11 June 2021:

The National High Performance Centre continues its transformation in order to provide the country’s elite and emerging cricketers with opportunities to hone their skills at the state-of-the-art facilities in Lahore by introducing latest, modern and widely used digital and scientific tools.

In the latest step in that direction, the NHPC will introduce hi-tech data collection across all the rungs of the game played in the country.

The digital data collection with the help of a leading software company will be used from the very basic grassroots to first-class cricket, which will facilitate the coaches at the City Cricket Association and Cricket Association in scouting and helping the world-class coaching staff of the NHPC in player analysis and assessment as well as the selectors.

The High Performance department of the Pakistan Cricket Board, under which the NHPC operates, is also in the final stages of the implementation of digital scoring. It has attracted applications from candidates wishing to enhance and upgrade themselves in the field of scoring from 4-7 June and will be providing lectures about digital scoring to bring them up to speed with the changing trends.

Meanwhile, the NHPC has hired the services of world-renowned nutritionist company, Close Nutrition, in its bid to develop safe supplement strategy for players.

Through this consultancy, the players will be provided diet plans in accordance with their individual physical demands and those of the touring teams. Players undergoing rehabilitation will be provided one on one consultancy and the current lot of strength and conditioning coaches will be up skilled through mentorship programmes.

Close Nutrition is owned by Graeme Close who is an expert nutritionist working as a consultant to England Rugby and Aston Villa FC. He is also the head of performance nutrition to the European Tour Golf and Ryder Cup Team and provides nutrition support to several world-class athletes. He is a former professional Rugby League player and professor of human physiology at Liverpool John Moores University where he is the programme leader for the MSc in Sport Nutrition.

Graeme has published over 150 papers, reviewed articles and spoken at over 50 conferences across the globe.

He is the deputy chair of the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) and a fellow of both The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and The European College of Sport Sciences (ECSS).

Separately, the PCB is in the final stages of appointing Chief Medical Officer, psychologist and head physiotherapist as part of its drive to bolster it medical department with an aim to provide best medical facilities to its professional and emerging cricketers so that their careers can not only be protected but also prolonged.

Already, fitness centres inside the NHPC in Lahore and Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre in Karachi have been refurbished and upgraded. This will provide international standard training and fitness facilities to cricketers attending high performance programmes in these centres.

Director – High Performance, Nadeem Khan: “Our ambition is to not to limit these advancements only to the National High Performance Centre, but also seep them into the high performance centres across the country so cricketers at all levels can benefit from them.

“The world of cricket is fast-evolving and getting data-centric and it was important that we also step up our efforts in innovation and inculcate scientific practices in our structure which will benefit our cricketers.

“Fitness is an integral part of our sport today and in this regard the NHPC has hired services of Close Nutrition which is a top-class nutrition consultancy service and provides desired diet and supplement plans to leading organisations and athletes around the world to further facilitate of our cricketers.

“We will also be introducing digital scoring which will help in the identification of the top performing cricketers at the grassroots. The National High Performance Centre has made significant strides in up skilling the current lot of cricketers by bringing some of the best cricketers of their time as coaches and will continue to make all the efforts to make it a top-class facility.”

 

[Titan24]

Good and much needed initiatives on data collection/analytics and nutrition front.

Hopefully someone competent is appointed as Chief Medical officer.

 

[Markhor]

Good and much needed initiatives on data collection/analytics and nutrition front.

Hopefully someone competent is appointed as Chief Medical officer.

Yep this is long overdue and something fans have demanded.

Not surprising most folks here aren't bothering to comment on this - much easier to latch onto the controversy of the day so they can yell "oh Wasim Khan values his UK passport, he is useless import" etc.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Yep this is long overdue and something fans have demanded.

Not surprising most folks here aren't bothering to comment on this - much easier to latch onto the controversy of the day so they can yell "oh Wasim Khan values his UK passport, he is useless import" etc.

Yep. There is tons of great work being done and people just love to complain.
I don't really comment often but I assure you there are people who are happy about news like this

 

[MenInG]

Saqlain Mushtaq speaking to media:

“We should forget what happened in the past and move on. Yousaf was a world class player and could be successful as batting coach as well"

 

[Bewal Express]

Our young players need more domestic and international games to develop. You can have the best centres and coaches but ultimately players only improve by playing matches against good opposition on good wickets in good weather. We have good weather for 9 months a year and we play domestic cricket for only 3.

 

[Saj]

I'd rather Yousuf stays at the NHPC and works with the players there away from the glare of national tours.

More details on this in an interview I've done with him, coming soon.

 

[Savak]

I'd rather Yousuf stays at the NHPC and works with the players there away from the glare of national tours.

More details on this in an interview I've done with him, coming soon.

It depends on Yousafs priorities. The NHPC role may not be glamorous and have much limelight tho his appointment has had plenty of attention and focus given the weight of his name. These coaches have the maximum effect at the academies, domestic level, working with the U16 & U19 teams, by the time a player comes to the national side, it is tough to make substantial changes unless the player wants it.

 

[Saj]

It depends on Yousafs priorities. The NHPC role may not be glamorous and have much limelight tho his appointment has had plenty of attention and focus given the weight of his name. These coaches have the maximum effect at the academies, domestic level, working with the U16 & U19 teams, by the time a player comes to the national side, it is tough to make substantial changes unless the player wants it.

True, but I'm thinking about what would have a greater impact on Pakistan cricket. Yousuf occasionally working with a few players whilst on tour or in camps, or him available most of the year at the NHPC.

 

[Savak]

True, but I'm thinking about what would have a greater impact on Pakistan cricket. Yousuf occasionally working with a few players whilst on tour or in camps, or him available most of the year at the NHPC.

Must say that Yousaf has pleasantly surprised me. As an analyst everyone was skeptical whether he would actually walk the talk when it came to giving back to Pakistan Cricket when given the opportunity but since he took the position at NHPC, you see him taking the job seriously and the work he did with Faheem Ashraf showed.

Sure, he can work with the national side whenever they are playing at home or if the PCB feels he can help some of the players out. I would prefer he work on our raw material at the academy and domestic cricket.

It doesn't help when you have egoistic individuals like Younis Khan who get all territorial when other people are called in to help.

 

[Saj]

Must say that Yousaf has pleasantly surprised me. As an analyst everyone was skeptical whether he would actually walk the talk when it came to giving back to Pakistan Cricket when given the opportunity but since he took the position at NHPC, you see him taking the job seriously and the work he did with Faheem Ashraf showed.

Sure, he can work with the national side whenever they are playing at home or if the PCB feels he can help some of the players out. I would prefer he work on our raw material at the academy and domestic cricket.

It doesn't help when you have egoistic individuals like Younis Khan who get all territorial when other people are called in to help.

I think we need to gauge Yousuf's progress and impact a bit later yet.

So far, so good, but really I think the only player we have seen progress with the bat is Faheem Ashraf.

 

[anonymous_guy]

I think we need to gauge Yousuf's progress and impact a bit later yet.

So far, so good, but really I think the only player we have seen progress with the bat is Faheem Ashraf.

Yousuf has worked with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and other test probables, in the recently concluded tets camp.

Let us see if the batsmen show any progress.

West Indies series will not be an exam of the the batsmen but also of the PCB coaches, this time i am expecting Pakistan to win the test series, lets see if the perform or not.

 

[shamaan]

Yousuf has worked with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and other test probables, in the recently concluded tets camp.

Let us see if the batsmen show any progress.

West Indies series will not be an exam of the the batsmen but also of the PCB coaches, this time i am expecting Pakistan to win the test series, lets see if the perform or not.

West indies fast bowlers are decent they still test Pakistan batting

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Yousuf has worked with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and other test probables, in the recently concluded tets camp.

Let us see if the batsmen show any progress.

West Indies series will not be an exam of the the batsmen but also of the PCB coaches, this time i am expecting Pakistan to win the test series, lets see if the perform or not.

To be honest the last series hardly proved anything as far as the openers are concerned. Imran Butt's form is the biggest concern, WI in their home conditions are no push overs especially with the likes of Kemar and Holder bowling at you.

 

[Saj]

Yousuf has worked with Abid Ali, Imran Butt and other test probables, in the recently concluded tets camp.

Let us see if the batsmen show any progress.

West Indies series will not be an exam of the the batsmen but also of the PCB coaches, this time i am expecting Pakistan to win the test series, lets see if the perform or not.

Yes Abid and Imran Butt one can't really gauge if there has been any progress given the lack of quality in the opposition they recently faced.

Proper tests are to come.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Yes Abid and Imran Butt one can't really gauge if there has been any progress given the lack of quality in the opposition they recently faced.

Proper tests are to come.

The sternest test will be WI now, don't see these guys coming out on top with Kemar, Gabriel and Holder bowling at you.

 

[ritzy_123]

I will never ever prefer to put our one of the best batsman Muhammad Yousuf to be in international team setup. He must stay there in NHPC for upcoming batsmen and PCB needs to ensure that he's not leaving this post for at least 3 to 5 years.

 

[anonymous_guy]

West indies fast bowlers are decent they still test Pakistan batting

To be honest the last series hardly proved anything as far as the openers are concerned. Imran Butt's form is the biggest concern, WI in their home conditions are no push overs especially with the likes of Kemar and Holder bowling at you.

Yes Abid and Imran Butt one can't really gauge if there has been any progress given the lack of quality in the opposition they recently faced.

Proper tests are to come.

This is exactly why the west Indies series will be a great judge of the calibre of Pakistan's test openers, as well the coaches who were assigned to help these batsmen improve.

Pitches in West Indies won't be as challenging as Australia or South Africa but it will still be a bit different from the sub continent, it will judge the quality of batsmanship, if there is even a slight slack the openers will have a tough time, but if the openers perform well it would mean they should be stuck with.

 

[Saj]

The sternest test will be WI now, don't see these guys coming out on top with Kemar, Gabriel and Holder bowling at you.

The pitches of the Caribbean are nowhere near as quick as they used to be, but it's true that Roach and co will provide a tougher test than what the Pakistani batsmen had versus Zimbabwe, which to be fair was a walk in the park.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

The pitches of the Caribbean are nowhere near as quick as they used to be, but it's true that Roach and co will provide a tougher test than what the Pakistani batsmen had versus Zimbabwe, which to be fair was a walk in the park.

I take it very seriously still, the WI bowlers looked good in the series versus SL but that was SL so let's see what happens. Roach in his latest county stint really impressed me and is a guy who always breaks his back to get wickets. Looking forward to this series, May Allah give the playing XI of Pakistan the best of success. Ameen.

 

[Last Monetarist]

To be honest, the pitches in the recent South Africa series at St Lucia were both quick and bouncy. That's why the West Indians were bowled out cheaply by Rabada & co in both test matches. I don't expect the pitches in Jamaica to be that spicy, however.

 

[MenInG]

Lahore, 17 December 2021: As part of its key strategic objective of achieving cricketing excellence by strengthening the foundation of Pakistan cricket through investment into pathways cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board today launched its search for highly qualified and skilled coaches, who will be based at Lahore’s state of the art National High Performance Centre.

In this relation, the cricket board on Friday posted advertisements for the High Performance Coach as well as batting, bowling, fielding and power-hitting coaches, who, among other qualifications, must boast a minimum experience of five years.

The High Performance Coach will be required to provide integrated and holistic coaching support to the players across all formats and levels, including life and mental preparedness. He will also be responsible for identifying talent and defining objectives for individual players that would facilitate excellence and augmentation in the players’ game, personalities and leadership, following in the PCB’s vision, Philosophy and approach.

The batting, bowling, fielding and power-hitting coaches, among other qualifications, will lead the PCB’s development programmes. They will also be responsible for identifying objectives for individual players within their areas of responsibilities that would facilitate excellence and augmentation in skills enhancements.

While advertisements for the national team coaches will be posted in due course, last date for submission of applications for five the National High Performance Centre coaches is 17 January 2022. The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by a panel of experts before the candidates are finalised.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-releas...trategy-of-investing-in-pathways-cricket.html