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PCB appoints Waqar Younis as Advisor to the Chairman on Cricket Affairs [Post Updated #105]

Is the reported appointment of Waqar Younis in a leadership role a progressive move by the PCB?

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has decided to appoint former veteran cricketer Waqar Younis and share his powers within the board with the former pacer, sources

Younis, the sources added, will look over cricket-related affairs whereas PCB chief Naqvi, who also has to fulfil his responsibilities as the country's interior minister, will focus on administrative matters of the board including those related to the upcoming 2025 Champions Trophy, which Pakistan is set to host between February and March next year.

Under the decision-making role likely to be given to the ex-cricketer, he would have the authority to deal with various matters related to international and domestic cricket, the selection committee and the issue of No Objection Certificates (NOCs) of the players.

According to the PCB Constitution 2014, the chairman of the board possesses the power to delegate his power to someone and that is how Younis will be given the power to make all the decisions related to the team.

Naqvi's vision is to involve senior cricketers in important aspects of cricket, they added.

Earlier this month, the chairman had met more than two dozen former and current cricketers of Pakistan to discuss the future of cricket in the country.

Naqvi assured the implementation of the suggestions in the meeting and said that five or six things that cricketers in the meeting mentioned would be implemented.

On the suggestion of Yasir Hameed, former Test cricketer, the PCB chief said that cricket academies will be built in Islamabad and Peshawar. The standard of grounds will also be improved.

He said that four-day cricket would be given maximum priority, coaches would be given more education, and qualified coaches would be hired.

The chairman said that five domestic teams will be formed, and apart from their coaches, there will also be five mentors.
 
Time for Sarfaraz to officially retire

No chance he will play for Pakistan now
 
Ah. Who would've thought that a media mogul, businessman, mna and interior minister wouldn't be able to make time to run PCB as chairman.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Ah. Who would've thought that a media mogul, businessman, mna and interior minister wouldn't be able to make time to run PCB as chairman.
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Why do you have an issue? One of your Imran Khan Youths has been given a big role in the board
 
Rana said:
Basit Ali saying Misbah will now definitely be a part of the PCB because he is part of Waqar’s friendship group

@mominsaigol
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I mean yeah, Anytime Misbah was around, Waqar was around with him. So that's not a suprise.

Bro Misbah coming back to PCB in some way, Shape or form doesn't suprise me, now that naqvi is focused on ACC.

He'll likely get some position but I don't think it'll be selector or coach, although the rumors are saying head coach role lol.
 
mominsaigol said:
I mean yeah, Anytime Misbah was around, Waqar was around with him. So that's not a suprise.

Bro Misbah coming back to PCB in some way, Shape or form doesn't suprise me, now that naqvi is focused on ACC.

He'll likely get some position but I don't think it'll be selector or coach, although the rumors are saying head coach role lol.
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Isn't Pakistan already have seperate head coach for limited over ( Kristen) and test cricket (Gillespie)

Or Pakistan is looking for chief head coach for better coordination.
 
Devadwal said:
Isn't Pakistan already have seperate head coach for limited over ( Kristen) and test cricket (Gillespie)

Or Pakistan is looking for chief head coach for better coordination.
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Idk man, this whole set up is a joke.

I wouldn't be suprised if they fire both coaches out of the blue like they did qith shaheen and say some nonsense such as Gary didn't do anything whereas in reality Babar didn't let him.

The good news is that atleast under Misbah, Babar won't have any power since Misbah is the one guy who PCB would suck up to more then Bobby.

The bad news is that it's bloody Misbah so expect to see usman qadir, Muhammad Husnain, Umar Akmal and these people back, With Chacha going from finisher to pakistan's X factor while Fakhar gets booted to no 6 in all formats including odi.
 
Whether it's players or administration....it's musical chairs of tried and tested failures... the story of Pakistan cricket. Announce big changes, do very little, deliver disappointing results, be replaced by an ex-incumbent and finally wait in the wings for the next opportunity.
 
Rana said:
Why do you have an issue? One of your Imran Khan Youths has been given a big role in the board
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A Chairman who's also occupied with ministry has come to run PCB and now he is looking to hire others to run Cricket and make executive decisions because he doesn't have enough time.

What more can I say. It's a splendid move indeed. If the benchmark is Ramiz Raja then oh boy are we in muddy waters.
 
Basically Waqar is the Director of Cricket for Pakistan Cricket team.

PCB following their rich history of bringing back TTF's in PCB coaching and administration roles.
 
Now that Waqar is boss, will team also continue performing against Aus, SA, India, Eng same way that Waqar used to?
 
Literally one of the worst appointments they could've made. Waqar Younis is the nugget that won't flush with five dismal coaching stints and no record of delivery in any role.

At the end of his second stint, Pakistan were ranked 9th and 7th in ODIs and T20s. We played the most outdated cricket in the 2015 World Cup and 2016 World T20, and even endured a 3-0 Banglawash for first time in our history.

Not once did we see any planning, tactical nous or strategic vision. Waqar's the guy who debuted 39 year old Rifatullah Mohmand in T20s - whose reflexes were so slow I thought my stream buffered. He played four pacers on a raging turner in Kolkata contributing to one of our countless defeats to India at a tournament.

His man management is legendarily poor. He fell out with so many players as captain that the 2003 WC side were barely on speaking terms.

He was one of the biggest reasons why Mohammad Amir retired in 2020 from white ball cricket by claiming Amir and Wahab "gave us a dhoka by retiring from Tests 15-20 days before the 2019 Australia tour." This liar didn't realise they retired in July and September respectively, not 15-20 days before the tour, contributing to much bad blood. And PCB want Waqar to handle the sensitive issue of NOCs for leagues ?

His tortorous commentary consists of reactive analysis no sharper than a casual fan. His praise of Mohammad Rizwan for "praying in front of the Hindus" was appalling.

What's most unforgiveable is Waqar's unwillingness to move with the times. While cricket moves into an ultra-professional phase with much emphasis on data and opposition analysis, here's his mindset from an interview while coach in 2011:

“We’ve never given importance to coaching. We were never analytical or scientific. That guy is there [he points to the video analysis man on the dressing-room balcony], yeah sure he’s there. And he’s sitting there, and it’s kind of a highlights package and you can sit and analyse moments. But actually in the ’90s we never did analyse anyone: ‘he plays well here, don’t put it there.’ It’s not how long do you bowl at him there, what kind of field, what lengths, what is the B plan, the C plan, after that if it goes wrong, what happens? We had one plan. Go out there, get a wicket. We had resources. We sensed it and said, OK, bring Waqar back. Not even the captain [decided]. Sometimes I would go to the captain, give me two overs, let me do it. It was a kind of teamwork within the team but not like we’ll have a plan from before.

“You can’t put the game in a shell where you have to be calculating, or planned or on this laptop, seeing how often this guy has gotten that guy out. Don’t do that.”
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Not once after his coaching stints did he go to domestic cricket to improve himself. Instead it was back to easy media work. I never doubted Waqar's work ethic and sincere intentions, but he's been a disaster in management roles, and I fear this'll be no different.
 
The worst possible decision the PCB could have made. This guy is going to interfere and over rule Gary Kirsten, Jason Gillespie and not let them do their jobs properly. Does Waqar have any administration experience? He has fallen out with his colleagues every time as a player, captain, coach
 
Rana said:
Because the new ones become failures very soon for us
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best thing would be to give some foreign coach a long rope and more power rather than the same old loser failures with random nonsense titles
 
Dont know what is more pathetic, PCB offering Waqar a Job, or Waqar who cites family reasons after 2-3 years when he decides to resign.
 
Markhor said:
Literally one of the worst appointments they could've made. Waqar Younis is the nugget that won't flush with five dismal coaching stints and no record of delivery in any role.

At the end of his second stint, Pakistan were ranked 9th and 7th in ODIs and T20s. We played the most outdated cricket in the 2015 World Cup and 2016 World T20, and even endured a 3-0 Banglawash for first time in our history.

Not once did we see any planning, tactical nous or strategic vision. Waqar's the guy who debuted 39 year old Rifatullah Mohmand in T20s - whose reflexes were so slow I thought my stream buffered. He played four pacers on a raging turner in Kolkata contributing to one of our countless defeats to India at a tournament.

His man management is legendarily poor. He fell out with so many players as captain that the 2003 WC side were barely on speaking terms.

He was one of the biggest reasons why Mohammad Amir retired in 2020 from white ball cricket by claiming Amir and Wahab "gave us a dhoka by retiring from Tests 15-20 days before the 2019 Australia tour." This liar didn't realise they retired in July and September respectively, not 15-20 days before the tour, contributing to much bad blood. And PCB want Waqar to handle the sensitive issue of NOCs for leagues ?

His tortorous commentary consists of reactive analysis no sharper than a casual fan. His praise of Mohammad Rizwan for "praying in front of the Hindus" was appalling.

What's most unforgiveable is Waqar's unwillingness to move with the times. While cricket moves into an ultra-professional phase with much emphasis on data and opposition analysis, here's his mindset from an interview while coach in 2011:


Not once after his coaching stints did he go to domestic cricket to improve himself. Instead it was back to easy media work. I never doubted Waqar's work ethic and sincere intentions, but he's been a disaster in management roles, and I fear this'll be no different.
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I think Waqar is just desperate to win an ICC trophy. He seems to have regrets from 1992.
 
Major said:
Dont know what is more pathetic, PCB offering Waqar a Job, or Waqar who cites family reasons after 2-3 years when he decides to resign.
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Waqar and his family have moved back to Pakistan permanently in Lahore. Most likely that influenced his decision to accept this role which is a full time job and allows his to stay close to his family with less travelling.
 
Welcome back Misbah.

No bigger eye sore in world sport than watching Pakistan cricket.
 
Why is it so necessary to keep Mohsin Naqvi in the PCB with shared power? He does not have any cricketing knowledge so its better give the complete role of chairman to someone who is eligible.
 
Without a root and branch reform of the PCB, which none of these guys will ever allow, it's a case of rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. Stop paying big salaries to coaches,managers and analysts. Pay the domestic players proper wages, improve the wickets and improve the fields. Spend money on more FC games. A minimum of 16 high quality games with a SF and a final.
 
Savak said:
Waqar and his family have moved back to Pakistan permanently in Lahore. Most likely that influenced his decision to accept this role which is a full time job and allows his to stay close to his family with less travelling.
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You can have it in writing from me. He will make no difference. If, I am wrong, remind to make a contribution to charity
 
Savak said:
Waqar and his family have moved back to Pakistan permanently in Lahore. Most likely that influenced his decision to accept this role which is a full time job and allows his to stay close to his family with less travelling.
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werent they settled in Australia?
 
No wonder International Broadcasters only value our Domestic rights for 3 years for a total price of $4 million when you keep recycling junk.
 
So on one side there is specialist qualified county laden Gillespie and on the other side is quack type non professional had been Waqar , PCB seems to have no ideology or vision , shocking and sickening
 
So Waqar is going to move back to Pakistan to take on his new responsibilities? OR will he run PCB remotely?
 
Not too sure about Waqar.

He doesn’t have good people management skills.

Ideally Director of Cricket or other top managerial role should go to the only sane and educated ex cricketer Pakistan has, that is Misbah ul Haq.

You may disagree with his approach on the field but boy oh boy, he was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT as a people manager and had the team under his proper leadership.

No groupings, no scandals and other cricketers actually respected him.

He’s the best choice among the local cricketers to be in the top managerial position of the PCB.

Not Waqar. Who lacks man management skills. Misbah does not.
 
Bewal Express said:
You can have it in writing from me. He will make no difference. If, I am wrong, remind to make a contribution to charity
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No credible institution hires , fires , rehires a person for an umpteenth times. Waqar has been in and out of PCB as per convenience without any accountability
 
Unbelievable. This has to go down as one of the, if not the, worst decisions PCB has ever taken.

Waqar has had a horrid record as coach. He’s known as an egomaniac and has strong personal likes and dislikes. How can you go back to someone with such a track record?!?!

All those singing praises for this tour Naqvi, please identify yourself to get a big load of this humble pie.
 
They should be made to explain exactly why he has been appointed, what are his achievements exactly? don’t be listing his credentials as a player as per the norm.

Thank you Waqar for 350+ Test wickets, but do Pakistan deserve this much torture for it?
 
shaz619 said:
They should be made to explain exactly why he has been appointed, what are his achievements exactly? don’t be listing his credentials as a player as per the norm.

Thank you Waqar for 350+ Test wickets, but do Pakistan deserve this much torture for it?
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This is the PCB-Does it matter. Just like Naqvi, He ain't doing jack
 
Nothing surprise. Naqvi was never fit for the job. Just like any other politicians he got top job due to political power. I don’t think he has ever achieved things of his own merit. It’s all fake propaganda that he achieved this or that.
 
Did Naqvi ever achieve anything in his entire life bar politician?
 
Hawkeye said:
Not too sure about Waqar.

He doesn’t have good people management skills.

Ideally Director of Cricket or other top managerial role should go to the only sane and educated ex cricketer Pakistan has, that is Misbah ul Haq.

You may disagree with his approach on the field but boy oh boy, he was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT as a people manager and had the team under his proper leadership.

No groupings, no scandals and other cricketers actually respected him.

He’s the best choice among the local cricketers to be in the top managerial position of the PCB.

Not Waqar. Who lacks man management skills. Misbah does not.
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Misbah is a proper professional. No wonder he doesn't fit in with others. There's also a reason why current players even praise the advice Misbah had given to them.
 
Waqar is back to destroy Pakistan cricket again. Congratulations Pakistanio we now have two running the sorry state of affairs. Babar and Waqar what a pathetic combo.

Someone needs to file a case referring to the Justice Qayum report. This mafia has ruined the experience of watching Pakistani cricket.
 
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Oh man - what news to wake up to. As much as I’m a fan of his bowling, I equally abhor him as coach.

Naqvi is slowly rewinding the clock to 2020
 
Not a fan of Waqar’s coaching achievements, but I would prefer he was the one making the cricket related decisions, rather than Naqvi.
 
da_don said:
he has no insights, and says the most obvious statements.
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Will try to listen very carefully for elite insights next time.

You can listen to Salman Butt during domestic games if you want your ears bleed with his continuous technical criticism made in his negative tone like Simon Cowell in Pop Idol.

One would think Butt averaged 100 as a Test batsman the way he speaks.
 
The optimist in me is hoping Waqar and Misbah may learn lessons from the past and are motivated to adapt and prove everyone wrong.

Then I woke up.

These two unfortunately are as stubborn as they come and out of sheer zid will continue where they left off
 
Savak said:
The worst possible decision the PCB could have made. This guy is going to interfere and over rule Gary Kirsten, Jason Gillespie and not let them do their jobs properly. Does Waqar have any administration experience? He has fallen out with his colleagues every time as a player, captain, coach
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5 times failed coach Waqar will be overseeing the work of globally reputed coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie. Only in Pakistan.
 
Markhor said:
5 times failed coach Waqar will be overseeing the work of globally reputed coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie. Only in Pakistan.
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Gillespie has a good domestic record but he is not proven at international level yet.

He has to earn his stripes at the top level.

Anybody but naqvi is a good thing.

He should be out not sharing responsibilities.
 
Younis Khan during an interaction with the media here on Wednesday backed PCB Chairman Naqvi’s decision to hand the reigns of the cricket affairs to Waqar Younis, he said:

“I’ve played under Waqar Younis and I think it’s a good sign that he’s coming back to the cricket board,”

“Waqar Younis has the opportunity to solve the [cricketing] issues,”
 
Savak said:
The worst possible decision the PCB could have made. This guy is going to interfere and over rule Gary Kirsten, Jason Gillespie and not let them do their jobs properly. Does Waqar have any administration experience? He has fallen out with his colleagues every time as a player, captain, coach
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Markhor said:
5 times failed coach Waqar will be overseeing the work of globally reputed coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie. Only in Pakistan.
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Best posts on this thread.

Waqar Younis is a serial failure and an architect of Pakistan's shortcomings during our darkest white ball era under Misbah in the early to mid 2010s.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Younis Khan during an interaction with the media here on Wednesday backed PCB Chairman Naqvi’s decision to hand the reigns of the cricket affairs to Waqar Younis, he said:

“I’ve played under Waqar Younis and I think it’s a good sign that he’s coming back to the cricket board,”

“Waqar Younis has the opportunity to solve the [cricketing] issues,”
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Wow I didn't know it before
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Younis Khan during an interaction with the media here on Wednesday backed PCB Chairman Naqvi’s decision to hand the reigns of the cricket affairs to Waqar Younis, he said:

“I’ve played under Waqar Younis and I think it’s a good sign that he’s coming back to the cricket board,”

“Waqar Younis has the opportunity to solve the [cricketing] issues,”
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It’s a real shame to read this statement coming from Pakistan’s sharpest cricketing mind.

But Waqar Younis was good to him so I get it.
 
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