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How important an impact has Tait made on the Pakistan bowling so far?
Not much. Our bowling was thrashed in the first 2 games so I wouldn't say he has necessarily done much despite an improved performance this game... Would not attribute it to him...
Not much. Our bowling was thrashed in the first 2 games so I wouldn't say he has necessarily done much despite an improved performance this game... Would not attribute it to him...
Speaking in PCB podcast
"Sometimes it is not even his [Shaheen] pace, sometimes it's about his presence, standing at the top of his mark, and world finest batter think they don't want to face this bowler"
"The way the crowd gets involved when he is bowling is all that theater. Most right-handers know they will be tested with an in-swinger but still, they don't have any answers to it," added Shaun Tait.
"I am pretty new to the job so the next 8-9 months are going to be very exciting to watch how these pacers progress"
"All of these players have natural flair and ability and my job is to guide them. For me, it is all about keeping it simple and keeping on honing their natural skills add keeping their confidence up," concluded Tait.
With news that Umer Rashid,has been added to the Pakistan men’s side as assistant to the fast bowling coach for the Asia Cup, question really is what is Tait doing? Does he have so much at his hands that he needs an assistance? In fact he is an assistant himself to the Head Coach!
With news that Umer Rashid,has been added to the Pakistan men’s side as assistant to the fast bowling coach for the Asia Cup, question really is what is Tait doing? Does he have so much at his hands that he needs an assistance? In fact he is an assistant himself to the Head Coach!
Should've been kept as coach. High grade player and coachVernon Philander would have been an excellent bowling coach.I don’t know why PCB couldn’t appoint him.
Vernon Philander would have been an excellent bowling coach.I don’t know why PCB couldn’t appoint him.
Should've been kept as coach. High grade player and coach
He had some issue with lack of clarity on Jd.
Bowling coach position is a pretty standard position around the cricketing world, not sure what were his expectations with regards to Jd. He was offered a role but, things didn't work out due to this Jd issue. As per below (Weird stuff).
“Yes, I was offered the role by the PCB but from a planning and execution point of view, I feel they let themselves down a bit. I received a phone call on 7th February, to inform me that they wished to appoint me as the Fast-Bowling Coach,” Philander said in the interview.
“Whilst I was flattered by this offer, I told them that I needed to know the exact job description of this role, what was expected of me and when they expected me to be there and how I could fit in with the schedule for the Pakistan team,” he added.
Vernon Philander would have been an excellent bowling coach. I don’t know why PCB couldn’t appoint him.
Why does Pakistan need 2 fast bowling coaches at the Asia Cup.
Tait is probably being well paid for his role, so why do they need a 2nd person doing the same job.
This is basic stuff any coach would ask. Is he required in off season? Will he be working with players during training/conditioning sessions, and how long the sessions are expected to last? Etc.
Some basic stuff Nadeem Khan should have reverted back to him. Instead within a few hours he was informed that Tait has instead been appointed as bowling coach, apparently because Tait was not concerned with what the role required and thought of it as easy buckets without properly defined JDs.
The Vernon Philander interview link is here.
He explained why he didn't accept the job with PCB:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...fications-weren-t-clear-quot-Vernon-Philander
Who is Umar Rashid anyway?
I have noticed a trend in the coaching careers. Any person who wants to become a coach after retirement, they first give tryouts with Afghanistan. That is usually short stint, after that they than apply for Pakistan positions and than after that they go on to other teams. This is a very good tactic.
I wont be surprised if Umar Gul is the replacement of Tait in future.
More important will be if Tait teaches our phasst bowlers how to approach the bowling in oDIs and T20 because in this format most of our bowlers are gun barrel straight while searching for yorkers
It should not be that tour finished and Tait packed his bags and gone PcB should continue his service at the NCA and prepare for Ned WI Sl tour
Speaking to PCB
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"The intensity with which our bowlers go at, they are bound to get injured"
"Also, the bowlers are young and there is a good chance that you will get injured when you come into international cricket; This is because your workload goes up, the pressure increases on you, you are tense, you are playing against India so when your body tenses up you can get a few niggles here and there"
"The most important part of my job is getting the next guys ready; The other 2-3 fast-bowlers who aren't playing, especially the younger guys who haven't played much, get them ready to play against India, against Australia, against England or whoever it might be and get them ready so that they can deal with the pressure"
Experience of an India v Pakistan game
"People told me wait till you see one of these matches, or when you are involved in one of these games...When I was young, I played in an Ashes series, I've played in 2 World Cup finals, but this is a different level"
"As a coach you can't do anything, and you cannot control anything on the field, so you get more nervous as a coach"
Really like the new management setup. Anything is better than Misbah-Waqar in all fairness though. I would still rate Hayden and Philander as a better combo than MoYo and Tait for now.
Hayden is said to be returning to the Pakistan camp for the World Cup once again.
How is Tait doing so far?
Looks like Harris Rauf got quite a bit of very good coaching from Tim Macaskill during his time in BBL, and who knows if Tait picked up on it?
But Naseem Shah has immensely improved. Both Haris Rauf and Naseem have also developed some seriously good and very deceptive slow balls. Their Yorkers are pretty good too.
There are non-existing wides and front foot no balls. So a very, very good improvement to cap the extras that was pretty horrible pain in Pak bowling attack.
It looks like Tait has done some significantly good work.
Hasnain also got this action fixed and Wasim Jr also has a great control on line n length, with not giving any extras.
Credit where due and surely a trillion times better than Waqar Yonus.
So far every dollar spent on Tait services is being fruitful his knowledge for T20 WC down under will be handful hopefully our pace quartet will be fit and fine
Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Hayden was only bought in for his speeches in an Aussie accent and for our impressionable fans to eat it up. If he cared so much for Pakistan then he would have stuck with the team post the 2021 WC (knowing the next WC was only in a year) where he could actually do some coaching.Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Something is not right. Unlike Hayden, he is not getting any attention and coverage. He is not speaking to the media, he doesn’t seem active and there are no dressing room snippets of him giving motivational speeches etc. to the players.
Yesterday after the win, he ignored Zainab Abbas when she asked for his reaction. It was really awkward.
It appears that something is going on between him and the management/PCB.
Well whatever it is, let’s hope it carries on.
The department he’s in charge of is doing excellently.
Best bowling attack in the tournament by far
How is Tait doing so far?
Looks like Harris Rauf got quite a bit of very good coaching from Tim Macaskill during his time in BBL, and who knows if Tait picked up on it?
But Naseem Shah has immensely improved. Both Haris Rauf and Naseem have also developed some seriously good and very deceptive slow balls. Their Yorkers are pretty good too.
There are non-existing wides and front foot no balls. So a very, very good improvement to cap the extras that was pretty horrible pain in Pak bowling attack.
It looks like Tait has done some significantly good work.
Hasnain also got this action fixed and Wasim Jr also has a great control on line n length, with not giving any extras.
Credit where due and surely a trillion times better than Waqar Yonus.
Tait must be looking at this Test series and wondering what the hell is going on with Pakistan's bowling strength and wondering if the likes of Faheem Ashraf are really the best Pakistan has at the moment.