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Najam Sethi spells the end of the Ramiz Raja reign as PCB Chairman.

Lets see what Ramiz does now.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The cricket regime headed by Ramiz Raja <a href="https://twitter.com/iramizraja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iramizraja</a> is no more. The 2014 PCB constitution stands restored. The Management Committee will work tirelessly to revive first class cricket. Thousands of cricketers will be employed again. The famine in cricket will come to an end.</p>— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) <a href="https://twitter.com/najamsethi/status/1605673353351684114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Cabinet Approval <a href="https://t.co/M59WJCh64J">pic.twitter.com/M59WJCh64J</a></p>— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) <a href="https://twitter.com/najamsethi/status/1605675030750322712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
A joke to set up 14 members committee.

Pakistan is a joke in every matter.
 
None of these people care about actually doing their job. Vicious cycle, that will keep repeating itself until we do away with the ridiculous notion of Prime Minister being the ‘Patron’.

All the good work done by Ehsan Mani, Wasim Khan and Ramiz Raja will go down the drain now, with this crook back to mint money from cricket.

Wasn’t the PSL formative years under investigation for financial irregularity some time back?
 
Great to see the greatest PCB Chairman in history take up the reigns again. Pakistan cricket is in safe hands again.
 
Usman Chadda said:
None of these people care about actually doing their job. Vicious cycle, that will keep repeating itself until we do away with the ridiculous notion of Prime Minister being the ‘Patron’.

All the good work done by Ehsan Mani, Wasim Khan and Ramiz Raja will go down the drain now, with this crook back to mint money from cricket.

Wasn’t the PSL formative years under investigation for financial irregularity some time back?
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Sethi made PSL a reality & brought back international cricket to Pakistan. Mani, Wasim & Ramiz did nothing except take advantage of his good work & the foundation that he laid for them.

Without Sethi, Pakistan would be at least 3-4 years behind where it is now in terms of PSL & its capacity to host international cricket.
 
I love Pakistan.

The note shared by Sethi says "Secret" on top :D
 
gazza619 said:
A joke to set up 14 members committee.

Pakistan is a joke in every matter.
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The whole country and the people in and associated with it are a complete joke. Just look at the comments here asking for removal of PCB Chairman after every loss, it’s dumb at so many levels what can you say. Players requesting (or literally begging at times) the Prime Ministers to focus on cricket on national television, this is the pathetic nature of this awam.

What is the role of the PCB Chairman if the national team loses? These simpletons don’t even realize the PCB is not just responsible for the national team, but the Women’s team, the junior teams etc etc. Nowhere in the world is a chairman kicked out because the national team lost a match or a series, as the job of the chairman is to make sure the organization is efficiently working to provide revenue for the cricket board.

Now Sethi will come in and remove the people actually doing the work under Ramiz, while the cronies he brings in will implement their own strategy and start from ground zero. The next political party comes in and kicks Sethi out, and appoints their own person of choosing and he/she then brings in his/her own people.

There is no long term vision and until this stupidity gets fixed, the system will not see any changes whatsoever.
 
PCB site updated

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Not sure why people are getting excited of a man past the retirement age who is being made chairman?
 
What an odd time for change when NZ just arrived - As is they are jittery - not very confidence inducing.
 
MenInG said:
What an odd time for change when NZ just arrived - As is they are jittery - not very confidence inducing.
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They couldn’t afford any more delay knowing Pakistan will be playing for their livelihoods and win the series 1-0 or 2-0. They already suffered the 3-0 loss to England because Ramiz bought more time after Netherlands saved Pakistan’s World Cup campaign

Very good action by Shahbaz Sharif
 
Rana said:
They couldn’t afford any more delay knowing Pakistan will be playing for their livelihoods and win the series 1-0 or 2-0. They already suffered the 3-0 loss to England because Ramiz bought more time after Netherlands saved Pakistan’s World Cup campaign

Very good action by Shahbaz Sharif
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No decision reeks of point scoring. The last thing you do when such an important series is to wash laundry in public.

Anyways good luck to Sethi - I have nothing against him personally and if he helps us rise in world cricket then all power to him
 
Sethi has done well for Pakistan cricket no doubt; but its the mind set that is not changing nor is it professional, the usual pak culture of 'you scratch my back'... PCB is going back to Purana Pakistan.
Just look at some of the 14 members.
It is still 'my' PCB.
An absolute disgrace!
 
Najam Sethi speaking to reporters:

"We will work to restore the constitution, the governing board will be restored to its original form, after that a new setup will come, the main goal is the restoration of domestic cricket, cricketers will get employment, a meeting will be held in the next two or three days"

"I have come after four years, there is a lot of work to do"
 
So if PTI wins the election next year, Ramiz will be back and he will restore the 2019 constitution. How long will this see saw continue?
 
I am happy to see Najam Sethi back. I wish he remains in the position for atleast a few years.
 
Fully expect Nadeem Khan, Zakir Khan, Faisal Hasnain and Mohammad Waseem to be sacked soon
 
Like I said elsewhere, I'm willing to give Najam Sethi a chance but seeing the band of crooks like Shakil Shaikh, Nauman Butt and Haroon Rashid returning makes my blood boil.

Pakistan cricket is a reflection of its rotten society and political system with its culture of favouritism and opportunism.

In a professional setup, a Chairman would not be handpicked by the Patron but headhunted after an extensive recruitment process. But nope, have tea at PM House and if you're well connected enough, the job is yours.
 
It was coming.

3-0 loss to England was the icing on the cake.

Poor appointments in key roles, poor performances, poor attitude, no leadership, no accountability.
 
Saj said:
It was coming.

3-0 loss to England was the icing on the cake.

Poor appointments in key roles, poor performances, poor attitude, no leadership, no accountability.
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I'm sure Rameez will be back slagging off everyone in the commentary box.
 
Sethi “we will ensure international cricket returns to Pakistan”

Was he asleep for the last 12 months?

Its like me saying that I will invent a bulb.

Just goes to show how dumb things will become in this new era.
 
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So Parchi Master Shakil sheikh is back in PCB. now , we will see his untalented son arsal sheikh make a comeback to every domestic tournament. He may also make an entry into Pakistan team 😂. About time that all the parchis will occupy the Pakistan team and we will drop to no. 8 9 in LOIs as was the case during earlier sethi era. 😂
 
pak.cricket said:
So Parchi Master Shakil sheikh is back in PCB. now , we will see his untalented son arsal sheikh make a comeback to every domestic tournament. He may also make an entry into Pakistan team 😂. About time that all the parchis will occupy the Pakistan team and we will drop to no. 8 9 in LOIs as was the case during earlier sethi era. 😂
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Ans Saud shakeel to be the vice captain
 
Mamoon said:
Great to see the greatest PCB Chairman in history take up the reigns again. Pakistan cricket is in safe hands again.
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Lol what a joke. Was Pakistan team no 1 in every format during his era? According to my.memory, Pak team had the worst players during sethi era. All parchis were present in the team. I remeber an old kamran akmal had also made a comeback during his era. 😂😂 He is just a bikaoo jornalist and is made chairman only due to close connection with sharifs. He does not even know the ABC of cricket
 
What expertise does Afridi have? Whoever recommended him is really a clown!
 
MenInG said:
What an odd time for change when NZ just arrived - As is they are jittery - not very confidence inducing.
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not really odd. Cricket will take place no matter what, you dont halt the process of change. This only happens at the COAS level who get extention based on made up events but not in others institutes.

Najem Sethi has joined at the right time, this time PSL is gonna be great and im sure the teams must be happy.

Departmen cricket will inshallah be back
 
Markhor said:
Like I said elsewhere, I'm willing to give Najam Sethi a chance but seeing the band of crooks like Shakil Shaikh, Nauman Butt and Haroon Rashid returning makes my blood boil.

Pakistan cricket is a reflection of its rotten society and political system with its culture of favouritism and opportunism.

In a professional setup, a Chairman would not be handpicked by the Patron but headhunted after an extensive recruitment process. But nope, have tea at PM House and if you're well connected enough, the job is yours.
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and imran khan could had fixed this, but in fact, he also did the same thing by making rameez raja a BOD member and than getting him elected. There was a loophole in the constitution in the first place
 
oatmeal said:
So if PTI wins the election next year, Ramiz will be back and he will restore the 2019 constitution. How long will this see saw continue?
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For the sake of Pakistan cricket, InshaAllah PTI will not be back
 
MenInG said:
No decision reeks of point scoring. The last thing you do when such an important series is to wash laundry in public.

Anyways good luck to Sethi - I have nothing against him personally and if he helps us rise in world cricket then all power to him
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Think of it like this MIG,

The latest emergency meeting that Ramiz held with his coach and captain reeked of total loss of direction.

-They were planning to allow Babar to keep the title of Test captain title until July. Why? What is the thought process in this delay?

-They were considering to replace Babar with Shan (who played 1 Test on a road on his comeback and scored 50 runs in 2 innings) or Rizwan who is clearly struggling in this format.

-Babar admitted that his plan was to build his strategy was to depend on Naseem (who has not established himself in Test) and Rauf who is totally untested in this format even in domestic cricket.

Honestly man, I don’t know if they are purposely portraying themselves as stubborn or they are totally out of touch with reality. They (the regime and management) had to be put out of their misery. The Euphoria had to come to an end.
 
A couple of the users in here praising Sethi as if he wasn't one of the guys that was part of the the 'favour mafia'.

It's embarrassing to think these same users think they know more about what's been happening than those that have actually witnessed the distrust and mismanagement from Sethi over the years.

:))
 
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Rana said:
For the sake of Pakistan cricket, InshaAllah PTI will not be back
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PK cricket was destroyed by the terrorist attack in 2008. Guess who was in power when the SL team was attacked for an hour with no security- the same people in power today. Your posts get more silly by the day but no one will ever outlive the gem of Asif Ali as captain.
 
pak.cricket said:
Lol what a joke. Was Pakistan team no 1 in every format during his era? According to my.memory, Pak team had the worst players during sethi era. All parchis were present in the team. I remeber an old kamran akmal had also made a comeback during his era. 😂😂 He is just a bikaoo jornalist and is made chairman only due to close connection with sharifs. He does not even know the ABC of cricket
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The two biggest objectives during Sethi’s first run as chairman was (a) establish PSL & (b) restore international cricket in Pakistan.

He achieved both successfully. He may not know ABC of cricket but he did a much better job than those who did.
 
Anything would be an improvement over 3-0. Hopefully captain and management are changed aswell.
 
You can't deny the fact that Sethi received a good reception at the PCB by the employees. It looks like the reports that the PCB employees were not unhappy at Ramiz leaving were correct.
 
Mamoon said:
The two biggest objectives during Sethi’s first run as chairman was (a) establish PSL & (b) restore international cricket in Pakistan.

He achieved both successfully. He may not know ABC of cricket but he did a much better job than those who did.
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Wasn't the performance of team his main objective? If not, then why is ramiz raja criticized for teqm's performance? If yes, then you know he was the worst chairman of all because team's perfoarmance was worst than ever. If it was upto sethi, psl would still have been played in UAE lol
 
Savak said:
You can't deny the fact that Sethi received a good reception at the PCB by the employees. It looks like the reports that the PCB employees were not unhappy at Ramiz leaving were correct.
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Yeah now they can keep their jobs without working. Ramiz did not offered them free salaries,thats why they were unhappy then 😂
 
Lol at everybody who thinks that Pakistan’s cricket problems will disappear with the old guard back in place.

And for all those cheering the return of departmental cricket, let me point you towards the true fruits of departmental cricket in vivid form:

A bowling attack of Rabat Ali, Sohail Khan and Wahab Riaz at the 2015 ODI WC.

Ahmed Shehzad demonstrating his talent at a 90s-esque s/r of 60.

I’d like to say that Pakistan cricket fans don’t deserve these lot, but a lot of us lost patience with the new system, instead of properly allowing it to bed in. This made it easier for the politicians to bring in Sethi.

So, whilst I disagree w/ everything Mamoon says on here, perhaps we do actually ‘deserve this humiliation’.
 
pak.cricket said:
Wasn't the performance of team his main objective? If not, then why is ramiz raja criticized for teqm's performance? If yes, then you know he was the worst chairman of all because team's perfoarmance was worst than ever. If it was upto sethi, psl would still have been played in UAE lol
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The objectives of the chairman changes based on the context. Establishment of PSL & restoration of international cricket in Pakistan were bigger targets than the performance of the team, which wasn’t as bad as the current team’s performance by any measure. At least they didn’t get whitewashed in a home Test series by a white team.

I don’t mind Ramiz, he was an improvement on Mani & Wasim. However, he was on borrowed time after his remarks about Peshawar & Javed Afridi, who has immense influence in PCB affairs, started lobbying for his removal.

Furthermore, Ramiz also gave unchecked power to Babar & tried to make him a figure like Imran & Kohli but never had an ounce of their leadership qualities.

The PJL league was also unnecessary. Overall, Ramiz was not interested in Test cricket.
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
Lol at everybody who thinks that Pakistan’s cricket problems will disappear with the old guard back in place.

And for all those cheering the return of departmental cricket, let me point you towards the true fruits of departmental cricket in vivid form:

A bowling attack of Rabat Ali, Sohail Khan and Wahab Riaz at the 2015 ODI WC.

Ahmed Shehzad demonstrating his talent at a 90s-esque s/r of 60.

I’d like to say that Pakistan cricket fans don’t deserve these lot, but a lot of us lost patience with the new system, instead of properly allowing it to bed in. This made it easier for the politicians to bring in Sethi.

So, whilst I disagree w/ everything Mamoon says on here, perhaps we do actually ‘deserve this humiliation’.
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Yes this new system has only given us world beaters. Not a single player who was a product of the new system has proved to be a world class player. I fully endorse the restoration of departmental cricket.
 
Think this picture tells us where we are headed

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Mamoon said:
Yes this new system has only given us world beaters. Not a single player who was a product of the new system has proved to be a world class player. I fully endorse the restoration of departmental cricket.
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You cannot blame the departmental cricket fiasco on any chairman, their hands were tied by Imran Khan. One of the returning board members for the Sethi regime was responsible for the half-cooked system we have today, I’m sure you know his name.
 
Usman Chadda said:
You cannot blame the departmental cricket fiasco on any chairman, their hands were tied by Imran Khan. One of the returning board members for the Sethi regime was responsible for the half-cooked system we have today, I’m sure you know his name.
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That is true, Mani & Wasim were his puppets. The regional cricket drama proved to be a disaster. Nonetheless, puppet or not, you are judged by the job that you do & no did a better job than Sethi in the last 3-4 years.
 
While I'm happy that Ramiz is out, isn't this blunt government interference and IF Ramiz lodges an official complaint with the ICC then PCB stand at the risk of getting suspended.

Obviously Ramiz won't do it, but just saying. That's exactly what Mukhulani (Zimbabwe cricket chairman) did when he was removed by their government, and later they had to reinstate him to overturn the suspension.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes this new system has only given us world beaters. Not a single player who was a product of the new system has proved to be a world class player. I fully endorse the restoration of departmental cricket.
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The only way to judge a new system is when young players spend at least three in said system. We haven’t actually seen anybody come through the system proper. Most players picked are either remenants of the old system, picked through age group and PSL performances, or picked do early that they’ve barely had a first class record. So, don’t quite know where you conjured the idea of ‘products of the new system’.
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
The only way to judge a new system is when young players spend at least three in said system. We haven’t actually seen anybody come through the system proper. Most players picked are either remenants of the old system, picked through age group and PSL performances, or picked do early that they’ve barely had a first class record. So, don’t quite know where you conjured the idea of ‘products of the new system’.
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All excuses.

You could have given 20 years to this so-called revolutionary system & it would have ended in failure. It is the delusion of the fans to think that we were on the right track with this new system.

4 years, 0 results. Good riddance.
 
Mamoon said:
All excuses.

You could have given 20 years to this so-called revolutionary system & it would have ended in failure. It is the delusion of the fans to think that we were on the right track with this new system.

4 years, 0 results. Good riddance.
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All it’s done is create self entitled rebellious players

Shaheen Shah Afridi has totally lost his senses
 
MenInG said:
Think this picture tells us where we are headed

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Bunch of Crooks!!!! If Ramiz and Wasim did their job with dignity we could have different captain with better players and performances.
 
As Mercutio rightly said…a plague on both your houses.

A shambles whoever is in charge, all trying to climb the greasy pole for personal advancement.
 
Former cricket administrator Najam Sethi, who replaced Ramiz Raja as the chief of Pakistan Cricket Board, held a press conference on Thursday where he was asked about the situation with India re3garding Asia Cup 2023. Answering the question, he stated, “It’s too early for me to say. These issues will be discussed with the internal committee. I don’t know what decisions were taken by the previous regime. I have read a lot of things but it’ll be better if we review the situation and decide what message we want to convey. But when it comes to India, it all depends on the Pakistan government’s decision. The guidance comes from there only.”

He also made his feelings clear about the selection of the Pakistan team for the upcoming New Zealand series, saying,” A cricket team has been announced. I don’t know if it’s reasonable right now to to take any decision on if we should change anything or if we should keep the team as it is. There are two points of view and we’ll discuss it. It’ll be better if there are no more questions on this because we haven’t made any decision on it. If the team wasn’t announced, we would have probably approached it with new ideas but that opportunity is probably not there anymore. But we’ll see.”

Talking about the tweet where he had stated “The cricket regime headed by Ramiz Raja @iramizraja is no more. The 2014 PCB constitution stands restored. The Management Committee will work tirelessly to revive first class cricket. Thousands of cricketers will be employed again. The famine in cricket will come to an end,” Sethi was asked if there was any confrontation. To which he replied,” There is no confrontation from our end. I had resigned and left. I don’t believe in confrontation.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...govts-decision-pcb-chief-najam-sethi-8339007/
 
No point in crying about the return of the “crooks” when so-called honest people were handed the keys for 4 years & they achieved nothing.

Happy to have “crooks” in charge as long as they have some vision & plan & know what they are doing.

No point in having a clueless & incompetent saint in charge.
 
Mamoon said:
All excuses.

You could have given 20 years to this so-called revolutionary system & it would have ended in failure. It is the delusion of the fans to think that we were on the right track with this new system.

4 years, 0 results. Good riddance.
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Right, so now you’re playing fortune teller by predicting that it wouldn’t be successful in 20 years either. Great facts.

4 years is nothing to build in a new system. To expect world beaters in such a short period of time displays the actual delusion.

Can’t wait to see how injecting scores of mediocre cricketers (who haven’t played the last 4 years of professional cricket) revitalises Pakistan cricket.
 
Rana said:
All it’s done is create self entitled rebellious players

Shaheen Shah Afridi has totally lost his senses
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Hilariously, Shaheen actually came through age group cricket and then the PSL. He only played a National T20 and barely any first class games in the new system.

So, it hasn’t created anything. But you do you.
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
Right, so now you’re playing fortune teller by predicting that it wouldn’t be successful in 20 years either. Great facts.

4 years is nothing to build in a new system. To expect world beaters in such a short period of time displays the actual delusion.

Can’t wait to see how injecting scores of mediocre cricketers (who haven’t played the last 4 years of professional cricket) revitalises Pakistan cricket.
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4 years were enough to see a semblance of improvement. We didn’t.

I’m glad this drama got scrapped because it’s proponents never had the courage to put their money where their mouth is & give us, detractors, a date & a time on which we should be able to see the positive outcomes.

They would only do this “it is too early” nonsense. Well it is irrelevant now because the nonsense got binned for good. Thank you Sethi.
 
Mamoon said:
No point in crying about the return of the “crooks” when so-called honest people were handed the keys for 4 years & they achieved nothing.

Happy to have “crooks” in charge as long as they have some vision & plan & know what they are doing.

No point in having a clueless & incompetent saint in charge.
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are we still talking about cricket here
 
cerebralrattlesnake said:
are we still talking about cricket here
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Yes we are talking about PCB Chairmen. Sethi was replaced by a senile & lethargic Mani who did nothing except hand over the reigns to that Wasim Khan who was replaced by Ramiz.

Now we are back to Sethi. Him & his band of so-called crooks wouldn’t be back if those who replaced him did their job.
 
So, all these 14 members decided by PM ( or Patron ) Or these members are decided by the PCB chairman or Board?
 
KingOfPakBreakfast said:
Hilariously, Shaheen actually came through age group cricket and then the PSL. He only played a National T20 and barely any first class games in the new system.

So, it hasn’t created anything. But you do you.
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I’m talking about his development as an individual.

He hasnt developed in Maturity since the age of 13 it seems, and this new system which gave him his stardom and leadership hasn’t helped either.

You can support his rebellious actions if you want. It could be a mantra that you follow
 
Mamoon said:
Great to see the greatest PCB Chairman in history take up the reigns again. Pakistan cricket is in safe hands again.
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Wasn't he the chairman for those 15' & 16' WC? Got wrecked by Bangladesh in the away series right after the WC.

Amusing people will think anything will change for the better.
 
Nasty Naz said:
Wasn't he the chairman for those 15' & 16' WC? Got wrecked by Bangladesh in the away series right after the WC.

Amusing people will think anything will change for the better.
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That was the job of the team management. Neither Misbah nor Afridi stayed after the respective debacle.

Btw, Sethi was also the Chairman when Pakistan won the CT in 2017 but you wouldn’t see me give him credit for that.

If you want to blame him for losses also credit him for wins.
 
Mamoon said:
The objectives of the chairman changes based on the context. Establishment of PSL & restoration of international cricket in Pakistan were bigger targets than the performance of the team, which wasn’t as bad as the current team’s performance by any measure. At least they didn’t get whitewashed in a home Test series by a white team.

I don’t mind Ramiz, he was an improvement on Mani & Wasim. However, he was on borrowed time after his remarks about Peshawar & Javed Afridi, who has immense influence in PCB affairs, started lobbying for his removal.

Furthermore, Ramiz also gave unchecked power to Babar & tried to make him a figure like Imran & Kohli but never had an ounce of their leadership qualities.

The PJL league was also unnecessary. Overall, Ramiz was not interested in Test cricket.
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Compare the team that sethi had to the one that ramiz currently had. Sethi had a settled team but the still lost badly in LOIs. They even lost a series to bangla boys post world cup. Moreover, they performed better in tests because they were playing in uae. if same pak tean was playing in uae they would not have performed as worst. UAE wickets actually suite pakistani style more than pak wickets.
 
Lol, I want that ambassador in the UK when the spot fixing scandal erupted to be our chairman. That man gave me so many laughs with each sentence he uttered.
 
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