[VIDEO] Saqlain Mushtaq as interim Head Coach for Pakistan - Performance watch

[Abstraction1]

Didn't weakest WI beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in 1992? That was also fluke. India is far more stronger team than us. We lost to Australia D team in test in flat pitch.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about?

You win and lose games in cricket. The top 8 have their favorites amongst them, but you don't "fluke" a win.

You can "fluke" a wicket, boundary, a goal, a triple 20 in darts.... You can't fluke a win across 40 overs.

As for the test cricket. I'm not sure how that is relevant, but how does an Australia D team have Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Cummins, Lyonshall, Labushagne?

Not to mention Pakistan were with their own injuries.

You seem like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.

Explain to how Pakistan "surprised" India in the T20 World Cup by 10 wickets and also explain to me how this was Australia's D team? Who is in their A, B and c team? Please refer to my paragraph above.

 

[Shafi]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about?

You win and lose games in cricket. The top 8 have their favorites amongst them, but you don't "fluke" a win.

You can "fluke" a wicket, boundary, a goal, a triple 20 in darts.... You can't fluke a win across 40 overs.

As for the test cricket. I'm not sure how that is relevant, but how does an Australia D team have Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Cummins, Lyonshall, Labushagne?

Not to mention Pakistan were with their own injuries.

You seem like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.

Explain to how Pakistan "surprised" India in the T20 World Cup by 10 wickets and also explain to me how this was Australia's D team? Who is in their A, B and c team? Please refer to my paragraph above.

My bad. I meant in ODI not test.
Also, as I said earlier we surprised India on their bad day. India can beat our team 8/10 matches.
In test we played super flat pitch with some spin assistance but Sajid and Nauman were terrible.
I criticised Saqlain for being silence with the non-performing players' selection. We rather have no coach than him. This guy took lots of money from PCB to fix Ajmal but didn't do anything. Same goes to Nauman or Sajid. He is a carbon copy of Waqar. Lazy and boastful.

 

[Shafi]

Again kept silence of Hasan Ali's selection and cost us another match. If PCB really wants our team to go far then they should hire a coach who selects team based on merit

 

[Kianig89]

Absolutely clueless as coach plays 5 specialist bowlers in T20s knowing how brittle middle order is reminds me of Steve Kean from Blackburn who got them relegated

 

[Markhor]

Looking back, I think I gave Saqlain too much credit for the T20 World Cup and Bangladesh performance. Our guys have 10 years of UAE experience, and Bangladesh are a weak Test team so our performances there shouldn't have been surprising.

We lost in 2 out of 3 formats vs Australia at home, with the Test series being the most galling. Not only were we unbelievably negative but far too deferential to the Australians on the field.

The captain and coach are responsible for creating the team environment, and it reflected badly on Saqlain seeing our players laughing and joking with the opposition in the middle of a Test match.

I've always felt foreign coaches are more likely to push our guys out of their comfort zones, including the senior players, whereas the local coaches will usually defer to the seniors.

 

[Kianig89]

Would like to see the criteria on which Saqlain if he has that authority selects the playing Xi surprisingly alot of dead wood in every format

 

[shamaan]

Again kept silence of Hasan Ali's selection and cost us another match. If PCB really wants our team to go far then they should hire a coach who selects team based on merit

According to Babar he was picking the team.

 

[Shafi]

On what basis Saqlain got the Head Coach Position?

The title says it all. This guy has no credibility to be even a spin bowling coach.

1. He took lots of money from PCB to fix Ajmal's action but didn't do anything.
2. Was spin coach of England and Bangladesh but didn't achieve anything. 3. Under him Sajid Khan & Nauman Ali failed miserably.
4. Also no impact on M Nawaz or Yasir (whom actually better test bowler than Saqlain
5. Kept silence out of form Hasan Ali's selection for 8 straight World Cup matches which end up costing the semi.
6. No clue/say in team selection
7. No plan as a head coach. And the list goes on....

Your thought please!!!

 

[Xoib]

Saqlain the head coach

I do not see a lot of criticism of this gentleman here or even on social/ print media. Now Misbah was a poor coach and justifiably got a lot of flake but this guy has been even worse but seems to be escaping any criticism.

Despite being a great spinner has overseen the worst performances by our spin attack since 1960's the spinners lack any plan against any batsman and are just going through the motions

Along with captain chose the oddest team combination that costs us atleast two tests regularly goes a batsman light picks out of form bowlers and then to cover their weakness of his bowling attack picks no rounders bits and pieces like Salman in the hope they will cover the lack of quality.

For no reason dropped Faheem who was doing a decent job at 7 replacing him with duds or out of form bowling options like Salman, Nauman and Hassan

Shifting Rizwan from his settled position at 6 and forcing him to bat up the top order along with keeping great number of overs in srilanka hot weather no surprise his output has declined post the shift up the order

Lack of courage to drop non performing seniors like Azhar,Fawad and Hassan while keeping deserving talent on bench

I hope more accountability is done on this gentlemen who seems to be getting a free pass.

 

[Titan24]

Yes quite a few questions that need to be answered. Combinations in last 3 test matches were pretty ordinary. Team under him in LOIs has been doing decently however, test performances leave a lot to be desired.

Considering Saqlain's experience of working in the backroom staff of different companies a better output was expected. However, argument can be that for how many teams and for how long has he actually worked in the red ball structures. I don't think he has worked much on the red ball side of the things.

When you have an young captain, you need an experienced coach to help him along. Maybe two coach strategy can be applied? Separate red ball and white ball coaches? Not doing that well for Eng though on the LOI side of the things.

 

[Anis Shivani]

The picture about Saqlain has gotten much clearer over the last two test series. He was something of an open question last year, but now not so much. His limitations are obvious.

 

[Xoib]

Yes quite a few questions that need to be answered. Combinations in last 3 test matches were pretty ordinary. Team under him in LOIs has been doing decently however, test performances leave a lot to be desired.

Considering Saqlain's experience of working in the backroom staff of different companies a better output was expected. However, argument can be that for how many teams and for how long has he actually worked in the red ball structures. I don't think he has worked much on the red ball side of the things.

When you have an young captain, you need an experienced coach to help him along. Maybe two coach strategy can be applied? Separate red ball and white ball coaches? Not doing that well for Eng though on the LOI side of the things.

Yes you need a strong tactical coach with Babar who already has a lot on his plate due to his batting responsibilities so the coach has to be strong tactically and strategy wise, Saqlain has been really dud and has actually worsened the team with his poor team combinations

 

[Shafi]

When will he be removed? Replacing Misbah with Saqlain was really poor decision. At least Misbah had better batting abilities and understanding spinners. Saqlain is there just as a signboard.

 

[muqarrab]

I do not see a lot of criticism of this gentleman here or even on social/ print media. Now Misbah was a poor coach and justifiably got a lot of flake but this guy has been even worse but seems to be escaping any criticism.

Despite being a great spinner has overseen the worst performances by our spin attack since 1960's the spinners lack any plan against any batsman and are just going through the motions

Along with captain chose the oddest team combination that costs us atleast two tests regularly goes a batsman light picks out of form bowlers and then to cover their weakness of his bowling attack picks no rounders bits and pieces like Salman in the hope they will cover the lack of quality.

For no reason dropped Faheem who was doing a decent job at 7 replacing him with duds or out of form bowling options like Salman, Nauman and Hassan

Shifting Rizwan from his settled position at 6 and forcing him to bat up the top order along with keeping great number of overs in srilanka hot weather no surprise his output has declined post the shift up the order

Lack of courage to drop non performing seniors like Azhar,Fawad and Hassan while keeping deserving talent on bench

I hope more accountability is done on this gentlemen who seems to be getting a free pass.

Saqlain has been a disaster, poor team selection, poor tactics and utter lack of any cohesive plan is all on him. Chuck him out.

 

[Savak]

Ramiz in interviews has clarified that ultimately it is Babar who is in charge. Not sure what Saqlain does, but if he is doing nothing then he needs to go rather than collect a free salary.

 

[shamaan]

Ramiz in interviews has clarified that ultimately it is Babar who is in charge. Not sure what Saqlain does, but if he is doing nothing then he needs to go rather than collect a free salary.

Exactly that's just a stupid comment from ramiz.

 

[Markhor]

Yes quite a few questions that need to be answered. Combinations in last 3 test matches were pretty ordinary. Team under him in LOIs has been doing decently however, test performances leave a lot to be desired.

Considering Saqlain's experience of working in the backroom staff of different companies a better output was expected. However, argument can be that for how many teams and for how long has he actually worked in the red ball structures. I don't think he has worked much on the red ball side of the things.

When you have an young captain, you need an experienced coach to help him along. Maybe two coach strategy can be applied? Separate red ball and white ball coaches? Not doing that well for Eng though on the LOI side of the things.

Yep, I mentioned that option of splitting the coaching in another thread. Saqlain's done okay in white ball cricket. Although he and Misbah inherited perhaps our best ever ODI top order of Fakhar-Imam-Babar from Mickey, and Shaheen was already a world-class limited overs bowler, Saqlain hasn't done anything to reverse that upwards trend.

However the decision making in Test cricket has been awful. While Babar's been empowered by Ramiz to have the final say as captain, Saqlain, as a very experienced international cricketer and coach himself, shouldn't be sanctioning these nonsensical moves

I cannot understand how Saqlain could approve the negative lines our spinners bowled in the Australia series; having a tail that starts at 7 against their potent pace attack in the series decider; playing a third seamer in Naseem Shah in the spin paradise of Galle in the 1st Test where he was more effective as a batter than bowler; and batting a wicket-keeper at #4 in the hot and humid conditions of SL.

I've granted all our recent coaches some leeway that they can't be blamed for our domestic system not producing enough Test quality bowlers, or dynamic batsmen. But what our coaches can control and optimise are team selections and tactics - and Babar/Saqlain have already cost us two winnable series this year.

 

[MenInG]

Working with the ODI squad for Netherlands tour

 

[Major]

Is he still coach? Surprised that no one is critisizing the coaching staff for not going bizark in bating. Had it been Misbah everyone would had whined

 

[Rana]

Is he still coach? Surprised that no one is critisizing the coaching staff for not going bizark in bating. Had it been Misbah everyone would had whined

Misbah took our team back 3-4 years with his pathetic mindset. Saqlain has no personality as a cricketer, what will he install as a coach?

At least Misbah had a reserved personality and tried to instil it

 

[Major]

Misbah took our team back 3-4 years with his pathetic mindset. Saqlain has no personality as a cricketer, what will he install as a coach?

At least Misbah had a reserved personality and tried to instil it

How does personality reflect on using your bat?

 

[shamaan]

Is he still coach? Surprised that no one is critisizing the coaching staff for not going bizark in bating. Had it been Misbah everyone would had whined

To be honest it was the first 15/20 overs that went at snails pace.

 

[muqarrab]

What is Saqlain's role? Is he a yes man to babar? There are issues that have needed fixing since last yr but have gone unaddressed. Time for this freeloader to go.

 

[Rana]

How does personality reflect on using your bat?

It very much does. There is a reason why Ab Devilliers was the GOAT white ball batsman of this era, is because he was willing to do things all others were not daring enough to do. He was the fearless of the most fearless. He wanted to break records in a way that they would never be broken again. He did it!

 

[MenInG]

Oops - bit of a problem this:

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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq's inclusion in the expert panel of the Indian sports website 'Sportskeeda' has become a topic of discussion.

Before the match against India in the Asia Cup, the former off-spinner can be seen doing analysis and his videos were widely promoted by the website on social media.


In a video uploaded by the platform, Saqlain Mushtaq lavishly praised Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and accused BCCI of wasting his talent.

He has also commented on the strength of the India-Pakistan teams participating in the Asia Cup, naming captain Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav as the main batsmen of the team that will face Pakistan and also said that Virat Kohli cannot be taken lightly.

His comments are being watched with interest in the cricket circles, and questions are also being raised that how did he find time for the Indian website during the Asia Cup?

PCB Director Media Sami-ul-Hasan Burney has clarified that no central or domestic contracted cricketer and consultant can work on any platform during national commitments.

"The board policy is very clear in this regard; contracted cricketer and consultant can't work on any platform during national commitment," Sami said.

"Complete attention should be on planning cricket and its related matters," he added.

Sami further revealed that they have spoken to Saqlain, where he opined that the interview was released due to a misunderstanding. He has spoken to his agent regarding this matter.

The post regarding the expert panel was removed by the platform; however, analysis videos are still there.

https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/n...s-expert-for-indian-sports-website-during-asi

 

[daytrader]

I think Saqlain has a big say in batting order. Babar was walking back and out came Nawaz a 3, who made 4 off 11

 

[msb314]

Saqlain Appreciation Thread

Got us now into two ICC SemiFinals (only other coach to do so was Intikhab Alam and Waqar Younis) and the team is united with a clear vision.

Seems to be a great man manager and the Carlo Ancelotti of cricket.

Long May his success continue

 

[Kaddy]

Yes Indeed........He gave us theory of nature.