"Waqar bhai was a failure as coach and he caused lot of damage to Pakistan cricket" : Kamran Akmal

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"Waqar bhai was a failure as coach and he caused lot of damage to Pakistan cricket" : Kamran Akmal

At best, Pakistan are an exciting team to watch on the field, but they have a dirty side off it. They are used to the mud-slinging tactics. Once again, in an incident of one player blaming another, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has criticised former coach Waqar Younis for causing damage to Pakistan cricket. Kamran, who has played over 200 international games for Pakistan, blasted the great bowler for being a failure in his two tenures as head coach in 2010-2011 and 2014- 2016. ALSO READ: Waqar Younis faces backlash from Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen on reducing overs suggestion

"Waqar-bhai was a failure as coach and he caused lot of damage to Pakistan cricket. In his enthusiasm to experiment and sideline established players he put the national team back by two to three years," Kamran told a tv channel as reported by PTI. Waqar was forced to step down from the role of head coach after Pakistan's dismal show in the ICC World T20 2016, and that is when Mickey Arthur took over.

"I don't know but he had issues with some players. He had no plans on how to take Pakistan team forward. An example was when he went to the World Cup 2015 and asked Younis Khan to open the innings or his issues on playing Sarfraz Ahmed late in the tournament," Kamran said, also pointing out Waqar was the reason for Pakistan's fall in rankings in all three formats.

He blamed Waqar for not allowing some of the established players to settle down and also cited an example of his younger brother Umar being misused.

"I remember Umar Akmal scored a hundred in an Asia Cup match and next match he was batting behind Shahid Afridi and others. Waqar no doubt was a great player for Pakistan but as a coach he was a failure. He took six to seven new players to Bangladesh after the World Cup (2015) and the result was we lost the one-day and T20 series for the first time to them," he added.

Kamran spoke about the coaches he played under and how they were different from Waqar.

"I have played under different coaches including Bob Woolmer and I can say they used to plan and they used to create a rapport with the players. Waqar insisted on training hard all the time and not having the players also focus on their skills and cricket development was damaging to the team," he further added.

When Kamran was selected for the T20I series in West Indies tour earlier this year, Waqar as an expert had questioned the logic of having 2 wicketkeepers in the side. Kamran mentions that Waqar in a way contradicted himself.

"The best part is that Waqar as coach himself kept two keepers in the side," he noted.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/...younis-calls-him-failure-as-coach-628080/amp/

 

[NoBallZombie]

Why am i not surprised at Kamran citing baby Akmal as the victim.

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

For K Akmal the team compromises of only these players i.e himself, A akmal and u akmal, sarfraz(because he is a keeper) and recently Babar azam has also been added to the list

 

[Pete Rose]

they are all about excuses.

 

[Slog]

"Kamran Akmal was a failure as a cricketer and a person and he caused a lot of damage to Pakistan cricket for generations to come."

 

[aloo paratha]

Whether he was a failure or not, it's a rich comment from a cricketer who wasn't even in the side for a lot of Waqar's tenure... And who's a failure of a batsmen.

 

[The Googly]

The mind boggles. Kamran Akmal who is a questionable person and an even more questionable cricketer making such remarks about a truly great cricketer. I know whose side I am on. And it's not Akmals.

 

[Markhor]

Any objective observer will also reach the same conclusion about Waqar's tenure.

However Kamran is not one of them - he's just trying to cover for his brother's pathetic performance and fitness which Waqar rightly did not tolerate.

 

[Asim2Good]

"I remember Umar Akmal scored a hundred in an Asia Cup match and next match he was batting behind Shahid Afridi and others. Waqar no doubt was a great player for Pakistan but as a coach he was a failure. He took six to seven new players to Bangladesh after the World Cup (2015) and the result was we lost the one-day and T20 series for the first time to them," he added.

No you don't remember Mr Kamran Akmal
Umar scored 100 against Afghanistan at no.5 position
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...istan-vs-Pakistan-3rd-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

Next match against India, he also batted at no.5 position AHEAD of Afridi
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...India-vs-Pakistan-6th-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

Then in next match , he was moved down the order as we were chasing 326 against Bangladesh, and in this match,even Abdur Rehman batted ahead of Afridi too.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...adesh-vs-Pakistan-8th-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

This pathetic player has nerve to criticize a legend like Waqar

This sums up Pakistan cricket.

 

[DRsohail]

such a stupid person..

 

[Crescent]

Waqar developed many youngsters,who r performing now

 

[Sherlock]

Although I'm not Waqar's greatest fans [coaching abilities] I think this is a pathetic attempt by K. Akmal at getting his own back after being rightfully dropped and excluded. Him bringing in U. Akmal's name into is just a sideshow and distraction in his own vendetta.

With all that being said, it's something we already figured out with Waqar and his abilities, or lack thereof. As the saying goes "Not all great players make great coaches".

 

[Hitman]

Match fixers aside, no player in world cricket has damaged his team as much as Kamran Akmal.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

"kamran akmal was (and is) a failure as a cricket player and has caused a lot of damage to pakistan cricket. in his enthusiasm to continue playing cricket for selfish reasons he blocked (is blocking) path of may talented players and has put the national team back by two to three decades."

"i don't know but i have had issues with many young players. i have no plans and understanding on how to take the pakistan team forward. an example was when i went to sydney and dropped so many catches and was so bad that even shane watson was bemused about it. let alone danish kaneria and mohammad sami whose cricketing careers have suffered because of my ineptness."

"i remember asking to be given three chances to prove my worth but i obviously failed at all three and blamed the coach for not giving me confidence. i continue to think that fitness is an overrated aspect in cricket. i was not a part of bangladesh tour and missed an opportunity to drop more catches and maintain my glorious average of 20 as an opening batsman which fills me with great regret."

"i will continue to glorify woolmer because that was the only time in my career that i looked a cricketer. however i will forget my first english tour where the dropping catch malaise first surfaced and my team lost a test series 3-0 with a forfeit in oval test. coaches who ask me to train and run are very silly, i should only be allowed to bat and stand behind and keep if i feel like. focus on fitness is very damaging to the team."


"also my brother has super powers and will one day be part of avengers and save the galaxy from attack by thanos just by deflecting his high power beam using his gigantic belly and the water stored in it. basic science 101"

- there, fixed whatever he wanted to say but didn't say.

 

[Syed1]

Can't wait till [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] hits this thread




Edit: He already posted

 

[Bewal Express]

So Waqar is to blame for his brother being fat and thick.

 

[gazza619]

Kamran may be right...but I really don't want to hear anything from him or Umar Akmal to be honest..

 

[ask_analyse_act]

have to agree Waqar was experimenting the batting order way too much and never had a settled batting order for each number, it was way too much on his second tenure that every player except captain and opener never knew where they will bat in the next match...

Having said the above, criticism from Kamran against Waqar to throw a little light on his brother looks pathetic and silly... wahab always performed well during waqar's t tenure... Pak test team took wickets with Rahat and Imran khan jnr in UAE during waqar's tenure..

Waqar was a good bowling coach but failed as a head coach due to many reasons not just his experimenting batting positions.. During his tenure he has to sulk and digest the egos of handsome looking players.. He knew AS and UA are wasting 2 good spots + the man backing them in the limited overs side but cant get rid of them...

Also his biggest mistake was to recommend Azhar as a ODI captain and also to revamp a side that lost 2 experienced players under a new captain who is starting his ODI career.... but he is the one who recommended to have Inzi as a selector and recommendations to domestic structure rebuilding is also implemented here and there...

 

[gazza619]

So Waqar is to blame for his brother being fat and thick.

apparently Waqar sent Umar Akmal packs of mineral water bottles which resulted in him gaining all the unnecessary weight..

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Waqar developed many youngsters,who r performing now

That's irrelevant.

Akmals know that now that Sarfraz is performing, their chances of coming back are gone.

Hence all these gym videos in past days.

But this "criticism" is stooping very low.

Akmals have been added to the list of sportsmen I despise. I hope they never play for Pak. Ever again!

Spoiler

Akmals: all three of em.
Steve Nash
Rudy Fernandez
Mohammad Hafeez

 

[Savak]

No you don't remember Mr Kamran Akmal
Umar scored 100 against Afghanistan at no.5 position
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...istan-vs-Pakistan-3rd-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

Next match against India, he also batted at no.5 position AHEAD of Afridi
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...India-vs-Pakistan-6th-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

Then in next match , he was moved down the order as we were chasing 326 against Bangladesh, and in this match,even Abdur Rehman batted ahead of Afridi too.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...adesh-vs-Pakistan-8th-Match-Asia-Cup-2013-14/

Not a fan of Waqar at all as coach but Moin was the coach during that time period.

That being said his criticism of Waqar is spot on.

 

[htariq25]

Dear Kamran. You were also a failure of Pakistan cricket.
Yours sincerely,
Sydney Cricket Ground

 

[octavian]

Not just just as coach, but Waqar also damaged the team during his captaincy. no other player of Waqar's caliber has been so detrimental as a leader.

Kamran Akmal is absolutely correct.

 

[Savak]

Arthur achievements

First coach to win a test series in West Indies

Champions Trophy Win

Improvement in ODI and T-20 team

Comfortably washes away Waqar's record already

 

[Slog]

Any objective observer will also reach the same conclusion about Waqar's tenure.

However Kamran is not one of them - he's just trying to cover for his brother's pathetic performance and fitness which Waqar rightly did not tolerate.

Neither are you

So stop talking for objective people here

 

[Slog]

Arthur achievements

First coach to win a test series in West Indies

Champions Trophy Win

Improvement in ODI and T-20 team

Comfortably washes away Waqar's record already

Yeah forget the 6 match losing streak. Worst ever losing streak in history of Pak cricket

Also.. Taking #1 ranked team to #6 in record six months

 

[hadi123]

Yeah forget the 6 match losing streak. Worst ever losing streak in history of Pak cricket

Also.. Taking #1 ranked team to #6 in record six months

6 Match losing streak was against very tough opposition and Australia we have always struggled there but yes I agree that was not a good performance from our test team. However, Mickey Arthur also took us to number 1

 

[sshakir411]

Waqar was a failure as head coach..that part is right. But I'd never take Kamran's word for anything...Waqar lacked complete understanding of the game and was one dimensional along with being safe. I think the best use of Waqar was under Woolmer as bowling coach. That's where Waqar brought in tremendous value...even the pre-ban Amir was developed under Waqar.

I respect him and thank him for his services but think he's not cut out to be head coach...he should be given a role to develop all young fast bowlers before they get selected for the national team. Something like 5 to 10 promising youngsta beauties should be handed to him and he should work with them for a while and help them learn the art of bowling when they are RAW.

 

[Slog]

"kamran akmal was (and is) a failure as a cricket player and has caused a lot of damage to pakistan cricket. in his enthusiasm to continue playing cricket for selfish reasons he blocked (is blocking) path of may talented players and has put the national team back by two to three decades."

"i don't know but i have had issues with many young players. i have no plans and understanding on how to take the pakistan team forward. an example was when i went to sydney and dropped so many catches and was so bad that even shane watson was bemused about it. let alone danish kaneria and mohammad sami whose cricketing careers have suffered because of my ineptness."

"i remember asking to be given three chances to prove my worth but i obviously failed at all three and blamed the coach for not giving me confidence. i continue to think that fitness is an overrated aspect in cricket. i was not a part of bangladesh tour and missed an opportunity to drop more catches and maintain my glorious average of 20 as an opening batsman which fills me with great regret."

"i will continue to glorify woolmer because that was the only time in my career that i looked a cricketer. however i will forget my first english tour where the dropping catch malaise first surfaced and my team lost a test series 3-0 with a forfeit in oval test. coaches who ask me to train and run are very silly, i should only be allowed to bat and stand behind and keep if i feel like. focus on fitness is very damaging to the team."


"also my brother has super powers and will one day be part of avengers and save the galaxy from attack by thanos just by deflecting his high power beam using his gigantic belly and the water stored in it. basic science 101"

- there, fixed whatever he wanted to say but didn't say.

LMAO

I didnt read this post earlier cuz its long and looked like a wall of text but just did

Aaaand its hilarious!

 

[The_Odd_One]

Though I am no fan of Waqar (he was one of the worst coaches Pakistan ever had), Kamran has caused far more damage to Pakistani team than anyone else.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Not just just as coach, but Waqar also damaged the team during his captaincy. no other player of Waqar's caliber has been so detrimental as a leader.

Kamran Akmal is absolutely correct.

This.
For once Kami said something out of his heart and right on the money.
Waqar was a poor coach and pathetic player identifier.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Who are you to judge waqar??? Teri awqat kia Hain?

 

[ahmedzee]

Waqar as a coach and a captain was definitely the worst thing that has happened to Pakistan cricket

 

[Plumb]

Kamiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Feel sorry for these akmals and their mentality. He just don't want to admit that he was a failure keeper but to blame others.

 

[DRsohail]

wether waqar was better or bad but who is kamran to point finger on him and saying that by this poor logic that he demoted umar akmal...l

 

[msb314]

Waqar was rubbish but not sure what is the point of pointing ringers now.

 

[Monsee]

"kamran akmal was (and is) a failure as a cricket player and has caused a lot of damage to pakistan cricket. in his enthusiasm to continue playing cricket for selfish reasons he blocked (is blocking) path of may talented players and has put the national team back by two to three decades."

"i don't know but i have had issues with many young players. i have no plans and understanding on how to take the pakistan team forward. an example was when i went to sydney and dropped so many catches and was so bad that even shane watson was bemused about it. let alone danish kaneria and mohammad sami whose cricketing careers have suffered because of my ineptness."

"i remember asking to be given three chances to prove my worth but i obviously failed at all three and blamed the coach for not giving me confidence. i continue to think that fitness is an overrated aspect in cricket. i was not a part of bangladesh tour and missed an opportunity to drop more catches and maintain my glorious average of 20 as an opening batsman which fills me with great regret."

"i will continue to glorify woolmer because that was the only time in my career that i looked a cricketer. however i will forget my first english tour where the dropping catch malaise first surfaced and my team lost a test series 3-0 with a forfeit in oval test. coaches who ask me to train and run are very silly, i should only be allowed to bat and stand behind and keep if i feel like. focus on fitness is very damaging to the team."


"also my brother has super powers and will one day be part of avengers and save the galaxy from attack by thanos just by deflecting his high power beam using his gigantic belly and the water stored in it. basic science 101"

- there, fixed whatever he wanted to say but didn't say.

HaHaHa, nicely done!

 

[waleed88]

Any objective observer will also reach the same conclusion about Waqar's tenure.

However Kamran is not one of them - he's just trying to cover for his brother's pathetic performance and fitness which Waqar rightly did not tolerate.

Waqar wasn't coach in the Asia Cup 2014 when Umar scored a century against Afghanistan... it was a team of Zaheer Abbas Moin Khan and Shoaib Mohammad that were coaches, this is a shameless guy who will goto no ends to defend his own.

 

[waleed88]

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/n...r-asia-cup-and-icc-world-t20-2014-667818.html

This will be news to Kami but Waqar bhai wasn't coach then...

The game he is referring to is after Umar's century against Afghanistan, he was sent after Shahid Afridi in the next match against Bangladesh where Afridi swatted at a strike rate of more than 200 for us to chase down 300 and Umar sent in after Afridi who finished it off in the end..

 

[waleed88]

"I remember Umar Akmal scored a hundred in an Asia Cup match and next match he was batting behind Shahid Afridi and others. Waqar no doubt was a great player for Pakistan but as a coach he was a failure. He took six to seven new players to Bangladesh after the World Cup (2015) and the result was we lost the one-day and T20 series for the first time to them,"


I can only laugh at this )

 

[waleed88]

Umar Akmal has only scored 2 ODI hundreds, there can't be any other Asia Cup where Junior scored it... maybe he is referring to outside influence from Waqar as he commentated for us then

 

[Suleiman]

Agree with him 100%. There were external forces out to get him and his family.

 

[Misia]

hes only sying that as waqar was unäble to teach him how to catch, alos my personal beleif is pakistan rose to number 1 becouse of waqar's coaching and his insitance in bringing in more youngsters, if waqr hadnt screamed from the rooftops an highlighted the pcb backward politics and unprofessionalism, pakistan cricket would still be going backwards

 

[sali]

Ignoring merit will always hurt you. Waqar had no experience of coaching and his record as a captain of Pakistan team was poor but from no where he was made the coach. Based on his commentary skills??

 

[waleed88]

Ignoring merit will always hurt you. Waqar had no experience of coaching and his record as a captain of Pakistan team was poor but from no where he was made the coach. Based on his commentary skills??

Miandad had any coaching experience? Moin Khan? Zaheer Abbas? Shoaib Mohammad? Intikhab Alam? Haroon Rasheed? Mohsin Khan?

Why is Ravi Shastri serving as Indian team coach? What is his experience?

 

[Saj]

I think Kamran is responding to the comments Waqar quite rightly made about Umar Akmal.

 

[PakLFC]

Kamran's career is most likely over now. He is just letting some hot air out, it's understandable. With Sarfraz set to be our captain and keeper for the next ten years our former keeper is probably feeling a bit jealous. Any coach is as good as the players are.

 

[Bewal Express]

Agree with him 100%. There were external forces out to get him and his family.

Sounds very much like another famous families excuses.

 

[msb314]

Yeah forget the 6 match losing streak. Worst ever losing streak in history of Pak cricket

Also.. Taking #1 ranked team to #6 in record six months

Waqar would have lost all of them too except maybe against WI (Waqar only whitewashed Australia in the UAE during his tenure so no guarantee he would have won the 3rd test against WI either)

 

[MMHS]

Bad taste - why call names now? WY didn't appoint himself Captain or Coach, neither he reappointed himself & retained for 4 years. If it was regarding reappointment (just in case), of WY as PAK's Coach for the nth time (forgot count including tenure as bowling coach), may be there was a basis of such comments, but I find it now bitter.

On contrary, may not be as Head Coach, or even bowling coach, but I'll always welcome WY as as CS, or in a functional role like director cricket. I believe, he is honest to the task and has 10+ years of experience of playing in Counties (& in one of the best generation of International cricket) - if appointed with autonomy, he probably'll do much better job that Rashid or Inzamam.

 

[TQ89]

He lost me where of all the other problems he could mention ( us not having openers, keeping issues, middle order problems) he chose umar akmal as prime example of mismanagement by waqar. Gives me new reason to hate the akmal bros everyday.

 

[TQ89]

Bad taste - why call names now? WY didn't appoint himself Captain or Coach, neither he reappointed himself & retained for 4 years. If it was regarding reappointment (just in case), of WY as PAK's Coach for the nth time (forgot count including tenure as bowling coach), may be there was a basis of such comments, but I find it now bitter.

On contrary, may not be as Head Coach, or even bowling coach, but I'll always welcome WY as as CS, or in a functional role like director cricket. I believe, he is honest to the task and has 10+ years of experience of playing in Counties (& in one of the best generation of International cricket) - if appointed with autonomy, he probably'll do much better job that Rashid or Inzamam.

Agreed. He may have lot of other faults but being unprofessional wasn't one of them. The dude was serious when it came to cricket.

It is not his fault his recommendations were not implemented by the board in 2015. We just love to make him the punching bag while forgetting to hold others accountable. The recent progress pakistan has had owes a lot to his leaked report after failures in WT20 2016 & asia cup 2016 and finally things got exposed about the shoddy ways of the administration.

 

[Markhor]

Yeah forget the 6 match losing streak. Worst ever losing streak in history of Pak cricket

Also.. Taking #1 ranked team to #6 in record six months

That's what happens when 4 out of your first 5 Test series as coach are away tours. 2 of which are particularly tough for Asian teams (AUS/NZ). Anyway I thought you said Mickey's real challenge is not in Tests but in LOIs ?

We've won the Champions Trophy, beaten WI home and away, chased 300 for first time outside Asia and beat Australia away in an ODI for first time since 2005 under Mickey. What comparable achievements in LOIs do we have under Whitewash Specialist Waqar who lost 3-0 to Bangladesh, 3-0 to Australia and 2-0 twice to NZ ?

We've won 7 out of 8 T20Is under Mickey after the ignominious group stage departure from WT20 under Waqar.

 

[Zaz]

Why does kamran have to be the defender of umar? Cant he answer his critics himself rather than big brother all the time This sort of thing makes kami look very biased n silly

He needs to tell his brother to get his act together rather than making a fool of himself day in day out in the media where he makes every excuse under the sun for him

 

[Suleiman]

Have heard WWE named the dropkick in Kamran Akmal's honor.

But honestly, despite his failures he was a loyal servant to Pakistan once, let's leave it at that.

 

[Lefthanded]

Rondi buthi, juari, aur domestic cricket ka shehzaday ki bukwas.

Whether or not Waqar's coaching was of any merit, Akmal has no one to blame but himself for costing us matches and being well below international level.

 

[Justcrazy]

Waqar is not good as coach that is not a secret.

 

[Stewie]

What about the irreversible damage you caused to the careers of some Pakistan bowlers? Sami, Kaneria?


I think the Akmal brothers can now see the writing on the wall. These are the last few frustrated attempts at garnering a few sympathy votes from the public. He is never coming back to the team as a regular and I hope neither does his brother.

 

[ChachaPakistani]

May the Akmals never return to Pakistan cricket. What a glorious day that will be if Inzy were to say all of them are done and dusted.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

akmals ..... always ready to embarrass themselves.

 

[Saj]

Good old Kami, calls him bhai then slates him.

 

[Hasan123]

Waqar was a rubbish coach but he didn't do as much damage and didn't embarrass Pakistan cricket as much as Kamran Akmal.

 

[Abdullah719]

Waqar may not have been the best coach in the world but Kami really shouldn't be the one talking about others 'causing damage to Pakistan cricket'...

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">salaam to all good to c <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a> bhai after long <a href="https://t.co/32EzR68Uy2">https://t.co/32EzR68Uy2</a> r&u will always be remain like my elder bro.i really respect u</p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899702294014504960">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i made my debut under ur captaincy&learnt alot from u.whatever i said was purely my opinion on coaching nothing personal <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a> bhai</p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899702970106998784">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">u r legend&ofcourse a great player.i sincerely apologise if i hurt u which i wasn't mean2 it was an opinion which u do have 2 <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a></p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899704802552295424">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[coy0607]

Kami trying to do some damage control i see

 

[cricketerB94]

Looks like Kami has been dropped from Peshawar team and he wants to go to Multan team now. )

 

[backfootpunch]

kamran akmal deliberately lost Pakistan the sydney test how rich of him to talk about someone ruining cricket for pakistan

 

[Suleiman]

I was hoping with Sharjeel's demise Kami could be brought back as a batsman + batting mentor member of the squad and management kind of like they are planning to do with James Anderson. He understands the modern requirements of odi batting and was one of the best in the world in his pomp. Plus he can give Sarfraz tips as well to improve w keeping, but Kam will play as specialist bat.

Could be a good option and eases work load on Arthur and Graeme.

 

[Slog]

Looks like Kami has been dropped from Peshawar team and he wants to go to Multan team now. )

Apparently Waqar decided against becoming Multan coach

 

[cricketerB94]

Apparently Waqar decided against becoming Multan coach

Why? Any idea?

 

[mak36]

Apparently Waqar decided against becoming Multan coach

Source?

 

[Abdullah719]

Source?

He said it on a TV show today.

 

[asadee]

I was hoping with Sharjeel's demise Kami could be brought back as a batsman + batting mentor member of the squad and management kind of like they are planning to do with James Anderson. He understands the modern requirements of odi batting and was one of the best in the world in his pomp. Plus he can give Sarfraz tips as well to improve w keeping, but Kam will play as specialist bat.

Could be a good option and eases work load on Arthur and Graeme.

I hope this is sarcasm

 

[sshakir411]

I hope this is sarcasm

The Akmals and their supporters will never fail to surprise you.

 

[shortbread]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">salaam to all good to c <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a> bhai after long <a href="https://t.co/32EzR68Uy2">https://t.co/32EzR68Uy2</a> r&u will always be remain like my elder bro.i really respect u</p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899702294014504960">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i made my debut under ur captaincy&learnt alot from u.whatever i said was purely my opinion on coaching nothing personal <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a> bhai</p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899702970106998784">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">u r legend&ofcourse a great player.i sincerely apologise if i hurt u which i wasn't mean2 it was an opinion which u do have 2 <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99">@waqyounis99</a></p>— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamiAkmal23/status/899704802552295424">August 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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I want to know who Kami's sounding board is?! There must be some person out there whom he shares his thoughts, aspirations with, seeks advice from etc.... Its like the 'Night King' in GoT, that person must be the root of all this nonsense.

No sane person can do so much self harm by himself!

 

[Abdullah719]

So this is what Waqar said last night which caused Kami to respond via Twitter:

"I can only laugh at his comments. I don't know how he claims to know so much about the team under me. He didn't play any matches during my tenure. In my first tenure, he played three Test matches and made 24 runs including three ducks and the whole world knows about his keeping record. So after that if he complains about being dropped..."

"Another thing is that after being dropped, they suddenly start speaking a lot. While they are in the team, Vicky bhai is good, Vicky bhai is the best! He's complaining about me training players hard; perhaps if he was fit, he would have performed better. So he played those three Tests and then after that didn't play for a few years so I don't know where he is getting all these impressions about my coaching tenure from."

"As long as you keep playing these players, there's no problem. Same goes for Umar Akmal. If he plays in the Pakistan team tomorrow then Mickey will become Mickey bhaijaan."

 

[Syed1]

So this is what Waqar said last night which caused Kami to respond via Twitter:

"I can only laugh at his comments. I don't know how he claims to know so much about the team under me. He didn't play any matches during my tenure. In my first tenure, he played three Test matches and made 24 runs including three ducks and the whole world knows about his keeping record. So after that if he complains about being dropped..."

"Another thing is that after being dropped, they suddenly start speaking a lot. While they are in the team, Vicky bhai is good, Vicky bhai is the best! He's complaining about me training players hard; perhaps if he was fit, he would have performed better. So he played those three Tests and then after that didn't play for a few years so I don't know where he is getting all these impressions about my coaching tenure from."

"As long as you keep playing these players, there's no problem. Same goes for Umar Akmal. If he plays in the Pakistan team tomorrow then Mickey will become Mickey bhaijaan."

Hahahahah Vicki with an epic beat down of the Akmal clan. Sad days these if you are a Akmal lover like [MENTION=134608]Hawkeye[/MENTION].

 

[zn426]

I want to know who Kami's sounding board is?! There must be some person out there whom he shares his thoughts, aspirations with, seeks advice from etc.... Its like the 'Night King' in GoT, that person must be the root of all this nonsense.

No sane person can do so much self harm by himself!

I think Umar and Kamran are talking to each other a bit too much.

 

[zn426]

So this is what Waqar said last night which caused Kami to respond via Twitter:

"I can only laugh at his comments. I don't know how he claims to know so much about the team under me. He didn't play any matches during my tenure. In my first tenure, he played three Test matches and made 24 runs including three ducks and the whole world knows about his keeping record. So after that if he complains about being dropped..."

"Another thing is that after being dropped, they suddenly start speaking a lot. While they are in the team, Vicky bhai is good, Vicky bhai is the best! He's complaining about me training players hard; perhaps if he was fit, he would have performed better. So he played those three Tests and then after that didn't play for a few years so I don't know where he is getting all these impressions about my coaching tenure from."

"As long as you keep playing these players, there's no problem. Same goes for Umar Akmal. If he plays in the Pakistan team tomorrow then Mickey will become Mickey bhaijaan."

Bhaijan? Waqar is 45. UA is 27. 18 years is far enough not to be bhai.