Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Ehsan Mani at a media talk:
"Some changes have come but we need to do more. I said from the first day that I want to keep a professional board, cricket is a professional game and it needs to be run by professionals to improve cricket"
"In that process, some people themselves realised that time is up for them and they should do something else. With regards to our academies, we want to spread the program around the whole country, not just have it at Lahore at the NCA"
"We want to have 6 centres of excellence around the country. The development programmes will begin with 16 year olds, then U19s, A teams, etc. Our sporting culture, fitness programmes, dietary requirements need to be started from a young age, when we see youngsters have the potential to play for Pakistan. We have to make them professional sportsmen"
"For that, we need to bring some changes in the system and we need new people"
"We can't build relationships with other countries sitting here that can be built with person to person contact. When you sit with someone, meet them, eat with them, confidence builds. SL has come to Pakistan because they have confidence. When people come and talk to us, we trust them and act accordingly"
"When Wasim and Zakir Khan went to Australia, they had meetings with the officials. We came to a decision with them that post 2023, all our series in Australia will have at least 3 Test matches"
"We spoke to NSW's academy and we will send 3 players to them on a scholarship basis regularly every year, so that our players get the opportunity to play in their system"
"So these things (visits) aren't joy rides, they aren't for enjoyment"
"Wasim Khan became Chairman of the Cricket Committee when Mohsin Khan stepped down because he himself was interested in some PCB positions. But Wasim Khan is a full time employee of PCB, his influence could be very heavy in that way"
"I want the committee to be completely independent and it should have former international cricketers who can give advice and do critical analysis. They should have access to all levels of cricket, domestic and international. They should be able to talk to the captains and coaches, they should be able to challenge our senior officials. They can ask Wasim Khan, why did you do this. Talk on wickets, pitches, grounds. Wasim Khan is also accountable so it wasn't suitable for him to be running this committee"
"Mudassar Nazar contributed a lot for Pakistan cricket. He had a 3 year contract. When his contract ended in May, I had been here for 6 months and Wasim for 2 months. I thought he should continue for another year and he also agreed for one more year and we're continuing with that. His contract is up in May 2020 and he himself informed us that he doesn't wish to continue after that so we will move forward"
"We haven't decided about bringing in foreigners or hiring locals. I do wish for us to have Pakistanis. But it's a fact that academy programmes in other countries are way ahead of us. We can take expertise from them and we can keep someone as a consultant for advice, but the people who will run the academies will hopefully be Pakistanis"
"Some changes have come but we need to do more. I said from the first day that I want to keep a professional board, cricket is a professional game and it needs to be run by professionals to improve cricket"
"In that process, some people themselves realised that time is up for them and they should do something else. With regards to our academies, we want to spread the program around the whole country, not just have it at Lahore at the NCA"
"We want to have 6 centres of excellence around the country. The development programmes will begin with 16 year olds, then U19s, A teams, etc. Our sporting culture, fitness programmes, dietary requirements need to be started from a young age, when we see youngsters have the potential to play for Pakistan. We have to make them professional sportsmen"
"For that, we need to bring some changes in the system and we need new people"
"We can't build relationships with other countries sitting here that can be built with person to person contact. When you sit with someone, meet them, eat with them, confidence builds. SL has come to Pakistan because they have confidence. When people come and talk to us, we trust them and act accordingly"
"When Wasim and Zakir Khan went to Australia, they had meetings with the officials. We came to a decision with them that post 2023, all our series in Australia will have at least 3 Test matches"
"We spoke to NSW's academy and we will send 3 players to them on a scholarship basis regularly every year, so that our players get the opportunity to play in their system"
"So these things (visits) aren't joy rides, they aren't for enjoyment"
"Wasim Khan became Chairman of the Cricket Committee when Mohsin Khan stepped down because he himself was interested in some PCB positions. But Wasim Khan is a full time employee of PCB, his influence could be very heavy in that way"
"I want the committee to be completely independent and it should have former international cricketers who can give advice and do critical analysis. They should have access to all levels of cricket, domestic and international. They should be able to talk to the captains and coaches, they should be able to challenge our senior officials. They can ask Wasim Khan, why did you do this. Talk on wickets, pitches, grounds. Wasim Khan is also accountable so it wasn't suitable for him to be running this committee"
"Mudassar Nazar contributed a lot for Pakistan cricket. He had a 3 year contract. When his contract ended in May, I had been here for 6 months and Wasim for 2 months. I thought he should continue for another year and he also agreed for one more year and we're continuing with that. His contract is up in May 2020 and he himself informed us that he doesn't wish to continue after that so we will move forward"
"We haven't decided about bringing in foreigners or hiring locals. I do wish for us to have Pakistanis. But it's a fact that academy programmes in other countries are way ahead of us. We can take expertise from them and we can keep someone as a consultant for advice, but the people who will run the academies will hopefully be Pakistanis"
