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So we have royally messed up our chances in playing test championship for 2021-2023 cycle. We had one of the easiest draws going into this cycle with a lot of cricket being played at home and away tours were as easy as they come (Ban, SL and WI). Yet today we sit here where we did not manage to win in SL and WI and were defeated by Aus at home and similar outcome is now predicted against England.
The management of Pakistan cricket needs to take responsibility and hold itself accountable for ensuring we deliver or yield better results for 2023-2025 cycle. It is important to note that our core players like Babar, Rizwan, Imam and Shadab would have been either at their peek or just started to see decline in their numbers. So its important we give their long-term replacements enough time to take over from them when the time comes. Whilst player management is extremely important so is strategies and think tank.
Think tank / Strategies
We have been nothing but abysmal for a long time now when it comes to think tank or game understanding. If I remember correctly the last time when our think tank were appreciated was back in Misbah era when he delivered the series whitewash to England in UAE or when we won that 4th innings chase in dying lights against Sri Lanka. In those games our management actually had a plan that paid off post Misbah era our plans are non-existent or repetitive. Rather than being pro-active we are always reactive and in most cases we simply keep on repeating same plan regardless of opposition or conditions.
Whilst our current think tank is a complete failure and their attitude is a massively unprofessional its quite obvious we need a change. Ideally PCB needs to shortlist potential candidates and take a long-term decision post NZ series. We have PSL after NZ series and then IPL so potentially we have a break which will help the new management settle down. Ideally PCB would want strategist in here rather than big names. PCB needs to go back and find someone like Lawson who can help drive strategical plans for this team.
Player management
PCB made a joke of itself in recent T20 with 2 of our main players breaking down in world cup games. Shaheen breaking down in finals itself was a massive blow as well. Player management has to be on top of PCB's agenda. We have seen PCB throwing Haris Rauf in tests with absolutely no credentials shows our attitude in preserving our talents.
Our domestic cricketers need to be awarded for their performances whilst our players playing all formats should be preserved and treaded carefully. We need to have back-ups in place for players that play all formats to ensure the transition is not difficult once our all format players are gone.
Our all format players are Babar, Rizwan, Shadab and Shaheen. This is the core of our setup. We need to have back-ups in place to take responsibility from these players when the time comes. We need to empower players like Imam, Shafique, Nawaz and Naseem so that when the time comes they can step up to take mantle from our core players.
We also need to have 2 different setups in mind for our test team while playing in Asian conditions and for SENA conditions.
[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Asian conditions[/td]
[td]SENA conditions[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1[/td]
[td]Imam[/td]
[td]Imam[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2[/td]
[td]Shafique[/td]
[td]Shafique[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3[/td]
[td]Shan[/td]
[td]Shan[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4[/td]
[td]Babar[/td]
[td]Babar[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5[/td]
[td]Saud/Kamran[/td]
[td]Saud/Kamran[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6[/td]
[td]Rizwan[/td]
[td]Rizwan[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7[/td]
[td]Shadab[/td]
[td]Faheem[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8[/td]
[td]Hasan Ali[/td]
[td]Shadab[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9[/td]
[td]Shaheen[/td]
[td]Shaheen[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10[/td]
[td]Naseem[/td]
[td]Naseem[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]11[/td]
[td]Abrar[/td]
[td]Muhammad Ali[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Reserves: Its extremely important that we treat our reserve players with extreme respect and ensure they get sufficient playing time which means ensuring they get players into county or ensure the teams play full QEA trophy.
Very important reserves for next cycle are Hurraira, Kamran Ghulam, Rohail Nazir / Haseebullah, Hasnain and domestic spinner like Zafar Gohar. These young players are our next likely core for a test line-up hence they need to start gelling them into our team slowly but steadily.
The management of Pakistan cricket needs to take responsibility and hold itself accountable for ensuring we deliver or yield better results for 2023-2025 cycle. It is important to note that our core players like Babar, Rizwan, Imam and Shadab would have been either at their peek or just started to see decline in their numbers. So its important we give their long-term replacements enough time to take over from them when the time comes. Whilst player management is extremely important so is strategies and think tank.
Think tank / Strategies
We have been nothing but abysmal for a long time now when it comes to think tank or game understanding. If I remember correctly the last time when our think tank were appreciated was back in Misbah era when he delivered the series whitewash to England in UAE or when we won that 4th innings chase in dying lights against Sri Lanka. In those games our management actually had a plan that paid off post Misbah era our plans are non-existent or repetitive. Rather than being pro-active we are always reactive and in most cases we simply keep on repeating same plan regardless of opposition or conditions.
Whilst our current think tank is a complete failure and their attitude is a massively unprofessional its quite obvious we need a change. Ideally PCB needs to shortlist potential candidates and take a long-term decision post NZ series. We have PSL after NZ series and then IPL so potentially we have a break which will help the new management settle down. Ideally PCB would want strategist in here rather than big names. PCB needs to go back and find someone like Lawson who can help drive strategical plans for this team.
Player management
PCB made a joke of itself in recent T20 with 2 of our main players breaking down in world cup games. Shaheen breaking down in finals itself was a massive blow as well. Player management has to be on top of PCB's agenda. We have seen PCB throwing Haris Rauf in tests with absolutely no credentials shows our attitude in preserving our talents.
Our domestic cricketers need to be awarded for their performances whilst our players playing all formats should be preserved and treaded carefully. We need to have back-ups in place for players that play all formats to ensure the transition is not difficult once our all format players are gone.
Our all format players are Babar, Rizwan, Shadab and Shaheen. This is the core of our setup. We need to have back-ups in place to take responsibility from these players when the time comes. We need to empower players like Imam, Shafique, Nawaz and Naseem so that when the time comes they can step up to take mantle from our core players.
We also need to have 2 different setups in mind for our test team while playing in Asian conditions and for SENA conditions.
[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Asian conditions[/td]
[td]SENA conditions[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1[/td]
[td]Imam[/td]
[td]Imam[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2[/td]
[td]Shafique[/td]
[td]Shafique[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3[/td]
[td]Shan[/td]
[td]Shan[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4[/td]
[td]Babar[/td]
[td]Babar[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5[/td]
[td]Saud/Kamran[/td]
[td]Saud/Kamran[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6[/td]
[td]Rizwan[/td]
[td]Rizwan[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7[/td]
[td]Shadab[/td]
[td]Faheem[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8[/td]
[td]Hasan Ali[/td]
[td]Shadab[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9[/td]
[td]Shaheen[/td]
[td]Shaheen[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10[/td]
[td]Naseem[/td]
[td]Naseem[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]11[/td]
[td]Abrar[/td]
[td]Muhammad Ali[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Reserves: Its extremely important that we treat our reserve players with extreme respect and ensure they get sufficient playing time which means ensuring they get players into county or ensure the teams play full QEA trophy.
Very important reserves for next cycle are Hurraira, Kamran Ghulam, Rohail Nazir / Haseebullah, Hasnain and domestic spinner like Zafar Gohar. These young players are our next likely core for a test line-up hence they need to start gelling them into our team slowly but steadily.
