Lol what are you talking about? There were 350 applicants for the position and it came down to Wasim Khan and Dr Nauman Niaz. This is standard practice for hiring applicants and no different to how PCB goes about hiring coaches. So based on this logic PCB shouldn't hire foreign coaches like Mickey Arthur and David Whatmore because there are Pakistani's who can do the role as well. Wasim Khan's resume, experience and accomplishments especially relating to Cricket are not what every other Pakistani has
It is not an efficient process because restructuring the format of domestic competitions (especially when Imran Khan wants his idea to be implemented) should not come at a cost of 40 lakhs per month. This job should be performed by the chairman.
It is not about whether local people can perform the role or not. Hiring Mickey or Arthur is not a waste of resources, but hiring two people for what should be the job of one individual certainly is.
There is absolutely no reason why Ehsan Mani shouldn’t have performed this job, and he could have easily appointed an advisor who wouldn’t have costed PCB 40 lakhs per month.
Actually if you think about it, there was nothing in the PCB constitution for the post of Director General under the PPP, but Javed Miandad occupied that role for 6 long years at a cost of almost Rs 1.5 million a month and did absolutely zilch for Pakistan Cricket. He even on record at the time said on tv that given his stature, prestige he deserved to be paid that much but the PCB was not utilizing his services properly
And Wasim Khan is going to cost more for a job that should have been performed by our chairman. The end result is essentially the same - it is an unjustifiable waste of resources.
Ehsan Mani's point of view is that in all other cricket boards, the position of the chairman and the position of the CEO are two different roles and seperate positions. In no other Board the Chairman is also the CEO. Wasim Khan has been hired as MD for now but the plan is to later change the constitution and to change his post from MD to CEO.
Most of these boards generate more revenue than PCB and they don’t have foreigners as MDs/CEOs who would cost more than a local alternative.
Ehsan Mani was quick to come up with a list of the over the top expenses during Sethi’s tenure, but his solution for cost cutting was to invent a position at a cost of 40 lakhs per month to essentially perform a job that he should be performing in the first place.
The role of the CEO is to be responsible for the day to day functioning at the PCB, performance of the team, international cricket, domestic cricket and the chairman on the other hands provides overall strategic overview.
What is this strategic overview that Mani is or will provide? It is a very vague term with an unclear job description.
If Imran Khan is providing the framework for the new domestic structure and Wasim Khan is tasked with implementing the structure, Ehsan Mani doesn’t fit in anywhere. His role is now so marginalized that it doesn’t justify two individuals and two job titles.
Last i checked, the PCB Bank Accounts showed a total of Rs 10 billion, Rs 4 million for a CEO with an outstanding trackrecord of performance and with the pressure to deliver big is justified.
Even the most profitable organization strive to minimize costs without compromising on performance. I am yet to see a solid explanation for why the chairman cannot oversee the restructuring of domestic cricket and evaluate the performance of the team.
Implementing the domestic structure as you can see and observe is very messy where the departments mafia are already making a lot of noise about players no longer getting free handouts. Plus it is not easy to overhaul a 70 year old system. The transition has to be handled professionally and with due care and dilligence.
Firstly, why can’t Ehsan Mani do it?
Secondly, do you really think Wasim Khan has what it takes to take on the mafia?
He is not here for domestic cricket only, his role is to thoroughly professionalize the organization, improve revenue streams, get international cricket to Pakistan, get more U 16, U 19, A tours going
Again, why can’t Ehsan Mani do it?
Everyone knows that umpring standards in Pakistan's domestic cricket is very poor. I once remember seeing a video clip on GEO which showed bowlers were openly indulging in ball tampering and the umpires were powerless to do anything about it.
Yes they are poor, but spending thousands of pounds to bring ECB umpires here and send our umpires to England doesn’t seem like a prudent solution to me, and more of a money wasting exercise. What will ECB teach them? How to not be powerless when there is ball tampering?
I see no reason why Aleem Dar’s services cannot be utilized to improve the standard of umpiring in domestic cricket. He is better and more accomplished than any umpire on ECB’s watch.
Again, your desire to criticize, mock, riddicule is far greater than your desire to see improvements in Pakistan Cricket. I am pretty sure if Imran Khan had come to you for a donation for the Shaukat Khannum Hospital in the 80's and 90's, you would have turned him away and completely dismissed the idea and demoralized him that you are wasting your time, you will never ever be successful, forget it.
Thank goodness we have some people on this planet who have the ability to see the bigger picture.
You can make your thinly veiled personal attacks, but I don’t criticize for the sake of criticism - I have yet to come across a genuine justification for why appointing Wasim Khan at 40 lakhs per month is reasonable after the appointment of Ehsan Mani. I am not stubborn, and if someone makes a genuine argument I will accept.
Actually if you had listened to his interview properly, he specifically mentioned that all professional domestic cricket structures around the world have different kinds of pitches in different stadiums. It is no secret that our domestic cricket pitches have gone for a complete toss in the last 10 plus years and the groundsmen had very little knowledge on how to prepare proper fast flat pitches with decent bounce that you see in India.
Our groundsmen seem to have more than adequate knowledge on how to produce flat, high-scoring pitches for PSL and Pakistan Cup. If they produce these wickets in F/C matches, we will see scores of 500+ that we want, and it is strange why they are unable to produce those pitches in F/C tournaments.
Is because the F/C season is scheduled in the winters or is what the local coaches demand? Anyway, spending thousands of pounds to bring English curators to Pakistan and send our curators to England is not the solution.
Yes, we have seen how past PCB Chairman's and employees have been able to achieve. Lol i wonder if you will take back your words if the ECB does agree to a full tour of Pakistan. I predict you will dismiss it as if it could have been achieved by anyone else as well.
I will accept the worth of his appointment if he can convince ECB to arrange a full tour to Pakistan. Apart from that, I don’t see any worth in his appointment that couldn’t have been achieved with better planning at less cost.
He could have made 1,000,000 pounds a year working for the ECB. He was in running for Andrew Strauss's position and had made it to the second interview and the ECB were disappointed that he chose to work for the PCB. Appointing him was no easy solution by any means, he has already mentioned that he would not have accepted the position if he wasn't sure if he would have been able to make a difference and that IK becoming Prime Minister played a major role in him deciding to offer his services to Pakistan Cricket
Yes he did a big favor to Pakistan cricket by choosing PCB over ECB, but this is not about his credentials but PCB’s ill-planning. Like most of Imran Khan’s appointments, Ehsan Mani was a mistake. He is only fit for ceremonial roles where he has no real power (e.g. ICC President).
He doesn’t have the energy for this role and the confidence to take matters into his own hands. His solution is to dump all responsibility on Wasim Khan’s head at a cost of 40 lakhs per month while he attends meetings and does nothing.
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