Very well put. I’ve also noticed one more thing, they complain a lot about the PCB and current coaching setup (many complaints are valid, many I disagree with) but when they hosted Wasim Khan, Nadeem Khan, Misbah ul Haq, Azhar Ali, and others involved in the setup, they were suddenly completely shy and averse from asking some of the same incisive questions or asking directly about policies and selection decisions.
In other words, they just didn’t know how to put their money where their mouths were. Building on that, they rarely talk about team strategy, balance, and statistically-backed inferences on the different questions.
For example, they talk about how the PCB needs to shed the “liking and disliking” culture, and then openly talk about their own likes and dislikes (Dr. Nauman has a grudge against Imam ul Haq, for example) without ever bringing up a statistical comparison with the other options available. They simply say “x person deserved it more, he’s been performing for years” - these days the golden boy is Sami Aslam, without ever providing a statistical comparison to Shan Masood and Abid Ali. I don’t mind them arguing in Sami’s favor - it’s about how they argue it.
At best, I see them quote that person’s domestic average. I have rarely seen them go into details like a batsman’s strike rate, let alone strike rate by phase of the game or a bowler’s economy rate, let alone economy by phase of the game.
Critical analyses often degenerate into Rashid and Shoaib telling tales of their 90s and 00s rodeos, and there are entire segments devoted to padding each other up.
Note that I have the utmost respect for all three of them, and I watch Game on Hai regularly (on 2x speed) because there is decent analysis in between all the fluff. But the show is run horribly.
