Javed Miandad: Pakistan’s cricket scenario is really sad.
Batting great Daved Miandad has bemoaned the management of cricket in the nation, claiming that players’ trust has been undermined by the team’s frequent appointments and changes. (Extra Cricket News)
During a ceremony held in Karachi to launch the Sindh Premier League, Miandad addressed the media, “I have not seen cricket governance anywhere in the world like we see in Pakistan and this state of affairs is really sad.”
The former captain of Pakistan, who played in 124 Test matches, claimed that the current cricket administration had a negative impact on both the players and the squad.
“I don’t think anywhere such frequent appointments and changes in cricket are made and it only means that we don’t have continuity in our cricket structure and more importantly the players don’t gain confidence,” stated the coach.
Following the ODI World Cup, Pakistan cricket had a series of appointments. Babar Azam resigned from all forms, while Shaheen Shah Afridi was chosen the captain of the T20I team and Shan Masood of the Test team, respectively.Following the World Cup in India, Mohammad Hafeez was also named director of cricket.
Miandad said that due of the cricket board’s management of the game in the nation, Pakistan was gradually lagging behind other teams.”Since last year we have had a really bad time in terms of our team’s performances and people who have no knowledge of cricket sit and take decisions which affect the entire structure in the country,” he stated.
Pakistan’s side recently suffered a 0-3 loss in the three-match Test series against Australia and a 1-4 loss in the five-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand.