Mohsin, Ijaz, Aamir blast team for T20 losses
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KARACHI: Former Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan was a disappointed man here on Tuesday after Pakistan’s stunning 0-3 loss to England in the T20 series in the UAE and said that a below par showing on part of the players heavily dented Pakistan’s chances of doing well in the upcoming World T20, scheduled to be held in India next year.
“Pakistan should have outplayed England in all departments of the T20 series but they failed miserably which is greatly disappointing,” he said on Tuesday.
“Afridi’s team literally squandered the opportunity of winning at least two easy matches in well-suited conditions which is quite embarrassing for the home fans,” lamented the former opener.
“Ours is a formidable team in the T20 format but the lack of planning and cohesion have led to destruction in the recent contests,” argued Mohsin who alleged that the players seem to be playing for themselves instead for the country.
“This is the worst possible situation in the lead-up to the upcoming World T20,” he said.
Mohsin pointed out that the performance of the team went downhill during the tenures of Dav Whatmore and now under coach Waqar Younis. “They (Whatmore and Waqar) both failed to achieve anything notable for Pakistan team during all this time,” he observed.
Meanwhile, former captain Aamir Sohail and batsman Ijaz Ahmed said it was incomprehensible why Pakistan did not use spinners on slow turning tracks against England in the UAE.
“Pakistan went into the series with only one spinner (Shahid Afridi) although Yasir Shah was also available,” said Ijaz. “Even Shoaib Malik who can bowl very well on slow wickets was not used properly. The absence of spinners cost our team dearly in the series.”
He added Pakistan players’ fitness level and running between the wickets was also extremely poor and believed that the main reason for this was poor domestic infrastructure and coaching.
“In the past our ‘A’ and under-19 teams used to have frequent foreign tours but for the last three to four years these tour have not happened. This I think is another major cause of Pakistan’s poor performance against the top sides. We also need the coaches to groom players for all kinds of tough situations,” said Ijaz.
Aamir also expressed his disappointment about the manner in which Pakistan lost the T20 matches against England. He was of the view that the choice of batsmen for Super Over was inappropriate.
“There was no planning and poor shot selection at crucial stages which let the team down,” he said.
Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2015
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Dec 02, 2015 09:58am
Waqar tenure are looser, of two WC 2011, 2015 hoping for hit trick t20 2016 if he is not remove a bad luck for Pakistan Waqar as Coach.
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Dec 02, 2015 11:30am
Mohsin Khan was a lucky coach for Pakistan. He should be brought as a coach for the T20 and the one days.
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Dec 02, 2015 11:38am
Aamir and Ijaz, you may have a point about not using spinners but I think the real issue is our batting. What did you want? that we should have bowled England out for 120 and then win the matches? No, I will rather have them chasing 180 and learn to win it as the other teams are doing it day in day out. If they can't chase 154 then sure either Waqar should go or Afridi must hang his boots. Who ever is deciding this batting line is living in 90s for sure. This way they won't even be able to chase 120 as the upper and middle order will stretch it to where you need 18 runs in last two overs regardless of the target.
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Dec 02, 2015 12:08pm
@Shahid : wrong planning by wrong coach Waqar, no judgement, Afridi want in team his (buddy yes - his own group) Waqar and Afridi r biased against Karachi that is the reason Sarafarz drop. Both r damaging team, karachi players and particularly sprite of Sarfarz.
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Dec 02, 2015 12:08pm
How many of the ex cricketers are involved in coaching at grass root level? All of them want to be national coach and cant help pulling the existing coach down. Themselves they are more concerned about making money on different sports channels.
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Dec 02, 2015 12:10pm
@Shahid U. Akmal was brought at BPL . But he couldn't face 5 dots in a row and got out.. K. Akmal was same and Jamshed is also.. Only Amir is execptional. Bring him back.
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Dec 02, 2015 12:18pm
I wonder if we could learn something after being champions in two world cups ODI & then T20. but still there is a long way to go...
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Dec 02, 2015 12:36pm
Spinners weren't used properly, I agree. I think in absence of Imad, Zafar Gohar should have been called up or should have had Bilal Asif in the line up for second game. ENG would have a tougher time against spinners.
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Dec 02, 2015 12:38pm
Well said
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Dec 02, 2015 12:40pm
@Iqbal Zaman khan how many of them arw engaged by pcb to do the grass roots level coaching? Question should be asked from pcb not players
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Dec 02, 2015 12:42pm
@Shahid /You are so right-it is the batting that has not worked for Pakistan for a number of years. Case in point, most of your novice and experienced players alike get out at critical junctures, by playing stupid shots game in and game out. Further, in the third T20 game Afridi and Akmal, the two very experienced players and supposedly hard hitters of the ball, could score only three runs in a super over!!!, whereas they should have scored close to 8-10 runs, and that's where the game was lost. Let us then stop blaming the coaching staff-honestly in a situation like this, there is not much any coach can do.
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Dec 02, 2015 01:22pm
The main reason of Pak failure in limited over games is lack of wicket taking bowlers. In the past Akram,waqar,Akhtar and Mushtaq have won many matches for Pak. and later Ajmal,Hafeez and Afridi have done their duties. But now Ajmal and Hafeez are not available for Pak and Afridi is off color nowadays. In the current Pak team Wahab & co are not able take wickets continuously. I think Amir can do for Pak some thing and should call immediately to play his team. After Akram, Waqar and Akhtar, bowlers are unable to take 4 or 5 wicket hauls for themselves. Pak need wicket taking bowlers immediately.
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Dec 02, 2015 01:53pm
@Abbassin, its not about a single event like that super over or a single defeat which describes the real problem. Let's go back to the second T20 match and see for your self how after a flying start, in 5 consecutive overs ( over no. 5 to 9) Hafeez and Shoaib Malik score 17 runs at at SR of 3,46 per over. They had already lost it there and brought the asking rate to 12 and put a huge pressure on batsmen to come. Take the third match, it's the same story. First 4 batsmen is making it impossible for the late order. I would like to know, whose job is it to tell them not to slow down when a wicket falls. Let them all fall and lose it while trying to score big runs than play a test innings of 5 overs before you start hitting if you survive. I would open with Hafeez and Kamran Akmal, send Umar Akmal at 3 and Afridi at 4. Umar Akmal needs to be tried at 3 or 4.
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Dec 02, 2015 01:55pm
From the start I called Pak to win test series and lose odi and t20i and this is exactly what happened.
Pakistan just crumble under pressure. This has been happening since the 90's
I think after world t20 (if pakistan thake part), they will get a whole new team.
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Dec 02, 2015 01:58pm
@Shakil , Not at all. Pakistan bowlers kept England bellow 180 in all 3 matches otherwise it is becoming very normal to score close to 200 in a T20 international. It has always been our batting or the choices made in deciding the batting line. Bring master blasters up the order. Keep score even if you lose a wicket or two, don't fall in to the test cricket mod.
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Dec 02, 2015 02:25pm
@Shahid, The other reason of Pak failure is they always rely on toss. If they loose toss and have to chase found themselves in dire condition. In many matches pak able to defend a small total. Just like they done in WC 2015 against SA ans Zim. Chasing is always a concern for pak since last many years. they have to solve this problem quickly. in this T20 series against Eng incidently they lost all three tosses and compel to chase and lost the matches.
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Dec 02, 2015 02:31pm
Flawed batting line-up, runners like Mohammed Hafeez , main coach like waqar and a spin coach who could not improve English spin department in 10 years. Players need to take more responsibility and also work on their fitness
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Dec 02, 2015 03:04pm
@Vic Pakistan lost 4-0 when he was coach against England so Waqar record is better 3-1
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Dec 02, 2015 03:06pm
Waqar seems to be an ardent follower of Nawaz Sharif. The performance is no different to his mentor's.
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Dec 02, 2015 03:19pm
Now be prepared for the hot batting of India.
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Dec 02, 2015 03:49pm
And interestingly no one is taking the blame. No one is accountable and no one is going to resign or get fired. Beautiful...
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Dec 02, 2015 04:50pm
sohail tanveer
umer akmal
sohaib maqsood
mohammed hafeez
should be removed. They are done!
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Dec 02, 2015 04:54pm
This is a gang which is ruling PCB....Waqar Younis, Intikhab Alam, Afridi, Umar Akmal,
Hafeez,Shoaib Malik, they won't let any good player come in...Aamir is lethal and fire for Pakistan, but these guys have started building a wall against him...Without a proper constitution and honest PCB cricket has no future in Pakistan...In cricket also we are facing a Pakistani problem...someone powerful will have to step in...
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Dec 02, 2015 05:19pm
our batting is worst then any other team, you cannot win matches with Ahmed Shazad Omar Akmal, Shahid Afridi once in a blue moon he will score, adding 40 year old in the opening slot will not help the team, we need to groom players for the opening slot, Ahmed Shazad Omar Akmal a total failure should be dropped from the side, they cannot score in BPL what do you expect from them both loosers
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Dec 02, 2015 05:19pm
Nepotism and regionalism are ruining the team.
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Dec 02, 2015 05:20pm
Once the board has better staff and management, same players will start performing. The way Waqar is handling players, auch as Sarfaraz, even Bradman would not score. He should be fired immediately and asked to pay back what he made because he didn't keep his side of the contract.
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Dec 02, 2015 05:20pm
quite ordinary bashing from Mohsin, Ejaz and Amir Sohail. nothing they said which even a toddler was not aware of.
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Dec 02, 2015 05:32pm
Shahid Afridi and Waqar yonus , Pakistanis want to know from both of you, what Umer Akmal gave you , specially mr. Captain that you want him in the team at any cost
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Dec 02, 2015 05:44pm
Pakistani cricket is inconsistent and performing miserably because it doesn't behave and play like one unit. They think that the mere belief that ours is a team endowed with talent is sufficient to win matches, it isn't.
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Dec 02, 2015 05:52pm
This Govt has brought considerable improvement in every department. They should also pay some attention to sports
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Dec 02, 2015 05:52pm
Waqar and Mushtaq were named Justice Qayyum report.
Hafeez is a parchi player. Umar Akmal wont even make a B team.
There is glaring nepotism but we fail to see it.
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Dec 02, 2015 06:07pm
The team itself is a disgrace ( physical fitness the paramount problem now for decades and No one give a dame about it ) , this problems leads to another Terminal illness in the teams ever since the 1st team Pakistan , Fielding is the 33% part of the game where Pakistani Players ( old , new , or even grooming ones ) Give 2 hoots and No Coach worth is salt has been able to bring this diseased function any sort of reasonability . The bowlers were quite good But once that bit of 33% of the game under perform ( Too Many times its happening ... Top it up with an enigmatic Coach like Waqqar and you have the failure , you saw in ODI and T20 against England in UAE or the world cup debacle in 2015 ... Though luck to anyone who back the team with such too terminal illnesses in its foundations .
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Dec 02, 2015 06:22pm
I think Waqar should have learned to play and coach from all those who are making comments here sitting on a sofa and never even stepped on a cricketing field.
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Dec 02, 2015 07:24pm
I was watching the BPL and was waiting for amir vs afridi contest. Afridi was batting on 62 and amir got the ball and bowled him out on his very first delivery . afridi was just defensive against amir. Pleased to see the most talented bowler in the world. He bowled out Misbah in the very first match and now he has given the message to both the captains that who is the real boss. It is a shame that he is not playing in national team.
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Dec 02, 2015 07:25pm
Actually PCB chairman and Najm Sethi are considered aboveboard. The only person who can ask questions from these two is PM Nawaz Sharif who has no time.
Waqar Younus was selected under dubious circumstances and the proper protocol was not followed. The chairman acts as if he is the king, he took Moin Khan to the WC2015 and later fired him, then pardoned him for his casino blitz.
Waqar Younus agenda about Pakistan cricket. is a mystery. The interference by the coach, and the chairman is selection matters is hurting the Pakistan team.
The entire board needs to be re-shuffled.
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Dec 02, 2015 08:10pm
Coaching and captaining are not Waqar's trait. When Andrew Symonds scored 143 runs in 2003 World Cup while Australian were 4 down under 90 runs PCB should had clearly understood that Waqar is NOT captain/coach material. Moreover, does it make any sense team have batting issues and head coach is a bowler?
Players have issues but the biggest culprits is the PCB; which is a never ending story for us miserable cricket fans.
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Dec 02, 2015 08:10pm
I felt that Afridi and Malik should have batted. Malik was hot in that game and deserved to play the super but of course Afridi went with his buddy Akmal and failed. So I blame Afridi, he made a choice based on nepotism and not merit and they lost.
Just from that I knew Afridi is a poor captain that lacks judgement
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Dec 02, 2015 09:10pm
Fawad Alam must be included in all three formats
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Dec 02, 2015 11:50pm
T20 is not really cricket, anything is possible - it is more for people like Afridi. Pakistan is a strong ODI and Test team.
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Dec 03, 2015 01:20am
@SHAHZ English spinners could not do anything? They equally contributed thoughout the series. Saqi has done wonderful job there.
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Dec 03, 2015 01:33am
What happened to the Misbah haters... you got him off your one-day and t-20 team. Misbah is so far playing a vital role in BPL averaging over 50.
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Dec 03, 2015 01:36am
Honestly, T20 is a version of "galli muhalla" street cricket. And no to forget, it is way too commercial and the way cricket has increased multiple times, including leagues like IPL, BPL, PSL etc. players will gradually find it hard to meet the fitness levels and stamina to play and succeed at international cricket.
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Dec 03, 2015 02:10am
This team is performing just like PML-N.
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Dec 03, 2015 02:41am
@Vic So 'lucky' works in cricket now? Why not make him the PM of Pakistan?
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Dec 03, 2015 03:39am
Waqar - please resign!
i have other names too!
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Dec 03, 2015 04:19am
Oh get over it, every country has a better domestic structure where skills and fitness are improved. Our players only rely on talent - it is not street cricket anymore. Why is there no proper structure - it is beyond me. The players are not applying themselves or showing enough discipline. Waqar and co are not responsible of what goes on the field - these players have played enough cricket to know what is required. They should take a leaf out of Imran Khan - when he used to work twice as hard to be the best.
Stop blaming the coach - it is getting old.
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Dec 03, 2015 04:56am
@Shahid /Agreed, that there are myriad of problems as described by you, but at the end of the day, the major blame lies with our continued failures in batting-notwithstanding the fact that after departure of Ajmal, we do not have a consistent wicket taking bowler, particularly during the death overs.
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Dec 03, 2015 08:26am
Ask Shahid Afridi? He has shown zero understanding of game situations, and always tries to project himself or his favorites in testing conditions and fails. The one off over in the last match being the case - instead of sending in Malik who had just scored a 75, he sent himself and Akmal and both totally flopped.
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Dec 03, 2015 09:09am
@Shahid How many times do you want to try this Akmal or that Akmal, please no more Akmals
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Dec 03, 2015 09:44am
@STRANGE if the PCB isn't pulling its weight does it stop players from coaching. They can involve themselves in clubs and departmental teams.
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Dec 03, 2015 11:43am
Waqar leave Pakisan team alone
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Dec 03, 2015 11:56am
Waqar younis should be replaced immediately if we want to see cricket alive in Pakistan. He is the main culprit in the prevailing situation.
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Dec 03, 2015 12:21pm
@Mughal I agree. I don't know if there is any law where we can sign a petition so that he can be removed immediately.
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Dec 03, 2015 01:08pm
Funny, when all the blame is put on the coach. What about the players. Why Coach is always made capegoat?
As per Australian players John Buchanan was an ordinery coach and his job was just man management, but still Australia achieved great success under him. So, even if the coach is not good, the players can do the Job. At highest level what a coach can teach the players?
The players are lacking in adapting to the new era of short formats and that is it.
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Dec 04, 2015 11:48am
@Vic luck has nothing to do with it, comes down to level of coaching and effective management.
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