Pakistan Team Discussion
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Shahid Afridi has become so possessive with Shaheen Afridi since he wed his daughter. I'm not sure if Shaheen can even go to the bathroom without asking for permission.
Wahab Riaz with another promotion to chief selector! Shows you the value of being completely talentless and at the right place at the right time, things really start to go your way.
wasteyouryouth
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It's hard to say what Pakistan are doing is necessarily wrong or any different to what, for example, England have done.
Rob Key seemingly got the job he has because of what he says on TV. Luke Wright retired to become a selector. Pretty much the same with the likes of Ed Smith and James Taylor before them.
Jobs for the boys is not unique to Pakistan.
I suppose the difference is Rob Key didn't make himself coach.
Rob Key seemingly got the job he has because of what he says on TV. Luke Wright retired to become a selector. Pretty much the same with the likes of Ed Smith and James Taylor before them.
Jobs for the boys is not unique to Pakistan.
I suppose the difference is Rob Key didn't make himself coach.
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England have a professional structure and tactical approach though.
wasteyouryouth
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We do our best to make the structure a complete mess. It probably changes as much as Pakistan.
The ECB is also not a tool to be used politically which is the biggest difference.
If there's a big political upheaval in Pakistan all these lot could be out of a job.
Bevab
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@wasteyouryouth Wasn’t Rob Key a well regarded figure on Sky Cricket before he got his job at the ECB? Now that’s no guarantee of success but I suppose that is something compared to whatever’s going on at the PCB. I also remember Wright being well regarded similar to Taylor before they got their jobs.
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Just hope now Pak don't pick Shoaib Malik because he's a well regarded figure on A sports
wasteyouryouth
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Rob Key, much like Ed Smith, was seen as a 'sensible voice' at a time when England were having an Ashes meltdown. That is seemingly now the main qualification for whatever their role actually requires. He was annointed in the role by the media before he got it. The media narrative around cricket happens to be mostly driven by SKY, who he worked for.
Obviously there's a greater background to the PCB stuff. They seemed most stable when Rambo and Wasim Khan were running the show but they were ousted because they were Imran appointees.
It's one of these things where these kind of jobs are either not actually that important, so anyone can do them or require someone who has certain skills that can't necessarily be learned.
Key has made good decisions on who to appoint. Although, giving Ben Stokes test captaincy was the most obvious choice as far as I'm concerned and people could say Matthew Mott's appointment is looking bad even though he won a World Cup less than a year ago. England also haven't won a test series this year but, as a fan, it feels like we are undefeated, undisputed champions of the world.
You could look at most of these kind of decisions, at most boards, and they could all be questioned. The most powerful man in cricket only has his many jobs because his Daddy is the second most powerful politician in India.
CerealKiller
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Ehsan Mani and Wasim Khan*
wasteyouryouth
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My PCB timeline was a little off
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CerealKiller
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Neither was Tanvir
Master Khan
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Well at least they are cricketers and not some retired army general.
