Archive for September, 2018

High time for head coach and captain to quit for turning Pakistani lions into lambs..!

September 24th, 2018 | Author:

Today the main reason for a low/disappointing score of our team was that we played 175 dot balls (29.1 overs) out of 300 balls (50 overs).

In first 10 overs of our innings when only 2 fielders are allowed outside the 30 yards circle, we scored only 28 runs against Indian score of 53 runs.

Test match strategy, planning and mindset can never work in an ODI game, where name of the game is attack, innovation, positive approach in team selection, batting, bowling, fielding and staying one step ahead of the opponent’s game plan and strategy.

 

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Why our lions have become lambs?

September 22nd, 2018 | Author:
The best way for the new management of the PCB, to not to win the ICC ODI World Cup 2019 is to remain in inertia; and carry on with the present set up, without any change..
However, then a question will be asked that if everything of the past management was satisfactory, then why its chairman was removed?
Nevertheless, the pathetic performance ( being displayed during the ongoing Asia Cup matches) of the product of the previous management of the PCB (players and coaching staff) leaves much to be desired from the new management of the PCB.
Entire coaching staff of our team has miserably failed in delivering (despite very high salaries) along-with captain and the players, who seems to have totally lost their flair of the game and passion for victory: which was clearly visible with the Afghan players, many of whom were seen crying, after losing a nail biting match against our team.

Keeping in view that the ODI world cup is almost around the corner, Shoaib Malik should be immediately appointed captain of the Pakistani cricket team for all the three formats; and a power hitter wicket keeper batsman inducted in place of Sarfaraz Ahmad, who unfortunately, seems to have passed his shelf life; and because of his non-performance, the team has also lost its balance.

The difficulty, with which our team won the match against Afghan team, is not at all a good omen. Even otherwise also, Sarfaraz was originally appointed captain by Mr. Shahryar Khan, by default.

It is again reiterated that our head coach and  bowling, batting and fielding coaches must be immediately replaced, because they have turned our players from lions  to lambs.
Just look at the hugely declining performances of our fast bowlers including Muhammad Aamir and batsmen including Fakhar and Sarfaraz.
About the declining standards of our fielding, it’s low level during our yesterday’s match against the Afghan team, said it all.
As such, the new management of the PCB is advised that they must not wait for the corrective actions, till after the World Cup.
Pakistan has to win the 2019 ODI world cup in England, which at the moment, with the current lot of coaches and players, looks like a distant possibility.
After the recent change over in the PCB, it looks the new management is acting on a go slow and wait and watch policy.
PCB has to be proactive and must take immediate remedial steps.
Our team badly needs a leader who can inspire, motivate and lead players from his own performances.
Our team also needs immediate induction of power hitters (like Suhail Akhtar) and an accomplished all rounder.
We also need a new coaching staff which can also study the weak points of opponent players and guide our players to modify bowling and batting strategy according to the weak and strong points of the opponent players.
In view of the foregoing, the new set up of the PCB should come into action immediately, postponing the honeymoon period, till after the World Cup is won by our team.
Good luck for Mr. Ehsan Mani in re-vamping the PCB.
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Wither Human Rights – Kashmir

September 16th, 2018 | Author:

Email dated 16 September 2018

 

Subject:-

Fit case for war crimes trial of the leaders of the Indian government and its forces commanders/troops for genocide of Kashmiri population living in Indian Occupied Kashmir

 

Office of the Prosecutor
International Criminal Court
Post Office Box 19519
2500 CM
The Hague
The Netherlands
Dear Sir,
We invite your kind attention towards war crimes being continuously committed and perpetrated by the Indian Army’s leadership and troops under command and orders of the  top Indian civilian government leadership in the geographical area of Kashmir under occupation of the Indian forces.
This illegal and unlawful Indian occupation of Kashmir, for a period of over seven decades, is an internationally and UN recognised dispute, as per the security council resolutions, which called for allowing/giving  the right of self determination to the Kashmiri population, which is being continuously denied by the Indian government,  despite of the fact that the UN military observers are posted both in India and Pakistan. As such, the presence of UN military observers proves beyond any shadow of doubt that Kashmir is NOT and has never been an internal issue/matter of India and that it needs to be resolved as per the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions.
During the above mentioned period of over seven decades, the Kashmiri population has been waging (as allowed under the UN charter) relentless struggle for their right of self determination, paying heaviest price in the history of mankind, in the shape of  deaths, injuries, rapes, blindness by attack of pellet guns, abductions, jails and worst imaginable torture perpetuated by the Indian security forces.
In this regard, we take this opportunity to bring to your notice the latest case of war crime committed by the Indian occupying forces in the Indian Held Kashmir, as reported by  the daily “The Express Tribune” dated 15 September 2018 titled “

‘Barbaric conduct’: Viral picture shows Indian soldiers dragging body in IoK 

Moreover, for the detailed study of the reports of the highly reputed  International Organisations, about the unparalleled Human Rights violations and unimaginable magnitude of genocide/manslaughter of Kashmiris, committed by the Indian forces, on the orders of their civilian leadership, is duly chronicled and can also be perused at the links given below:
In view of the foregoing, you as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court are requested to immediately initiate necessary proceedings as per laws of the war crimes, against the responsible Indians on charges of worst possible human rights violations, in the history of the mankind; of the Kashmiris living under Indian occupation of their land.
Best Regards,
Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

 

 

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Why allow conflict of interest in PCB?

September 7th, 2018 | Author:
Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan is leading by example in creating a culture of simplicity and austerity.
 
The new management of PCB  also needs to review the whole culture of extravagance, which has now become a trade mark of the organisation, where the per head cost of one PCB’s dinner in Lahore was over Rs.40,000.
 
If the government ministers and top most senior officers will now be traveling by air in economy class and Corolla and Cultus cars for road travel in NAYA Pakistan, the PCB also should set an example of simplicity and austerity.
 
Earlier, it was reported that the famous and indispensable COO and CFO of the PCB  got Toyota Fortuner vehicles approved for themselves, against  entitlement of 1800 CC car. 
 
Similarly, the salary, pay and other perks structure of PCB’s  regular and contracted employees needs to be rationalised, so that some extra money is available for the men and women cricketers and for the improvements on the pathetic and humiliating conditions of dressing rooms, toilets and overall infrastructures directly related with the game.
 
In the not very distant past, chief selector and his team worked on honorary basis with the PCB, which job (chief selector of men’s team) is reportedly now costing PCB  near-about  Rs.2 Crore per annum (including pay, perks, traveling, awards and rewards) which in other words, is much higher remuneration than the PM, President, CJ or the COAS of Pakistan is getting.
 
Another question which must be immediately addressed is that why more than 14 players are sent with the team, which will be playing matches only few hours of plane flight away, from Pakistan. And why such a huge number of non playing contingent of PCB officials always go abroad, for joy rides and paid holidays?
 
It seems that in PCB, sending  of maximum possible personnel on foreign joy rides, is the name of the game, for which now the time has come to put a full stop.
 
Coming back to our selectors, it seems their policy is to have no policy. 
 
May be they think that their job of selection is just to pick and choose players having best numbers of averages. If that was the job of selectors, then what PCB needs is just a computer to compile a list of players, in order of their performances; and not this team of highly paid selectors.
 
Selectors are also not there to pick their relatives or favourite players or players having influence in the PCB, because their fathers are sitting on the BoG or are advisors of the chairman PCB.
 
Conflict of interest is the biggest reason of financial and intellectual corruption; and hats off to the BCCI for coming with a heavy hand on even most influential cricketing and non cricketing personalities of India, by appointing an ombudsman, to clean up the corruption mess in the BCCI.
 
Here in Pakistan, PCB’s contractual and regular employees were freely allowed to be associated with the PSL franchises, in one way or the other. 
So much so that a very senior and high level PCB staff member was sitting in front, during the T-10 league players auction, as if, he was the owner of one of the teams.
 
Concluding, given below is the Philosophy and Criteria for Selection of Pakistani Team..!
 
Players selected for our national team are beyond the ordinary, or should be beyond the ordinary.
 
If there is no change in the attitude of the players, however; if there is no change in the selection process; if there is no change in the personality and quality of coaches to get the players to listen to them and to try and follow their instructions; and if there is no change in the quality of players coming out of the domestic competitions, the result will be the same – probably even worse.
 
In the modern day game of cricket the captain, coach and the chief selector are the three main pillars, absolutely responsible for the performance of the team.
 
Now, we are also witnessing the evolution of the fourth pillar i.e., the mentor of the team, generally called as the Team Director.
 
These four pillars must not select the team before they have chalked out the strategy of the matches to be played with their players.
 
All planning must have a clear objective and should be obviously based on the playing conditions, to be faced by the team.
 
After the finalisation of the strategy; the selection process should be based on the following principles:
 
– Select horses for courses.
 
– Be ruthless in team selection with emotions, relations and recommendations getting no place in the realm of the national prestige.
 
– Remove any iota of likes/dislikes and strictly adhere to the merit policy, not entertaining any undeserving recommendations, from any level.
 
– No physically unfit player should be selected at any cost.
 
– No player should be selected if he is not fitting in the mould of the earlier formulated strategy.
 
– All selected players must be clearly told their assigned roles.
 
Last but not the least, a word about our head coach, who somehow could not play a single Test match in his career. In his stint as our team’s head coach, it was observed  in the past that selection of final eleven was faulty and he also admitted this fact (that he erred in selection of players) after our team’s Test series loss vs Sri Lanka in UAE, where we had never lost a Test series before that historic 2-0 series defeat; and in one innings of the Test match, our team got out on 114 runs, which was not even a decent score of a T20 innings.
 
In this regard, our old system of tour management committee, which consisted of manager, captain and coach, who were authorised (with manager as chairman of the tour selection committee) to select the playing eleven, should be restored, because now only coach (who has not played any Test cricket) and captain Sarfaraz (not a very experienced Test player) select the final playing eleven; and occasionally lose the match, before it was played.
 
In this regard, the person selected as the manager of the touring team must not be a person favoured for a joyride. 
 
Rather, he should be a seasoned Test player and strict disciplinarian of very high integrity and possessing suitable corporate experience, as well.
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American war – Pakistani sacrifices for free?

September 2nd, 2018 | Author:

Just a misleading propaganda, where all the concerned knows that CSF payments are NOT aid, but reimbursements for use of GLOC facilities through Pakistani area, by the US and the NATO Forces.

Moreover, for Pakistan such unfriendly acts by the US governments are not a surprise. Few decades ago they not only confiscated F-16 planes duly paid in advance by Pakistan, but also demanded and got payments for storage of those confiscated F-16 planes.

Then Pakistani nation and it’s armed forces will never forget killings and maiming of our dozens of dozens officers and men by US bombardment of Pakistani post named SALALA, where these troops were specifically posted for eliminating the terrorists which were moving across the Pak-Afghan border. Those US military authorities totally forgot, before allowing the killings of Pakistani troops that how this very Pakistani Army shed their blood and sweat to protect the lives and honour of the US troops, who were under deadly attack and were being lynched in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.

The moral of the story is that if any nation wants to live in peace, it must not be a friend of the United States, because US has a history of not honouring promises with and remembering any sacrifices of a its friendly nations.

Moreover, we Pakistanis should also remember what the US is doing with Iran after signing of the framework for a Comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program in 2015 by France, Germany, the European Union, Iran, United Kingdom, United States, China and Russia and above all, by even after certifications of IAEA inspectors reporting compliance of the agreement by Iran.

You give these Americans an inch and they will take a foot. As such, the Americans must be told to PAY MORE for all the due compensations (remember CSF payments were NOT compensations) of our sacrifices of men and material in the almost two decades old WOT (which is more longer time span than the length of the combined time of the WWI & WWII), including the free use of the airspace, which was many times more than the combined sacrifices of the 49 members of the NATO countries.

Last but not the least, the Pakistani leaders must keep in mind that America has completely lost the Afghan war, as per the definition of victory and defeat stated by Henry Kissinger that the conventional army (US Forces) loses if it does not win. The guerrilla (Taliban) wins if he does not lose.

Hence, we must play our cards smartly and boldly, to again do favour to our defeated friends, for an honourable exit from Afghanistan, which is not possible, without our help.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Pentagon cancels $300 million aid to Pakistan https://tribune.com.pk/story/1793273/1-pentagon-cancels-300-aid-pakistan-csf/

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