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Archive for January, 2020

“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”
— Author Unknown

Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability
“If you really want world-class success, decide today to stopcaring what other people think and keep your own counsel.Others may or may not have your best interests at heart, butyou always will. Calm down and listen to the little voiceinside and have the guts to follow it. Trust yourself and know that if you’re wrong you have the ability to bounce back.Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability.”
— Steve Siebold

Famous Quotes
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.- Malcolm Forbes
I cannot afford to waste my time making money – Louis Agassiz
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. – Unknown
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein

Motivational Stuff..!

“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”
— Author Unknown

Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability
“If you really want world-class success, decide today to stopcaring what other people think and keep your own counsel.Others may or may not have your best interests at heart, butyou always will. Calm down and listen to the little voiceinside and have the guts to follow it. Trust yourself and know that if you’re wrong you have the ability to bounce back.Caring about other people is an asset. Caring about what otherpeople think is a liability.”
— Steve Siebold

Famous Quotes
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.- Malcolm Forbes
I cannot afford to waste my time making money – Louis Agassiz
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. – Unknown
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein

PCB (Personal Cricket Board)?

Comments and proposals for selection of our T20I squad chosen for the series vs the cricket team of Bangladesh starting from 24 January 2020 to be played in Lahore.

Rankings:
Pakistan # 1
Bangladesh # 9

Pak 15 members T20 Squad:

1. Babar Azam (Captain) Too docile and shy personality who should in the first instance have been given the experience to lead against the Sri Lankan team to gain some mastery over the leadership job to perform better in Australia and now in Pakistan. Here, the head of the think tank (cricket committee) Mr. Wasim Khan failed pathetically to prove his mettle as visionary leader of an huge organisation of the country. CEO is not there to just hire and fire employees, but to set the objectives/goals of an organisation and “determine” how to meet it.

2. Ahsan (Ehsan) Ali (DoB 10 December 1993 26+) A very promising batsman who along with Abid Ali has the potential to serve Pakistani team in a sterling manner. I have been recommending his name (on the expert advice of a former renowned Captain of Pakistan) even for his selection for the ODI2019 World Cup team. Well done PCB selectors for a good investment for the future.

3. Amad Butt (DoB 10 May 1995 24+) Good Selection of a promising player to watch ahead.

4. Haris Rauf (DoB 7 November 1993 26+) He was an automatic selection. However, our game suffered a lot for not selecting him for the ODI World Cup 2019 and T20 series vs SL and T20 and Test Series vs Australia.

5. Iftikhar Doesn’t possess the calibre of a player who should be in the world # 1 ranked team. Following expert’s comments on score card of 3rd T20 match vs Australia of 8 November 2019 by the ESPNCRICINFO says it all:
“ He’d been struggling with the short ball for much of the innings.” As such an absolutely wrong selection keeping in view of the next T20I World Cup to be played in coming October in Australia. Here, besides the poor/biased choice of selectors the myopic vision of our gutless so called T20I captain, is also throughly exposed. Captain must remember that he was the real boss and that he was not given the captaincy of the national team as a charity and to look, act and talk like a under study of the Chief Selector. He will have to stand up and be counted. He must learn a lesson from his predecessor that (yes men) captains always fall from the grace, sooner than later. Same goes for the timid captain of our Test team. Captains must, repeat must, assert their opinions, in matters, which are under their domain.

6. Imad Wasim Looks out of form and not fully fit. He may perform (in home series) like a lion, against the 9th ranked team, but absolutely looks like a spent force against better ranked teams. He may be out of the contention for the World Cup squad.

7. Khushhdil Shah. His selection in home series against the 9th ranked team will not be a good and proper occasion to test his abilities. Moreover, why he was taken to Australia without testing him against the Sri Lankan team. This fact definitely smells rat in his selection again for the series against Bangladeshi team. Many talented players deserve selection ahead of KDS. As they say in cricket that (it was a nothing shot) this was also a nothing selection.

8. Muhammad Hafeez (DoB 17/10/80. Now he is in his 40th year) If his experience was to be utilised why he was protected against the Australian attack? Why select him against the 9th ranked team to falsely prove his batting prowess. Why not give chance against BD team to much younger players like Abid Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Zeeshan Ashraf and so many others? On the same analogy why not select Misbah ul Haq again against the weakest of the weak team. This selection is murder of merit and height of favouritism. However, the icing on the cake was that captain speaking like a stooge said that he was thankful to the selectors for accepting his choice of M Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. What a mockery? What is going on in the PCB which is Pakistan Cricket Board not PERSONAL Cricket Board? The worthy chairman PCB and it’s honourable governing board members must immediately intervene to finish this Tamasha of selecting a player who retired from Test cricket in December 2018, but are annoyed and displeased with Aamir and Wahab (and discarding both players for selection) for their apparent announcement in 2019 of refusing to play Test cricket. Why different yardsticks and separate logics for selecting and not selecting different players? Why not one consistent policy for all players?

9. Muhammad Husnain Hope he is physically fit now, because the CS informed before the advent of the Australian tour that he was not fit.

10. Muhammad Rizwan Automatic choice. However, the U19 captain Rohail Nazir may in the coming days prove to be a better choice for selection of World Cup team.

11. Musa Khan Automatic Choice. Correct selection.

12. Shadab Khan PM thought he may be a trump card before the departure of our team for the ODI World Cup 2019. However, he did his best to prove our PM wrong. Not to play him is a risk, but to play him is a bigger risk. Our selectors should have given a chance to Umar Khan (specially in this domestic series) who seems to have tremendous potential. Still the chairman PCB may intervene and induct him in place of Shadab Khan.

13. Shaheen Shah Afridi At the moment he is one of the best bowler of our team. However, his pathetic fielding provided a lot of entertainment to the Australians. If Naseem Shah has been rested, he could also have been rested for the T20I series against a very weak team.

14. Shoaib Malik (DoB 01/02/82 He will be in the 39th year starting 1st February 2020). He retired from the Test Cricket on 3 Nov 2015 and from ODI’s on 5th July 2019. Our worthy selectors (on the request of captain) selected him for the series against the 9th ranked team to perform splendidly, for ultimately making a case of a 39 years youngster, for his inclusion in the World Cup squad. However, the question arises that if at all SM was under the radar of the worthy selectors for the World Cup squad, then he must have been selected and tested during the just concluded Australian tour, where our batting was so pathetic that we (the number one ranked team in the world) lost the T20I match at Perth by 10 wickets when the Australians overhauled our score of 106/8 in just 11.5 overs without loss of any wicket. We have super talented young batsmen viz. Abid Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Zeeshan Ashraf and few others waiting in the wings to be given a chance in place of spent cartridges like Shoaib Malik, who let us down so miserable in the ODI World Cup 2019, but still PCB has not learnt any lessons from the wrong selection of Shoaib, who retired from Test cricket in 2015.
Our selectors think that their gross favouritism and nepotism in selection process can be disguised from the public by their words of “making use of experience” or forcing the timid captain to announce that he was glad these oldies nearing 40 years of age, were included on his special begging and pleadings. No Sir, enough is enough. After these strategic blunders, as explained above in detail, it is high time that if the chairman PCB and its BoG members fail to intervene, then Mr. Imran Khan, being the Chief Patron of the PCB, must use his authority to stem the rot in the PCB, before it was too late and this organisation is turned into a Personal Cricket Board.

15. Usman Qadir He is an excellent future prospect. However, Misbah ul Haq, Waqar Younis and Babar Azam owe an explanation (which PCB will never seek) why he was not given a chance in the T20I series against the Aussies when they took him there with the team? It looks that our think tank (Cricket Committee) headed by Wasim Khan and the team management persons are absolutely clueless, as far as the planning and devising strategy for the T20I World Cup 2020 is concerned. May be the PCB bosses think that it is a very easy excuse to put the blame of loss of matches, series and tournaments on the players (or the previous management as was done in the case of poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2019) and start a new stint. However, the fact is that always the generals lose the war, not their troops.

 

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

10 January 2020
Avoidable suicides by the poor..!

The President of Pakistan
The PM of Pakistan
The CJ of SCP and High Courts
The Chairman Senate and the Speaker NA
All Governors
All CM’s.
All Pakistanis.

AoA.

Respected Pakistanis,

This is regarding the news about the suicide committed yesterday, by a poor unemployed person in Karachi, due to his financial hardships, in these days of daily rise in prices of eatables and other basic necessities of life.

The tragedy is that our people and the government of the day has all the resources to preempt any such avoidable suicides in Pakistan, but the set up is not within the reach of such poorest of the poor destitute, hapless and illiterate persons, whose responsibility, not only lies over the government, but the society, as well.

As such, there should be a system to proportionately hold, seriously accountable, respective area’s MNA, MPA, Mayor, UC Chairman/Deputy Chairman/Councillor/CM/CS/Commissioner/DC and the AC etc, in case of such suicides.

It is a known fact that teeming millions, neither have the knowledge, nor the capacity, to seek help from the facilities already available from Bait ul Maal and other such government and non government organisations and in the private sector.

As such, now a time has come to change the system, in line with the Riasat e Madina’s charter,for making such organisations and concerned persons down to the level of residents of that area, responsible to keep an eye, on the needs of such destitute persons, by down delegating authority and resources to the Mohallah and Masjid level.

Last but not the least, please don’t forget that Allah has ordained in the Holy Quran that by giving wealth, Allah tests such persons; and all of us will be answerable, for our responsibilities, on the judgement day.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
03219402157
Lahore.

Haris Rauf has emerged as the star of the Australian Cricket League, called Big Bash, by taking 10 wickets in just (12 overs) of three T20 BBL matches.

[Earlier, Haris Rauf made an incredible return to the BBL, taking 3 for 24 in another rapid spell to help restrict the Thunder to just 7 for 142. Having missed the Stars’ last two matches due to Dale Steyn’s availability, he was allowed to play because of a minor quad injury to the Stars’ second overseas player Sandeep Lamichhane, and he tore through the Thunder line-up. Link:- https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8044/report/1195591/sydney-thunder-vs-melbourne-stars-big-bash-league-2019-20 ]

The above explained outstanding world class performances of Pakistani speeder Haris Rauf and my timely reminders of 25 October 2019, 26 October 2019 and 7 November 2019 about the oozing potential of (150+ KMPH speed) bowler Haris Rauf, as detailed below, proves without shadow of any doubt that if, the following officials are allowed to further stay in the PCB, by Mr. Imran Khan the Patron in Chief of the PCB, Pakistan cricket will be the net loser:

Comments dated 25 October 2019 on team selected for T20I series of the Australian tour.

10. Muhammad Irfan The entire selection and cricket committee members needs to be sacked by the chairman PCB for recall of a 37 years fast bowler who also can can not properly field, as well. Young upcoming high speed extremely talented fast bowler Haris Rauf was in fact an automatic choice for selection in the squad.

Comments dated 26 October 2019 on team selected for Test series of the Australian tour:

7. Imran Khan He has been recalled after a long absence and is a shining example of the chief selectors poor judgement. PCB must repeat must intervene immediately to correct this grave selection blunder and replace him with Haris Rauf.

13. Naseem Shah He is youngest player in the squad at the age of 16+ years (DoB 15 February 2003). However, not considering for selection Haris Rauf and Junaid Khan is unpardonable act of the chief selector and CEO PCB who must be made answerable for these unexplainable selection blunders.

Tweet Dated 7 November 2019
@waqyounis99 @captainmisbahpk @AzharAli_

1/3 I would like that under your tutelage, our boys create history, by beating Australia in Australia, for which, for Test matches, please immediately induct Haris Rauf for Test matches, to fight fire with fire.1/3

2/3 This is your chance of century, which should not be wasted, just because Haris Rauf plays for LQ under Aaquib Javed. 2/3

3/3 Let under you, all politics be buried in Pakistani cricket, where you once historically said that there was more politics in the PCB than the Parliament.3/3

The above details have been reproduced to prove two points very clearly that the main decision makers of the PCB (CEO, Head Coach plus Chief Selector and the bowling Coach) are neither capable of originally taking the right decisions nor they are ready to take a U turn in the larger national interest on getting any sage advice.

However, if for any reason, our Prime Minister do not want to change these wise men of the PCB, then PM may issue a directive that before final announcement, the proposed squad for any future domestic or foreign series, it should be made public and sent to the PM seven days in advance (so that concerned general public may submit their proposals direct to the PM who is luckily himself a legendary cricketer) for the final approval of the Patron in Chief of the PCB, who currently has virtually and constitutionally, no role, in such vital decision making of the PCB.

Just for example, in my humble opinion, our team could have easily played the finals of the ODI World Cup 2019, had our biased selection committee not sent back dashing batsman Abid Ali, to ensure that Imam ul Haq plays all the 9 matches of the tournament. At this juncture the CEO and the Chairman PCB just kept mum, like powerless bystanders; and later on the Chairman PCB issued statement, typical of a failed leader that his job has started after July 19 at the end of the World Cup (as if World Cup victory or loss was the responsibility of Najam Sethi who resigned in August 2018) forgetting that he took all the credit for PSL-4, which was held way back in February 2019.