All is not well with our cricket team..!

Today Pakistan scored 207/4 in 90 overs on the first day of 2nd Test vs NZ at Dubai cricket stadium at RR of 2.3 per over, which is one of the lowest score on the first day of a Test match.

Last time when Sami Aslam was dropped for the West Indies tour, despite having an average of 56 runs repeat 56 runs, during the previous tour to England; and instead Shan Masood was selected with an average of 12 runs repeat 12 runs in the same English tour: I asked Mr. Inzamam-ul-Haq the reason for dropping Sami Aslam as an opening batsman, surprisingly, he replied that Sami Aslam was dropped from Test team, because he scores runs very slowly.

Today coach and captain again selected our team with defensive frame of mind by including only 4 bowlers for a 5 day Test match whereas, New Zealand team management entered the field with 3 pacers and 2 spinners.

In cricket, matches are not won by packing maximum number of batsmen. Rather, the team must be balanced and attitude also must be positive and mind set aggressive.

In this regard, we are reminded of a famous quote of Mr. Imran Khan that playing for a draw was a sure recipe for defeat.

As such, it is high time that the PCB must get rid of the entire selection committee, the all coaching team members and the captain, as well, before a debacle hits us in the ongoing series vs NZ and our team is blown to smithereens by the South Africans in the tour starting from next month and we should also not wait for 2015 ICC World Cup like another debacle.

Rather, we must aim, plan and prepare (link:-https://www.snayyar.com/how-to-win-the-icc-odi-world-cup-2019.html#sthash.nwCHp5DB.dpbs ) for winning the 2019 ICC World Cup

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad