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PROPOSALS SENT TO THE PCB 5 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE WORLD CUP 2105

From: Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad [mailto:nayyarahmad51@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 1:59 PM
Subject: World Cup 2015 – Few proposals for our team

Pakistan cricket team always had the potential and talent to win, any and all of the past cricket ODI & T20 world cup tournaments.

As such, there should be no doubt, about its chances of winning the next cricket ODI World Cup, scheduled to commence from 14 February 2015, to be played in Australia and New Zealand, where our (Pool B) 1st match, will be against the Indian team, on 15 February, 2015 at Adelaide.

The details of Pools A and B teams are given below:

Pool A.           Pool B.

England.        South Africa.
Australia.        India.
Sri Lanka.       Pakistan.
Bangladesh.   West Indies.
NewZealand.  Zimbabwe.
Scotland.        Ireland.
Afghanistan.   United Arab Emirates.

Since 4 teams from each pool (total 8 teams from both the pools) will move forward, to play quarter final matches, we can safely assume (barring any upset) that the following teams may qualify for the quarter finals.

Pool A.            Pool B.

England.         South Africa.
Australia.        India.
Sri Lanka.       Pakistan.
NewZealand.  West Indies.

Obviously, for all the teams playing quarter finals, semi finals and the final match, will be a do or die affair. Hence, for all intents and purposes, they will be considering all these matches, as a KNOCK OUT OR FINAL MATCH.

Now, for Pakistan to prepare for this ODI World Cup tournament, it has less than 5 months. Luckily, we also have the opportunity to play 8 ODI matches during coming Oct-Dec 2014, against Australia (3) and NewZealand (5).

PCB must ensure that firstly, it must also pick few newcomers with fresh legs, for the World Cup team, who performs outstandingly in the ongoing T20 national tournament being played in Karachi. This is high time that daring, fearless and hard hitting batsman like Awaiz Zia, is given an opportunity to play in all the 8 ODI matches vs Australia and NewZealand in UAE, to bolster his confidence for the World Cup tournament.

This is all the more necessary, because our low scores in the 1st power play part of the game, during the starting 10 overs, has been the achilles heel (a portion, spot, area, or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable).
With World Cup almost at hand, we created a sort of a world record in just concluded ODI series vs Sri Lanka, by scoring only 19 runs in the first 10 overs of an ODI, when only 2 repeat 2 fielders, are stationed outside the 30 yards circle.

(On 1 March, 2015 Pakistan created even a more shameful world record that too against minnows Zimbabwe by scoring only 14 runs in 1st 10 overs).

We also possess the world record for playing the maximum number of DOT balls in the ODI’s and the T20 matches.

Pakistan also has the world’s lowest average of scoring the runs in the 1st 10 overs, which is 3.94/ over.

Our basic weaknesses in the ODI’s, as well as, in the T20 matches, have been the failure in scoring during the power play period (as if we have burdened the mind with the fear of losing the wickets during the power play, which in any case, on many occasions, we do lose, even with NOT scoring freely in the power play) and secondly, committing the CARDINAL mistake of not taking singles regularly, or playing huge number of DOT balls.

Both the above problems are obviously due to a negative mind set. And if our coaches particularly Mr. Waqar Younis, fails to address this very serious issue, our team will continue to perform, as we did in recent series in Sri Lanka played in August, 2014.

Our team management, must realise that it is not an issue of the ABILITIES of our players. Rather, it is related to the NEGATIVE mind set, imbibed or embedded in the MINDS of our players; and the only way to come out of this rut, is to do specific practise (particularly during the coming 8 ODI and 3 T20 matches vs Australia and New Zealand) of these two short comings, explained above.

In the coming 8 ODI and 3 T20 games, our tour management committee must give a minimum target of 80 runs, during the 1st 10 overs of the ODI’s; and 60 runs during the 1st 6 overs of the T20 games. Because, if at all we have to be the #1 team of the world, we will have to be BETTER THAN THE BEST.

However, our all batsmen must be told that they are required to play FAST but NOT at all required to play RASH.

They should also be told that the basic difference between cricket and the baseball game is that in baseball, you are supposed to hit every ball; and in cricket every ball has to be played on its merit. However, that doesn’t mean that batsmen should fail to score singles and doubles, if boundaries are not coming.

Moreover, to overcome the chronic problem of our batsmen, in effectively scoring runs of the short balls, coming fast over their shoulders, particularly on the bouncy wickets of Australia and New Zealand, they should be given rigorous practice, with special bouncing rubber balls, bowled over the cemented pitch.

Regarding fielding, the players should be taught that all 11 fielders must focus 100% during the game, just like a wicket keeper; and the best way to NOT to drop a catch and stop a hit, is to EXPECT that EACH and EVERY ball will be coming to me. This mind set will VASTLY improve the catching and fielding.

Further, while throwing the ball for a direct run out, first the fielder must LOCK his eyes on the wickets and then throw the ball towards the stumps, with one bump to the ground, rather than, direct aerial throw to the wickets. Research has proved that one bump throw to the wickets, increases the chances of hitting the stumps, compared with the aerial throw.

In the bowling field, the old adage of bowling wicket to wicket, still pays the maximum dividends. However, in the modern day cricket, disguised slower balls, the balls bowled away from the off stump (just short of wide ball) and surprise bouncers and slower bouncers have proved extremely useful and productive, during the crunch times; and in the case of FREE hits.

In this regard, PCB must prepare a plan named ”Vision 2015″. This plan should be a fool proof strategy with specific focus on winning the 2015 ODI World Cup tournament, considering all risk factors, like sudden unavailability of any player due to various reasons (as happened with Saeed Ajmal), at least five umpiring decisions going against us (two in batting; three in bowling innings), dropped catches/missed run outs and failure of main bowlers and batsmen etc. This plan should be based on preparations of the mind set of the players that in modern day ODI cricket, no score of any team, even if it was 300 or anything way above 300, should be considered a safe score, because the boundaries are small and rules heavily favouring the batsmen.

We should remember that plans never fail, we fail to plan. Moreover, the PCB “Vision 2015″ must state that “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

Best of luck to the Pakistan cricket team….you can do it…you can win the World Cup…just believe in the fact that InshaAllah, you will be the world champions..!

Dear Mr. Prime Minister and the Patron in Chief PCB,

AoA.

Sir,

I take this opportunity to bring to your kind notice that if seen in the perspective of the ODI World Cup, scheduled to start from 14 February, 2015 (exactly after 53 days) all is not well, with the Pakistan cricket.

In fact, Pakistan’s ODI cricket is going from bad to worse, since, Mr. Najam Sethi took over in June 2013; and even Mr. Shahryar Khan has failed to stem the rot (mainly because he is religiously following the policies of Mr. Najam Sethi and working on his dotted lines, as if Mr. Najam Sethi is still his boss).

Now, as per the latest ODI team ICC rankings, Pakistan stands at # 7. Pakistan is now just 1 point ahead of the West Indies and then we come in the league of the teams of the Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland.

It is known for sure that you being yourself just not only a cricketer, but an ardent and passionate follower of the game as well, can not just wait and see the downfall of our team, which is mainly because of the nincompoop senior PCB leadership and team management.

Sir, you as the Patron in Chief of the PCB, would also never tolerate an early (but very much looming) exit of the Pakistan team from the World Cup 2015, as happened in the year 2007, 9th ODI World Cup held in the West Indies, when Pakistan failed to go past the group stage while Bangladesh, the lowest-ranked Test playing nation, and Ireland, an associate (non-test playing) nation, made it to the Super 8s.

Sir, just for your kind information other cricket boards are taking the World Cup 2015 so seriously that the ECB has dismissed its tested and tried ODI captain Mr. Alastair Cook and appointed Mr. Eoin Morgan as England’s ODI team’s captain. Even West Indian Cricket Board has also corrected their course midway, by appointing Mr. Jason Holder (23 years young) replacing Mr. Dwayne Bravo, as West Indies’ ODI captain.

I really appreciate the BCCI for their professionalism in going at the jugular of the Indian teams coaching staff for losing the Test match Vs Australia, due to an unrest in the dressing room.

However, the state of affairs at the PCB can be easily gauged by our team’s dismal performances in the last 8 ODI’s that Pakistan played in UAE (considered as home ground for Pakistan), where it only won 2 and lost 6 matches Vs Australia and NewZealand.

Sir, the reasons of our teams down hill trend can be found from the answers of the following questions:

1. Why our team management and defensive minded ODI captains (M/s Misbah & Afridi) are playing most of the matches with 4 regular bowlers, knowing very well that 50 overs must be completed by 5 regular bowlers? Why not take to task Messrs Moin Khan, Waqar Younis, Misbah ul Haq and Shahid Afridi for this cardinal blunder, constantly being repeated, since the series played in SriLanka?

2. Why the team management and ODI captains are not looking at the fact that even after including 7 batsmen in the playing eleven, we have failed mostly to score over 300 runs and also on many occasions we could not bat our quota of 50 overs?

3. Why our openers and rest of the batsmen play so defensively in the 1st 10 overs (when only 2 fielders are allowed outside the circle and where acres of space is available to score runs) that rarely our team scores above 50 runs in 10 overs? So much so that during the match played Vs NZ on the 19 December 2014, our team created a new world record, of scoring 50 runs with the help of ONLY one four.

4. Why Mr. Sarfraz is being given the duties of a wicket keeper, when even the foreign commentators talk about him as a below average wicket keeper, who keeps on dropping vital catches and thus contributing heavily in the defeats of the team?

5. No team allows unfit player (even if he is a captain) to have a joyride with the team. Why Mr. Misbah ul Haq was allowed to sit with the players and why he was not sent back home?

6. Why after announcing that Mr. Hafeez will not play the last 2 matches, he was included in the team?

7. Why Mr. Yaser Shah was not given the chance to play any ODI match, when he was sent from Pakistan as a replacement?

8. Why Mr. Sami Aslam originally selected for the ODI team, was sent back to Pakistan from the UAE to play in the A team?

10. Who selected Mr. Asad Shafiq for the ODI matches (where he miserably failed) when everyone in the country was laughing, at his out of merit selection?

11. Who dropped Mr. Fawad Alam from the team and why the chairman PCB kept mum, when this blunder (along with inclusion of Mr. Asad Shafiq) was pointed out by the experts, well before the final approval of the chairman PCB?

12. According to Mr. Waqar Younis the head coach of the team, our players are weak in fielding and also can not play bouncers. Firstly, these are no new findings and secondly, why not to dismiss the fielding and batting coaches for utterly failing to improve these VITAL short comings, in even a single player of the team?

13. Since, the buck stops at the top, why not ask the chairman PCB to immediately submit his resignation for 3rd consecutive ODI series defeat after his takeover, demotion of Pakistan’s ODI ranking to its lowest ever level and his failure in taking action (despite his own commitment) that he will not allow dressing room to be overcrowded and most importantly his impotence in taking back two positions of chief selector and manager, from Mr. Moin Khan.

Mr. Prime Minister, the existing PCB structure has failed to deliver, because it has collapsed, due to the incompetence and failure of its leadership consisting of its Chairman, BOG members, COO and senior directors. And to expect from a dead horse to run and win the race for you, is expecting the impossible. However, still Pakistani team has a chance to regroup and perform to its full potential if:

– Entire PCB echelon (top level command) is immediately replaced with NOT your FAVOURITES but true no non sense professionals like AVM Farooq Umar/ Mr. Razak Dawood/ Mr. Asad Umar and they should be given absolutely free hand to appointment the rest of the top PCB personnel.

– To aim for winning the World Cup 2015, we need to encourage innovation and risk at every level. The defensive minded old Mr. Misbah and spent force Mr. Shahid Afridi, at best can be retained as members of the team. PCB must appoint a new and young ODI captain of Pakistani team, as has been done by the ECB and the WICB.

– PCB must appoint a broader advisory committee with senior former cricketers, to submit a plan of action to win the World Cup 2015.
This plan should be a fool proof strategy with specific focus on winning the 2015 tournament, considering all risk factors, like sudden unavailability of any player due to various reasons, at least five umpiring decisions going against us (two in batting & three in bowling innings), dropped catches/missed run outs and failure of main bowlers and batsmen etc.
We should remember that plans never fail, we fail to plan. Moreover, this plan must state that “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

– PCB must not be afraid of changing the course at a time when the World Cup 2015, is not far away.
Nothing is impossible. However, in order to achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable, which must be thought.

Mr. Prime minister, let the posterity record the fact that you as the Patron in Chief of the PCB, did everything possible within your command, to see the Pakistan’s flag fly high, when InshaAllah, our team wins the ODI 2015 World Cup, repeating the history of the glory of the 1992 ODI World Cup victory.

Last but not the least, no one else knows better than you, Mr. Prime Minister, that after having suffered so much agony, distress and pains inflicted by the WOT, we as a nation are yearning for some moments of collective joy and happiness; and nothing equals the joys and nothing unites the nation than the celebrations of a cricket World Cup victory, for which we expect from you to even go out of the way, crossing over your party lines, for delivering this PRICELESS gift to our terror stricken nation.

With kind regards and best wishes.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Letter to the PM dated 8 September, 2013.

H’able Prime Minister of Pakistan

AoA.

Really want to appreciate your grave concern and subsequent decisions to pull back the city of Karachi from complete anarchy.

In this regard, your strategy to compliment action on ground with the support of the entire political stake holders in Karachi is also really commendable.

However, in order to maximise the success of the action on ground, the motivation of the masses to guide the forces, towards the hideouts of the terrorists, is also no less important. In this connection, I am again resubmitting below, my proposal to curb the menace of terrorism, submitted on 26 November, 2010 for your kind perusal, so that the cooperation of the entire population is available to the government, in making the stay of terrorists at any place impossible.

Terrorism – A proposal to Curb the Menace

Posted at www.snayyar.com by Syed Nayyar Uddin on November 26, 2010 in Counter Terrorism, Pakistan, Terrorism | Edit |
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The sudden increase of acts of terrorism with particular reference to the incidents in May 2011 & PIDC house attack on Nov. 11, 2010 in Karachi, highlights the importance of preventive measures to curb the menace of terrorism, which is causing severe losses to men, material and reputation of the country.

In the cases of terrorist attacks on the GHQ, PIDC house & Pakistan Navy air base it was reported that the gang of attackers was residing in a rented house for wuite some time, in an area not very far away from their targets. It was also reported that the neighbors of these houses were although, suspicious of these tenants yet; they kept quiet and did not tip area police about their apprehensions.

Under the circumstances there is a dire need for motivating general public, to remain extra -vigilant in playing their role of defending the motherland, by involvement of entire population of the country, to look out for the stay and suspicious activities of the terrorist, in their near vicinity.

As such, In order to make the stay of terrorists at any place almost impossible, it is proposed to actively involve the entire population to look out & hunt them. This objective can be easily achieved, by the announcement of the Government, that a reward of Rs. 50 millions shall be paid to any person, who informs the Police about the terrorist staying in a house, hostel, hotel, rest house or any such place.

If the war against terror is to be won quickly, the entire population of the country have to be geared up and involved in the task of watch and vigilence.

With best wishes and kind regards.

Yours truly,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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Mr. Prime Minister why so much hullabaloo over a 3000CC car for the CEC when COO PCB is using a 3600CC vehicle (specially imported from Japan) vs his entitlement for 1800CC car?

New CEC seeks ‘unauthorised’ Prado
Ali Akbar
Published by Dawn about 7 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sent a summary to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat on Friday evening, seeking a new 3000 cc ‘Prado’ for new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Raza, despite the fact that he is only authorised to have a 1600-1800 cc car as per his service rules, sources in the ECP confirmed to DawnNews.
The reason stated for seeking a Prado is that the new CEC requires it for field work. He will keep the authorised vehicle with him too.
PM Secretariat officials confirmed receiving the summary but said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not yet made the decision to grant a Prado to the CEC.
Justice Sardar Raza was appointed as the new CEC last week after the post remained vacant for 16 months.

Dear Mr. Imran Khan,

AoA.

Please accept heartiest congratulations on beyond expectations success (by the Grace of Allah) of Karachi “BUND” for which first of all, the nation salutes the local ordinary PTI workers and general public of Karachi and secondly, PTI’s entire central and Karachi/Sindh leadership, deserves Kudos, for planning a brilliantly intelligent strategy and it’s meticulous implementation.

Also please mark my words that beyond expectations success of FDB & KHI BUNDS, are Inshallah, a precursor, for
unimaginable success at Lahore, on coming Monday, for which I offer best wishes and advance congratulations.

Pakistan Paindabad.

On Monday, 8 December, 2104 an overwhelming crowd of the Faisalabad city blew away the myth of the incumbent PMLN government that they can force away PTI men and women in the country, specially in the province of Punjab, with the aggression of their own supporters.

In fact, the PTI men and women of steel, showed to the world that they can’t even be cowed down by the bullets, what to talk of any other repressive actions.

Just one PTI tigress Ms Lubna Malik, displayed unimaginable courage and bravery, in front of the hundreds and hundreds of PMLN supporters, who were attacking and chasing her shamelessly, but failed miserably, in their nefarious designs.

This one incident proved to be the turning point of the PTI movement, like the Tiananmen Square incident in China, where a lone person stood in front of a full military tanks column and stopped the tanks movement.

Now, the government must ponder on the level of the motivation of the PTI supporters that just one PTI tigress can hold back hundreds of PMLN charging workers.

As such, how can the government face the millions of charged up PTI tigresses and tigers all over the country?

Actually, Faisalabad not only blasted the myth of the PMLN’s street power, but it also took out the air from the ballon of the facade of any public support with the government.

It looks PTI has really won the game, set and match by just puncturing the ballon of the PMLN’s falsely created impression, of any worthwhile public support.

Now, no way PTI can be defeated and stopped in achieving its objectives, which seems to be just a matter of time, only.

Yesterday, PMLN not only lost its myth but prestige and reputation as well, by devising a wrong strategy of mishandling a political issue with non political methods; the blame for which, squarely lies on the top leadership of the PMLN.

The world is surprised why the Indian Army commander missed to state that Pakistan’s flag and Pakistan’s national anthem CD (wrapped in a Pakistani newspaper may be “Pakistan Times”), was also found from the Kashmiri freedom fighters who attacked India’s occupied military forces installations in Kashmir.

Come on India your commanders even don’t have a sense of mocking a proper “False Flag” against Pakistan.

If this is the mental level of senior Indian Army commanders, then really pity on you..!

Last but not the least, for the consumption of the Indian occupation forces in Kashmir and the Indian government leadership, as well; the right to resist the occupation forces is the legal and moral right of the Kashmiri people as enshrined in the UN charter and explained below:

The Palestinian’s (read Kashmiris) legal right to resist occupation—to fight for their ability to promote, sustain, and nurture human life, to fight for their right to grow, to flourish—comes from two documents: the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Fourth Geneva Convention and its subsequent protocols.

Taken together, people (read Kashmiris) have the right to “fight against colonial domination and alien occupation in the exercise of their right to self-determination,” Israeli human rights lawyer Lynda Brayer explained.

Writing in CounterPunch this spring in the wake of Goldstone’s backpedaling, Brayer went into detail:

Above and beyond the basic right of all human beings to resist their being killed and harmed, and a society to take armed actions to protect itself, this document legitimizes also national liberation struggles, including, at this time in history, most particularly, the Palestinian (read Kashmiris) people’s struggle for its own freedom. It is this right which legitimizes all Palestinian (read Kashmiris) attempts to lift the yoke of Israeli (read Indian) oppression from Palestine (read Kashmir) including all the actions taken by the Palestinians during Operation Cast Lead.And is not the right to resist oppression universal? Does this right not justify the American Revolution and then the French Revolution and the wars of liberation in the 1950′s and 1960′s. Nelson Mandela is a hero because of his resistance to, not because of his subservience to apartheid repression. And the Warsaw Ghetto uprising by the Jewish population against the Nazi repression is a beacon of pride in modern Jewish history. it is also a fact that Jews who joined the resistance, say in Poland or other places under Nazi occupation, are heroes for the Jewish people. I would contend that one cannot deny that right of resistance to Palestinians which the Jews appropriated to themselves, and which is the right of all peoples living under military occupation and/or colonialist regimes.

Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, a professor of international law at Princeton University, the author of dozens of books, writes in “International Law and the Al-Aqsa Intifada”:

Though the Israeli government and the US media persist in describing the second Palestinian intifada as a security crisis or a disruption to the ‘peace process,’ in international law, Palestinian (read Kashmiris) resistance to occupation is a legally protected right…Israel’s (read India’s) failures to abide by international law, as a belligerent occupant, amounted to a fundamental denial of the right of self-determination, and more generally of respect for the framework of belligerent occupation — giving rise to a Palestinian (read Kashmiri) right of resistance.

It boils down to this: every time the Israeli (read Indian) military arrests a Palestinian (read Kashmiri) for “stone throwing” or “incitement” or any other bogus, trumped-up charges—and every time Israel (read India) holds a protest organizer or a Popular (read Hurriyat) Committee leader prisoner—it is, perversely, detaining Palestinians (read Kashmiris) for exercising their inalienable moral and legal rights to resist an illegal and violent military occupation.

Terror Attacks “Made in Pakistan”: How Should India Respond?

Tonight on The Buck Stops Here:’Unambiguous Pakistan Hand In Attacks’: Kashmir Corps Commander to NDTVThe multiple terror attacks in the Kashmir valley were made in Pakistan, that is the direct and st…

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/terror-attacks-made-in-pakistan-how-should-india-respond/347596

All the Pakistani stake holders in its political system, more so the PTI, must realise that the current political logjam resolution, through the judicial commission enquiry, may create more problems than providing the black and white answers to the question of whether the election 2013, were massively rigged or not. In fact, this is a classical catch 22 situation.

As such, foresight demands and also it is in the larger interest of the nation, to not to follow a course of option, which most certainly will pop up more serious problems, instead of resolving the issue of massive riggings in the E-2013.

Since, Pakistan has already fallen behind in every sector of economic development, even compared with such countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and SriLanka etc., it can ill afford plunging from one crisis to another, for months and years on. It is high time that every stake holder realised that enough was enough and for the sake of Pakistan, we have to move forward, sacrificing our egotism.

As they say no player is bigger than the sports, it should be clearly realised that no politician is also bigger than the country and its national interest.

Hence, in view of the foregoing, the following win win solution is being placed before all the stake holders and the key institutions to immediately take Pakistan out of the present political crisis.

PROPOSAL:

– Pakistan can have a referendum under the supervision of its armed forces and rangers, to get reply of just one question i.e., whether E-2013 were rigged or not. And, if the answer is in affirmative then the Prime Minister Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, should dissolve all the assemblies, set up a new care taker govt and hold fresh elections, under a new EC.

– Moreover, before the dissolution of the assemblies, the parliament must also pass a bill, for the election reforms, as per the consensus of all the stake holders.

– In the meantime, the PTI should also join back the assemblies and end its Dharna in Islamabad.

The proposal of referendum is allowed under the constitution and no one can object that any constitutional violation was committed.

نہ سمجھو گے تو مٹ جاوٴگے اے سیاست دانو تمھاری داستان تک نە ەوگی داستانوں میں

SHAME ON SUCH SO CALLED DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE ORDERED TO FORCEFULLY SHUT DOWN ARY AND SAMAA TV TRANSMISSIONS AND MR ZARDARI HAS THE GALLS TO SAY WORST DEMOCRACY IS BETTER THAN DICTATORSHIP

SHAME ON LOOTERS AND PLUNDERERS OF PAKISTAN.

For all intents and purposes (barring any miracle) it seems that New Zealand may well be on course of a very well deserved and well earned victory in the 3rd and last Test match vs Pakistan.

And for the Pakistani team, it looked like they were outplayed by the NZ players in every department of the game.

However, the wicket keeping and fielding of the team, rather than showing any improvement, has depicted further decline of the standards.

As such, if we have to show any worthwhile performance in the coming ODI World Cup, the board and team management must revamp the whole process of fielding training drills and strategy.

Else, we should not forget that our cricket team performed so badly in the last Champions Trophy that it got the last possible position in the tournament.

We should never forget that plans never fail. Actually, we fail to plan.

Team management and players must be told that “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win”.