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My observations dated 2 March, 2014.

Victory in the Mother of all matches..!

Allah Blessed Pakistan with a miraculous victory over India at FatehAllah, Bangladesh.

Heartiest congratulations to the entire Pakistani nation and all the cricket lovers world over, on winning a cliff hanger of a match against India.

Ultimately this match turned into an Afridi Vs India affair.

The last six of Afridi reminds us of Javed Miandad’s last ball six many decades ago at Sharjah Vs India.

Nothing unites our nation like sports.

Sports has the power to change Pakistan…it has the power to inspire.

It has the power to unite Pakistani people in a way that little else does.

It speaks to the Pakistani youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope for the entire Pakistani nation, where once there was only despair, lawlessness, hunger, poverty, drugs, suicide bombings and alarming increase of suicides, due to the economic hardships.

It is more powerful than government in breaking down the menace of terrorism which has blown the country to the smithereens.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad.
2 March, 2014.

When a team has entered the arena, fear is its biggest enemy; and positivity, its biggest weapon.

We should remember that plans never fail, we fail to plan.

Players have to 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.”

If Pakistan bats first, target for 1st 6 power play overs must not be less than 80 runs, for which out of the any two batsmen on the pitch, one must be given the license for brutally going after the bowling, in a sensible manner and style of Chris Gayle, which he displayed last night during the match vs England.

The analysis of West Indian innings reveal (as detailed below) that even if very high total is not accumulated in the first 6 overs of power play, a big target can be comfortably chased, after the first 6 overs, if there is no panic, due to fall of wickets; and the accelerator is further pressed, with absolute calmness in mind.

The more you are calm and composed, the chances get better, for achieving seemingly impossible targets.

1 – 6 (PP6 Overs) 55/1 Average 9.16
7-11 (5 Overs) 48/1 Average 9.60
12-16 (5 Overs) 66/2 Average 13.20

The above statistics also defeats the myth that if only 2 fielders are out in the circle, only that is the period, to score maximum runs.

The strategy for bowling should be simple; analyse the areas of weak points of the batsmen where he normally gets out, or plays dot balls; and keep line and length in those areas.

Moreover, the fielding should also be placed where batsmen plays his maximum shots.

Any target in the T20 second innings can be achieved on the philosophy that, if they can do it, we can do it.

So, the secret of success is the self belief imbibed in the minds of the players, which removes every other thought from their brains, except that I CAN DO IT.

1. @SAfridiOfficial
Entire nation is behind u and Pak team. It is nation’s wish, desire, prayer & gut feeling that our team will b victorious.

2. @SAfridiOfficial
u will have to lead with example & himself bat with responsibility.

3. @SAfridiOfficial
No bowler can get u out if u ONLY play grounded shots.

4. @SAfridiOfficial
U can only demand with your batsmen to play with responsibility if u yourself don’t get out on irresponsible shots.

5. @SAfridiOfficial
Control your urge for airy shots and show your aggression on grounded shot boundaries.

6. @SAfridiOfficial
If u can’t control your urge for airy shots then open the innings 2 have minimum chances of getting caught in power play.

7. @SAfridiOfficial
Remember you must retire on a high & U must hate the stigma of retiring as a failed captain & player.

8. @SAfridiOfficial
For u 2 give memorable performance u will have to CHANGE your style of airy shots.

9. @SAfridiOfficial
Einstein says definition of INSANITY is doing an action again & again without change & expecting a different result.

10. @SAfridiOfficial
Pl restore some sanity & lead fm the front & by example. Entire & total responsibility rests on u & your batting NOT bowling.

11. @SAfridiOfficial
If u return as a victorious captain generations of your generations will live with their heads held high.

12. Finally, please inform your players that cricket is not base ball, where you hit in the air; every ball; but the biggest cause of our defeats in ODI and T20 matches are the world record maximum number of DOT balls. Moreover, there is a big difference between batting madly and batting aggressively, like there is a vast difference, in driving rashly and driving fast. Aggressive batting means NOT playing more than 20 DOT balls in an innings. Further, our team’s motto should be “All for one, one for all”.

All these continuous series of cricket debacles are happening due to the total and collective failure of the PCB’s top management in developing the game on merit, forward thinking, checks and balances, accountability and transparency; which ironically consists of not one, but three chairmans namely M/S Shahryar Khan, Najam Sethi and Shakeel Sheikh; who are designated as chairman PCB, chairman executive committee and chairman cricket committee respectively.

The inherent problems of the PCB are that it’s top brass is totally out of sync with the modern day demands of the game; and the organisation has three power centres, run by the three chairmans detailed above.

Need of the hour – Immediate revamping of the PCB..!

Respected Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sahab,

اسلام و علیکم

Sir,

I want to urgently inform you about the public anger, utter disappointment and frustration, about the government of the day and the PCB, after our cricket teams continuous pathetic performances in the ongoing Asia Cup, particularly, in the last nights’s disgusting & humiliating defeat, handed over to our team, by the Bangladeshi cricket players, in the Mirpur stadium, Dhaka.

All these continuous series of cricket debacles are happening due to the total and collective failure of the PCB’s top management in developing the game on merit, forward thinking, checks and balances, accountability and transparency; which ironically consists of not one, but three chairmans namely M/S Shahryar Khan, Najam Sethi and Shakeel Sheikh; who are designated as chairman PCB, chairman executive committee and chairman cricket committee respectively.

The inherent problems of the PCB are that it’s top brass is totally out of sync with the modern day demands of the game; and the organisation has three power centres, run by the three chairmans detailed above.

Sir, the nation not wrongly, also thinks that Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sahab, being the Patron in chief of the PCB, has not made the right choices of all the personnel appointed in the PCB and its board of governors.

Sir, enough is enough and action is better than inaction. As such, it is never too late to correct the course, for the sake of the image and prestige of our beloved motherland, called The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Kindly immediately bring these long series of cricketing disasters to an immediate end, heaped upon the nation by the PCB, continuing from the debacle in the ODI World Cup 2015, then the most insulting white wash during the last BD tour, then continuous defeats from the teams of Sri Lanka, England and NZ, as there is no need to wait for further set backs, during the coming T20 World Cup: by forthwith dissolving the entire PCB set up; and giving the reigns of the PCB to some dead honest, clean, educated and world renowned corporate experienced cricketer/person who must possess forward vision, to rebuild the PCB from its ashes; and make the PCB a world class professional set up, soonest possible.

Else, please don’t expect a defective, obsolete and redundant factory (PCB) to produce a product (players) to compete in the world arena.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sahab,

اسلام وعلیکم

Sir,

Today, our team just did not miserably got defeated against India; but it was an abject surrender against the Indians, again witnessed by us, after the surrender of 1971 at Dhaka.

Sir, this disaster was not a one off happening.

Since, you appointed Mr. Najam Sethi and later on, Mr. Shahryar Khan at helm of affairs of the PCB, our team is on an unending downward slide.

Sir, ever since day one, I have been informing you the abysmal conditions at the PCB, without any action from your honour.

Sir, now enough is enough. The buck obviously stops at the top. Kindly rethink your policy of giving free reign to your appointed men at PCB, which also includes all the members of the governing board.

Sir, Now the water has crossed over the heads.

Sir, it is not the high time but the highest time for you to immediately dissolve the entire PCB; and appoint non-political world class professionals, to run the PCB on corporate level.

Sir, a faulty factory can never produce a perfect product, which you have seen personally in the PCB’s case.

Hoping that in the national interest, you will not spare personalities, for the sake of image and prestige of Pakistan.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

I gave my team as below, on 9th February, 2016 and the PCB selectors announced national team on 10th February, 2016.

The following players may be considered for the Pakistani Squad.
1. Muhammad Hafeez (Captain and opening batsman).
2. Awais Zia (Most hard hitting left handed swashbuckling opening batsman in the country, who can take the attack to the opposition and turn the tables in the first 6 power play overs).
3. Baber Azam (He is an all rounder and excellent fielder who can also confidently open the innings, if required).
4. Sharjeal Khan (He has the advantage of being a hard hitting left handed batsman, who can also open the innings).
5. Umar Akmal (Vice Captain. He must not be sent below one down. Also the standby wicket keeper).
6. Sarfraz Ahmad (Wicket keeper. He must not bat below two down).
7. Imad Wasim (One of the best all rounder in the country, who is an excellent fielder, as well).
8. Anwar Ali (All rounder and an excellent world class fielder. He can also be used as an opening batsman as per requirement of the situation).
9. Zulfiquar Baber (Best turner of the ball. Left arm spinner).
10. Muhammad Nawaz (An extremely promising 22 years All rounder, basically a left handed orthodox spinner and LH batsman).
11. Zafar Gohar (21 years young very agile in the field, slow left arm orthodox and reasonably reliable left handed batsman).
12. Shahid Afridi (He deserves inclusion in the team on the basis of his spin bowling and his excellent track record against the Indian team).
13. Muhammad Amir (Highly talented LH pacer. An asset for any team in the world).
14. Junaid Khan (Left arm pacer, who has recently rediscovered his magic. Extremely talented player).
15. Bilawal Bhatti (Right arm pacer who can bat reasonably; well fit for the T20 format. Moreover T20 game is not Wahab Riaz’s cup of tea and BB is more fitter than Umar Gul, as well. Further, BB is preferred over Muhammad Irfan, due to Irfan’s poor fielding abilities and below Muhallah level teams batting abilities).
We should not be afraid to repose trust in the young generation players named above; and also not be shy of changing the captain at this late hour, because even Australia has today, changed its T20 leadership for the T20 World Cup, by replacing Smith with Finch.
Best of luck for the Pakistani cricketers.

Official Pakistani Squad:

Shahid Afridi
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Irfan
Rumman Raees
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Nawaz
Babar Azam
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed
Imad Wasim
Anwar Ali
Khurram Manzoor

In my team there were no places for:

Shoaib Malik
Muhammad Irfan
Rumman Raees
Iftikhar Ahmad
Khurram Manzoor

How the hell some wise men of the country blame the PIA employees for its sufferings, when the top management appointed during the tenures of PPP and PMLN shook the foundations of PIA by anti PIA decisions?

All such RESPONSIBLE  persons MUST be tried in the military courts for their ECONOMIC TREASON with Pakistan.

PIA suffered more because of giving landing rights to other airlines without ensuring a reciprocal treatment.

Please read the full news item published today by the daily The Express Tribune at the following link.

However, the relevant excerpt of the news item is quoted below:

Quote.” Recent briefings by the PIA management to the National Assembly Special Committee on PIA Privatisation revealed that the national flag carrier suffered more because of giving landing rights to other airlines without ensuring a reciprocal treatment and a wrong marketing strategy.” Unquote.

..http://tribune.com.pk/story/1040018/change-of-plans-imf-agrees-to-delay-pia-sell-off-for-six-months/

Why we lost the 2nd T20 match vs the NZ team?

Just because the NZ team played smart cricket.

May be our team is better team than the New Zealand’s team.

Basically, we are not playing and not using our resources more intelligently.

We should select players on the basis of horses for courses.

Ahmad Shahzad, Sohaib Maqsood and Shoaib Malik are not the horses for the T20 course.

Moreover, according to a definition of a leader, he is supposed to ensure that the ladder is leaning at the correct place, for his team members to reach the targeted area.

If the ladder is wrongly placed, no matter how capable are your team members, they can never reach the right place, for achievement of your desired goal or task.

Here, as pointed out after the first match, we must correctly select our players, who are fit for T20 format and wisely plan our batting order, to give ample space to our explosive batsmen to tear apart the bowling of the opponent team, for a relatively longer period of time.

Cricket is like a chess game, where you use your moves more wisely and intelligently, than your opponent.

We are wrongly playing Ahmad Shahzad, Shoaib Malik and Sohaib Maqsood and not giving chance to the likes of Anwar Ali and Babar Azam etc.

Moreover, players like Umar Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmad must bat up in the order, to have a reasonable opportunity to perform, as per their huge potential.

Once Viv Richards said that cricket is played all in your head.

Let us hope our of tour management committee does not panic after the resounding defeat in the second T20 match, because panic is a sure recipe of defeat.

In order to win the last match of the series, our team management must consider all the suggestions submitted above and devise a plan to out smart the opponent team, by using shorter sides of the ground for hitting maximum number of boundaries in that particular area and must set a target of minimum 60 runs in first six overs of the power play.

Moreover, we should ensure playing minimum number of dot balls, particularly in the power play overs.

Our fast bowlers should be advised to must utilise one bouncer ball, which is allowed during an over and also bowl maximum possible yorkers, aiming the toe of the batsmen.

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,

AoA.

Sir,

Please note that it is the prime duty of the PM Pakistan to use all his abilities and resources at his disposal, to free Pakistan from the foreign debt, rather than allowing taking of more burden of loans, to pay off the old loans.

Already, the debt repayment situation has reached an extremely alarming level to the extent that almost more than 40% of the tax revenue goes into the debt repayment. And in the coming years, the current high interest rate loans repayments may eat up almost the entire tax revenues.

This grave situation may not only create unprecedented economic hardships; but can badly erode the military capabilities as well; resulting in virtual collapse of the economic and geographical sovereignty of Pakistan.

Under the circumstances, no one else in the country but you Mr. Prime Minister, may take this challenge to utilise all your abilities and resources, to arrange a 100% foreign debt write-off for Pakistan.

In this regard, as a first step, since you are visiting Germany from Monday, this issue may please be taken up with the German leadership, for garnering support for the write-off of the entire Pakistani foreign debt, in consideration for its services, in the War on Terror (WOT) plus the permission granted for the FREE use of Pakistan’s air space, to all the 49 nation coalition of NATO forces: which if had been charged during the last 15 years of WOT, would have amounted to earnings to Pakistan of about a trillion US dollars (1000 billion USD). Against which amount our entire foreign debt is much less than $100 billion.

Mr. Prime Minister, besides the German leadership, you should also take up this case individually, with all the 49 countries of the NATO’s alliance on WOT in Afghanistan.

Last but not the least, most of the financial experts will advise you that this is a pipe dream and well neigh impossible. Sir, simply tell such advisors that in order to achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable which must be thought. Moreover, in the past as well, most of the people discouraged the Quaid-e-Azam, by saying that carving an area for the creation of Pakistan from India, was impossible. However, his sheer determination, unflinching conviction for his just cause and focus on solution instead of the problems, enabled him to achieve the once impossible looking task.

With best wishes and kind regards.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
10 November, 2014.