More mismanagement than players’ power!

I don’t think it was a matter of more players’ power, it was more of a combination of stupid management, I write that right, it was more stupid than that of the mismanagement term, because the management is having loose control on players, so that’s why they have been practicing this self ego exercise regularly.

If there weren’t a problem like that, than players didn’t dare to do such things, like exposure of personal ego, coming into the media, and trying to pull another player’s leg by exposing his name and saying he’s the one because of which team is not performing well. I admit they’ve been a great players but they should be handled properly and made them understand the lines of do’s and don’ts because they are not above the rule, game and the governing body of the sport in Pakistan.

Even if there are grievances in the players, they should be solved without being the breaking news material for the news channels in Pakistan and whole over the world, and plus they shouldn’t be allowed to play with the name of the country that I play for my country that’s why you should listen to me whenever I want to – this attitude must be removed from our players, and it can be removed with implementation of effective managerial skilled managers, not like those managers who take couple of senior players to the Chairman of PCB just to complain about that player who has just won them T20 world cup, for which they’ve been counting it as their major achievement, made them kicked that player out of the team by making the players to retaliate against him, with the incentive that they might be the next skipper of the green shirts.

Haven’t they listen to that story in the end the moral of the story is that, جیسی کرنی، ویسی بھرنی means the person will harvest the same crop which he seeded months ago. Than how could they be so sure that they players will not disobey him, after what he did with another skipper? Its just because of stupid management of PCB which is working on friendships and relations, like the current team Manager of the National side is so called “50 year old friend” of Chairman PCB. Is that the way an organization works? Instead of making merit the criteria, they have been chairing friends and relatives.

Its my personal opinion that I have somewhat sympathy with the players but not with the stupid, idiotic management.

Re: Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams

Reference: http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/451392.html

Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams

Osman Samiuddin

March 10, 2010

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	The PCB has sacked ex-captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from all formats of the international game © AFP

The PCB has struck against its players with a venom unseen in recent memory, carrying out the deepest cull of a senior cricket team in many years and banning and fining seven of its top players after the side’s disastrous, winless tour of Australia. It has banned Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, from playing for Pakistan in any format for an indefinite period, while handing out one-year bans to Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan. Shahid Afridi and the Akmal brothers were fined Rs2-3 million [$24,000-35,000] for various misdemeanours and put on six-month probations.

Action had been expected once details of the inquiry committee’s report recommendations were leaked in the press on Monday and Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, had followed it up by saying “more than significant action” would be taken against players. While the punishments for Malik, Rana, Afridi and the Akmal brothers were expected, the action against Yousuf and Younis has caught most people off-guard.

“Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, keeping in view their infighting which resulted in bringing down the whole team, their attitude has a trickledown effect which is a bad influence for the whole team should not be part of national team in any format,” the board said in its statement issued on Wednesday.

The PCB has stopped short of calling the punishment a life ban. “They will not be part of any Pakistan team in any format from here on,” Taffazul Rizvi, the board’s legal advisor told Cricinfo. “A life ban means they cannot play domestic cricket or any other similar cricket, but we are not stopping them from that. They can play domestic cricket or county cricket here and abroad.”

Typically there was confusion and the board later appeared to climb down by clarifying that this was not the end of their careers. In a statement released at least six hours after the original release, the board said, “that the recommendation of the Committee is not a life ban on these cricketers. There is no specified term in the recommendation for these two players. As and when the PCB deems appropriate, these players will be considered for selection for the national team.”

Rizvi refused to elaborate on the nature of the pair’s cases, but it is believed that the board had generally had enough with the two. Younis twice stepped down from the captaincy last year with player unrest against his leadership the underlying cause both times. Yousuf’s sins are equally unclear, other than that he led a winless tour to Australia and engaged thereafter in a public battle with Malik.

The cases of indiscipline that have led to one-year bans on Malik and Rana, similarly, have not been expanded upon. “Rana Naved ul Hasan and Shoaib Malik be fined Rupees Two million. They should not be part of national team in any format for a period of one year.”

Malik’s name has figured persistently at the centre of speculation over the last year in inciting player unrest within the team, though nothing substantial has appeared in public to back that up. “We cannot discuss the specifics of the incident as we are under oath,” Rizvi said. “But obviously we have taken action after much consideration and based on solid information.”

In contrast, the cases of Akmal brothers and Shahid Afridi are straightforward. The brothers were fined for their behavior in the aftermath of the Sydney Test; Kamran was dropped by the board but insisted publicly he would be selected in the run-up to the third Test. Younger brother Umar was alleged to have feigned an injury to not play the Test in protest, though he did eventually play. Kamran has been fined Rs 3 million, Umar Rs 2 million and the pair are on probation.

Afridi was punished for the ball-biting incident in the Perth ODI, where he was captain. He has already been punished by the ICC, who immediately gave him a two-match ban. “For the shameful act of Shahid Khan Afridi, which has brought the game and country into disrepute, he be fined Rupees 3 million,” the board said. “A warning be issued to him by the Chairman PCB and he be put on probation for 06 months, during which his conduct be strictly monitored.”

The bans were handed down by an inquiry committee which comprised former players Wasim Bari, Zakir Khan and Yawar Saeed, besides Wazir Ali Khoja, a member of the PCB governing council, and Rizvi. The committee held hearings on February 12th, 13th and the 27th, and looked into reports from former coach Intikhab Alam, manager Abdul Raqeeb and newly appointed coach Waqar Younis, who was the bowling consultant during the Australia tour. Besides the players who were punished, the committee questioned Intikhab, Raqeeb, opener Salman Butt, assistant coach Aaqib Javed, the physio Faisal Hayat and the PCB’s cricket analyst Mohammad Talha.

Attention will turn now to how the players will respond. Legal action or appeals will be a consideration though Rizvi insisted the board was on solid ground. “We are on good ground with this,” he said. “The PCB has done it thinking it is the right thing to do. It sets an example for the future.”

As a whole, the action is almost unparalleled in even Pakistan’s troubled history. The 2000 Justice Qayyum report had similar repercussions but that was about the graver concerns of corruption. This cull has been carried out, ostensibly, in a bid to curb indiscipline and player power.

Osman Samiuddin is Pakistan editor of Cricinfo

Feeds: Osman Samiuddin

Atlast some serious action taken by the PCB, but why only on the two great Y’s! Although I must admit I am not a great fan of Muhammad Yousuf, after what doing some faulter captaincy and politics in the team. On the other hand, Shoaib Malik should have been punished heavier as in my opinion he’s the main culprit behind all this. And Akmals after what they had done was serious and they didn’t deserved to be playing, whatever Kamran Akmal did in Sydney test, i.e. dropping Hussey couple of times in an inning, the same player later scored a hundred and let the Aussies to win that test match which was almost on the grip of Pakistan team, but what junior Akmal did was an eye opener for the weak management of Pakistani team, because he had shown fake injury in protest of senior Akmal being dropped from the dead rubber Hobart test, even though he played but the enthusiasm which had been his trademark was not shown and it clearly showed that the aggression and zeal which was needed from him wasn’t shown.

God knows why both Y’s were dropped in presence of such stinky fishes, which they would be returned by filing a case just like some players did in 2000 after match fixing allegations. Just keeping my fingers crossed and next 24 – 48 hours are crucial, on the other hand news channels in Pakistan are having a cashing time covering this story. Lets hope all things go better for Pakistani cricket as it has been under hell of a controversies.

Peace!

Old rift between Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Yousuf

Today, on the 14th of February in 2010, news have confirmed that the man who was according to Muhammad Yousuf, was the person creating disturbance in the team was Shoaib Malik, what a rubbish. Even National Cricket Team coach, Mr. Intikhab Alam mentioned that Muhammad Yousuf was a defensive approached captain in the hearing. I am not taking side of anyone but when a person is not willing to take the captaincy for the team, and on the other hand the person who’s accusing has shown very much keen interest. What does it show? It clearly shows there’s a Smelly Drama King in the team, who’s doing all these politics.

Not only Muhammad Yousuf but everyone should be ashamed, how selfish and rude we’ve been to our country and with the Cricket Team’s Emblem embossed on their kits, blazers and other related things, are we showing that much courage and patriotism like our elders did?

Did anyone one remember that during the 1992 world cup which we won, there was a serious rift between Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, but they killed their ego for the sake of the country, and when they played as a team, the world knows what was the result that time. What’s going on in this team. Everyone is busy pulling each others leg instead of seeing country’s stake. Is for that reason we like cricket? Is that reason for we respect them and give them revenues unlike other sports?

Instead of saying he’s responsible and he’s not, why can’t they play as a team. I say lets kick all these bulky fishes outside, so that they know who’s the boss and whom they accountable to?

An insult to the Pakistani Cricket

With reference to Osman Samiuddin’s article on Cricinfo i.e. IPL door ajar for Pakistan players, but just, the article clearly states

Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq, the gang of four who already had existing contracts with franchises, had their visas cleared earlier today by the Indian ministry of external affairs, briefly raising hopes that they may be allowed in after all. But because they missed the December 7 deadline to do so, their contracts remain suspended, according to Lalit Modi, chairman IPL. It wasn’t, however, a total reinforcement of the league’s earlier decision which ruled them out totally; they can, in the right circumstances, still appear.

“The current players will be kept in suspension as they have not fulfilled their obligations,” Modi told Cricinfo. “The current suspended players cannot go to the auction. But they will be available to the franchisee for replacement if they have a spot. So their price does not change and others cannot bid for them as it will be a disadvantage for the existing owners.”

I am not here to criticize the IPL board’s decision, but to our own Cricket Board’s steps which they took to tackle this situation regarding Pakistani Cricket Players participation in the 3rd IPL tournament expected to be held in April 2010. There were quite other options too for tackling such situation which is making a non-Pakistani investor or an analyst that Pakistani Cricket Board plus Players are running behind money and fame only.

What I am saying is that if they weren’t allowed to participate normally in the 3rd leg of the tournament in 2010, so why BEGGING for their entrance in the tournament with Board’s support behind the players! Just read this statement of Mr. Modi (no regrets Mr. Modi, I respect IPL’s decision, just pointing fingers on our own cricket board)

Essentially this means that Tanvir, for example, can play for Rajasthan Royals only if they decide to free up a spot in their squad by getting rid of another foreign player. This will not be straightforward as the franchises involved – Rajasthan Royals (Tanvir and Akmal), Kolkata Knight Riders (Gul) and Bangalore Royal Challengers (Misbah) – have already replaced their Pakistani players after the contracts were first suspended.

This will come as a disappointment not only to the players but to chairman Ijaz Butt and the PCB. Butt has fought hard to get his players back into the IPL after they were prevented by their own government from playing in the second season, a fallout of a deterioration in political ties between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks of 2008. He met Modi in October to begin finding a way back for the players. After confirming that visas had been granted earlier today, Butt intended to speak to Modi to try and get the four back in, despite missing the deadline, which had already been extended twice.

Some gains seem to have been made, however, as other non-contracted Pakistani players can enter this season’s auction. “Others who are not with any franchisee can be in the auction. They need to apply by December 31. Once we get their request we will then put them on the list and fix a price,” Modi said, before adding that “all contracts expire after this season and we will then go through new process again.”

This is what I am asking, why such eagerness in entering the tournament, even on the sake of personal self respect, by entering the tournament as a 12th man in their respective teams, but still instead of our cricket board taking strict action on it by giving two option solution i.e. either yes or no but no maybe, but the things going vice versa. Just imagine, the team that is the holder of 2009 World T20 title, is playing the tournament with their players participating as 12th man, are we so degraded?