I hope I will be allowed to work independently: says new chief selector Inzamam
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Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed the chief selector of Pakistan and the former captain hopes he will be ‘allowed to work independently’ as the team looks to rebuild after an unsuccessful World Twenty20 campaign.
Inzamam, who quit his job as the coach of Afghanistan to link up with Pakistan, emphasised that putting thing on track would take time and urged stakeholders to be ‘patient’.
“I hope that I will be allowed to work independently,” Inzamam, who previously served as Pakistan's batting consultant in 2012, said during a press conference.
“The perception is that I used to get my way as captain. But as the chief selector, my role will be different and I hope that the captain, coach and my team are all on the same page. When I was the captain I used to give my input and now I'm on the other side so I will be taking input from all of them.”
Inzamam, who captained Pakistan from 2003-2007, included former players Tauseef Ahmed, Wasim Haider and Wajahatullah Wasti in his selection committee to cover all bases.
“I have included a spinner (Tauseef), a fast bowler (Wasim Haider) and Wajahatullah Wasti (batsman) so we have an expert for each discipline.”
According to Inzamam, though, getting Pakistan out of the ‘current situation’ will require time.
“I don't have a magic wand and things will take time. But you will see change soon,” he told reporters at the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters in Lahore.
The aftermath of Pakistan's World Twenty20 campaign saw coach Waqar Younis and captain Shahid Afridi stepping down from their posts, while the selection committee was disbanded.
Waqar, last week, said he had recommended Inzamam for the post of chief selector after the 2015 World Cup and hailed the PCB's decision when the appointment was being mulled over.
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Apr 18, 2016 06:30pm
Wajahatullah Wasti ????
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Apr 18, 2016 06:38pm
Wish you good luck. Hope that you rise above personal, regional and ethnic biases to select the best team. Most importantly do not listen to Intikhab, Sethi, Shakeel Shekh,and Shaharyar Khan.
Waseem Haider and Wajahtullah Wasti ? Who are they? Credentials?
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Apr 18, 2016 06:39pm
you can hope but its PCB.........
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Apr 18, 2016 06:45pm
Hope for the best prepare for the worst
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Apr 18, 2016 06:48pm
Waseem Haider and Wajahatullah Wasti?? Are you kidding? Why dont you just put it simply that there is not going to be any improvement anywhere and people should not expect anything different. Why couldnt Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, and Muhammad Yousaf be included?
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Apr 18, 2016 06:51pm
Very naive of Inzi! He should have taken a short leave from his Afghan assignment and seen if reaction was conducive or not, before burning his other ships.
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Apr 18, 2016 06:52pm
Who are the two Ws? I have faith in Inzi though and hope that he is successful in his venture here... For the betterment of Pakistani cricket.
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Apr 18, 2016 06:54pm
Huge mistake...another disaster in making.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:10pm
RIP Pakistan cricket,
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Apr 18, 2016 07:12pm
Wasti played in 1999 world cup and made a very slow test century in around 360 balls
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Apr 18, 2016 07:13pm
I wish Inzimam all the success and urge the media and other senior cricketers to support him. I hope the board doesn't interfere in selection process.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:14pm
Sad ..He was the man who didn't let Misbah join the national team..
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Apr 18, 2016 07:18pm
Nepotism starts.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:18pm
Rashid Latif is the only ideal candidate for the chief selector position. Inzi as a batting coach could have been a better choice. I can't understand the logic behind this decision. Also on what basis he has chosen Wasti & Haider? As long as Shaharyar & Sethi there, we cannot hope for anything good.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:23pm
Oh I remember Wajahatullah Wasti. Those days when we were so eager to watch Afridi's batting (kids, you know) and all we got to see was Mr. Wajahatullah Wasti turtle paced innings. What more, yes he was our opening batsman.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:24pm
Humbled man, all the best.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:31pm
With due respect, please don't mix religion and cricket.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:33pm
@hashim because they would ask for more salary
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Apr 18, 2016 07:35pm
For the last few years we have forgotten the importance of having couple of good fast balling all-rounders, in modern cricket specially shorter version of the game fast balling all-rounders are playing very important role, recent success of New Zealand, England and West Indies teams in T20 format is evident of this fact.
We did have two very good fast balling all-rounders in the recent past, Abdul Razzaq & Azher Mehmood, who were capable of making quick runs in middle and finishing overs and were very useful as ballers because of there accuracy. I feel PCB need to hire their services to groom new fast balling all-rounders of world class.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:55pm
Let me tell you why he opted for Wasti, Tausif etc. As always, he wants a team who does not object to his decisions. Hence these no-namers in the selection committee. Do you think some one like Wasim Akram or Rashid Latif will be a yes-man to Inzi. Never.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:55pm
Get rid of Uncles in PCB then you can have free hand
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Apr 18, 2016 08:03pm
So do we....Mubarik Inzi bhai..
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Apr 18, 2016 08:06pm
@Philosopher (from Japan) How do you figure that out??
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Apr 18, 2016 08:06pm
I can see what is happening here. Basically a spineless selection panel has been appointed who will not challenge Shehryar Khan and Najam Sethi in any way and will always be in "yes sir" mode.
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Apr 18, 2016 08:07pm
Do not drag religion into the game which is what you did when you were the captain.
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Apr 18, 2016 08:12pm
I am questioning the selection of selection committe. Who are the members again? What is their expertise? When you hire someone who nobody wants to hire, obviously you are looking for yes man type of people who are obliged to just get a job let alone a lucrative one. Inzi, you are a good man, generally buy you are bound to fail because of PCB and these guys. However, you were also part of the grouping in the team during worldcup when you only scored a few runs in the entire tournament.
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Apr 18, 2016 08:21pm
Why not.mohammad yousuf saqlain in selection. Wasti and haider are less than mefiocre in thete ahprt careers. When would we learn. Never i guess
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Apr 18, 2016 08:25pm
RIP Pakistan Cricket
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Apr 18, 2016 10:31pm
don't think is a wise choice. No doubt that Inzi was a great batsman. However during his stint as a captain, it became apparent that he played favourites and had a certain bias.
The inclusion of the two Ws is mind baffling! couldn't he find another set. There are umpteen batsmen and bowlers who would have been better. This reeks of pressure and dictation form the sher -e- Punjab and amir ul momineen
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Apr 18, 2016 10:37pm
Comedy of errors continues
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Apr 18, 2016 10:38pm
Its a big defeat to Cricket and a victory of "people" deployed to run cricket affairs through such branded persons. Iron hands always wins!
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Apr 18, 2016 10:51pm
Yusuf yohana should also be given some responsibility now?
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Apr 18, 2016 11:14pm
Inzamam you forgot fielding but then again you were never good at that were you. I pray that every day you look at your beard and then look at what needs to be done to fix this country's cricket. Inshallah you will be successful
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Apr 18, 2016 11:48pm
Umar Akmal and Shehzad's careers are over and may be even Afridi's
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Apr 19, 2016 12:11am
I give him best wishes but Pakistan team need someone with strong personality who can make bold decisions without any pressure. With this selection committee I don't see many changes in recent squads and won't be surprise if hear same old excuse that this tour or that tournament is very important and we have to go with experience and can't give youngsters a chance.
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Apr 19, 2016 01:01am
I love him. A pure and simple Soul.
He is a gentle Giant and a perfect guy for Pak Cricket right now.
He is a character and is loved all over cricketing world.
Being a Indian, I am very sad to see the sorry state of Pak Cricket. Please help.
All the best.
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Apr 19, 2016 01:42am
Sethi and Shaharyar Khan should leave as well. Start all facets of PCB anew.
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Apr 19, 2016 02:06am
Batting expert Wasti and fast bowling expert Mr. who? And who is fielding expert among them 4, Inzi himself?
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Apr 19, 2016 04:33am
who is Wajahtullah Wasti?
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Apr 19, 2016 05:03am
Najam Sethi needs to go, the root cause .... Dig up the history and see. He is pulling the strings.
Mr Shaharyar is a very capable person but has been made ineffective and powerless by Najam Sethi. This whole management structure should be changed. Start from a clean slate.
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Apr 19, 2016 06:15am
Blaming Sethi or Shaharyar won't do any good to Pakistani cricket. The problem with Pakistani cricket is no love for the country and no love among people!
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Apr 19, 2016 07:35am
Pakistani chief selector and his beautiful cricket. I really appreciate Inzamam. He never batted with alert mind, always lost (daydreaming) still batting skilfully. Inzamam is the only batsman who got out in most funny ways ... falling on wicket and getting out hit-wicket. Using bat to stop the ball thrown at wicket by fielder, thus getting out obstructing the fielder. Got LBWs and run out in most funny ways, so on ... and best part is that Inzi keep performing such abnormal feat of getting out in funny ways throughout his career, still managed good batting average and performed when needed.
In comparison, most alert and abnormally skilful batsman, probably best cricketer Pakistan ever had (not just batsman), was Miandad.
I think if Pakistan could find one batsman as good as Inzamam who could also keep himself alert on field, especially when batting ... or ... Pakistan could find one more Miandad ... than Pakistan could again become top performing team in the world.
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Apr 19, 2016 09:06am
Wajahat Ullah Wasti and Waseem Haider are an ideal choice. I am sure they will take pakistan cricket to geat heights.
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Apr 19, 2016 09:55am
Surprise with the selection committee members but we have seen the outcomes of big name in past. lets hope for the good
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Apr 19, 2016 10:19am
Backward step.
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Apr 19, 2016 10:20am
Made 100 in each innings on test debut
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Apr 19, 2016 10:22am
Faith in Inzi to be chief Selector of National team!!!! bigest joke of the century
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Apr 19, 2016 10:48am
He selected those who are involved in regional cricket and not those who are studio analysts. So in my opinion he is right. Yousuf etc can coach the batsmen or give their input in the final stages of the selection. To unearth the talent it is important to involve those who are already involved hands on in the domestic circuit.
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Apr 19, 2016 11:40am
In addition to the installation of new committee, SOPs should also be developed for the selection committee. It should involve committee members watch matches at various levels across the country. See players, check their fitness levels. Constantly be in touch with regional team coaches and managers.
It is not going to work if they are going to be drawing room selectors like the previous ones.
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Apr 19, 2016 11:47am
This selection committee will do wonders.
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Apr 19, 2016 11:46am
@Yasir , Rashid Lateef won't work with the guys whose names were mentioned in justice qayyum report....so Rashid and Inzi can't work together ...
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Apr 19, 2016 02:06pm
Who are these two are they basketball, hockey or some other game where Inzi you bought these two Wasim Haider and Wajahatullah Wasti, this is not honesty you want to save ur jobs like Haroon, who have 3 unknown players Azhar khan,kabir, s.Jaffer all three stayed until ship of sport sunk in odi wc & t20 wc, is this your aim, to further damaged Pak cricket.
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Apr 19, 2016 02:53pm
I hope focus on fitness and fielding is on the agenda. The cultural change needs to come from the selection panel. Looking from the list, don't see anybody passionately standing for these qualities.
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Apr 19, 2016 03:20pm
You scratch my back I scratch yours.
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Apr 19, 2016 04:40pm
@Shazad
Yonas Khan is far better than both Miandad and Inzi
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Apr 19, 2016 10:55pm
@Hameed Fazal: I won't argue as soon you would say that Shahzad is better than Kohli, so how can I argue? :)
Anyhow, Miandad is one of two Pakistanis (other being Yousuf) whose test ave was above 50 (was 52.57) and ODI ave was over 40 (was 41.7). That average in cricket era (mid 70s to mid 90s) was rare (Viv Richard test ave was 50.23 and ODI ave was 47).
In those days, 275 runs in test and 200 runs in ODI (50 overs) was good score. There were no such teams as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh or UAE flat pitches for Pakistani players to boost their averages.
In comparison, Younis Khan test ave is 53.94 (not bad) and ODI ave is 31.24 (pathetic). In era of Younis, world teams regularly post over 400 runs in test and 300 runs in ODIs (because pitches are made batting friendly). Younis ODI average of 31.24 (SR 75) in his era is so pathetic that he is not considered ODI material, as present good players have test ave over 50 and ODI ave over 40 (with SR over 80).
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Apr 20, 2016 02:38am
With respect to Inzi, rest of the selection committee have no credentials.
Specially Wasti and Haider. They never achieve anything while they were on the team.
God bless Pakistan Cricket.
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Apr 20, 2016 03:19am
That is what all the former athletes say when they come in 'to save the game', whether it is cricket, hockey, or any other sports for that matter. Then a couple a years later when they fail and go away, they realize that they are just as incompetent as the guy they replaced.
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