Former cricketers called the frequent change of captain in the Pakistan cricket team as the reason for poor performance. Former cricketers met Chairman PCB, former cricketers gave suggestions for improvement of domestic structure in Pakistan cricket and also advised not to make any concession on fitness.
According to private TV Aaj News, Salman Butt, Ijaz Ahmad, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Basit Ali, Ekhta Alam, Muhammad Sami, Shafiq Papa were among those who met. Apart from this, Yasir Hameed, Salim Altaf, Haroon Rasheed, Yasir Shah, Sikandar Bakht. , Wajahatullah Wasti and Azhar Khan also met Chairman PCB while Mohsin Naqvi will meet the coaches today.
On the other hand, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi met former cricketers to discuss the future of Pakistan cricket, the inside story of which came out. Chairman BCP met more than 2 dozen former cricketers in Lahore. There was not much talk about the current Pakistan cricket team, but there was a detailed discussion about the structure of domestic cricket.
At the beginning of the meeting, a presentation titled ‘Pathway to Pakistan Cricket’ was given by the Chairman PCB, in which it was told through which stages a cricketer will reach the Pakistan team.
Former Test cricketer Sikandar Bakht pointed out in the meeting that U-19 was not included in the pathway, on which it was told that U-19 is part of the plan and it will be given maximum importance. Sikandar Bakht He also discussed the scheduling of domestic cricket and shared his suggestions with Chairman PCB, he also pointed out that there should be a mechanism for selection in the team, the most important of which is to play first-class cricket.
All the cricketers agreed that in the domestic season, four-day cricket should be played first in September-October and later one-day cricket. PCB Mohsin Naqvi expressed his determination to implement this proposal.
During the meeting, former captain Salman Butt stressed the importance of four-day cricket and said that more tours should be conducted for the A team, U-19 and U-16. A team should tour Australia, South Africa and England.
Salman Butt suggested that first 16 regions and 10 departments of cricket should be held for the selection of teams in the proposed pan-Angular and said that the squad for the Champions Tournament should be selected on the basis of recent performance instead of past performance. Also suggested to conduct school cricket.
Salman Butt also suggested that the NOC of the two leagues should be made conditional on participation in at least five first-class matches.
Former Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed suggested to create a coaches development program and decentralize the affairs of the regions. There are many factors involved in coaching, which training is necessary, even after completing the coaching courses, work should be done first at the grass root level and then brought to international cricket.
