Najam Sethi is rumoured to be the PCB boss. When the team’s winning.
He was unabashedly basking in reflected glory when the team did a pretty good job in the Asia Cup. Now, after a disappointing performance in the T20 World Cup, he wants to pass the buck. Talk to this fellow for shortcomings in bowling, that one for batting errors, the one over there for fielding woes. In short, there are guys for everything, why blame me?
Well, Sethi Sb, in that case, the PCB chair is a pretty sweet gig.
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Elsewhere, Imran Khan has commented that such a performance was to be expected from a PCB that is run by political appointees. A welcome moment of respite for the great Khan, whose cricketing acumen is respected by friend and foe alike. Respite, of course, at a time when 17 members of the KP parliament belonging to his party have resigned in protest against the Pervez Khattak led government.
It would do his political stock a whole lot of good if the team keeps on losing.
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Forget what they tell you. Clothes do make the man. Specially the khaki variety. Without them, people do treat you differently. Pervez Musharraf was expecting some company to do his ayadat in hospital. And many would have called on him. But he was looking forward to erstwhile confidant and successor Kayani. It didn’t happen, we are told. Also, he wanted some relief from Kayani’s successor. None there either.
The great master had said a line or two about patients looking better than they actually were only because their beloved called on them. Don’t see the relevance of this last reference. Either forgive me or make of it what you will.