Cricket loss

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The exciting win in the Auckland T20 just a few days ago is already a fading memory, with good reason. For a team that was supposed to gain momentum for the World Cup has, instead, run into the proverbial brick wall. A ten-wicket loss followed by a 95-run drubbing will take the wind out of any team. And Pakistan, known too well for imploding too often, once again finds itself at the bottom of the barrel, so to speak. Buy why does the national outfit just fail to learn from its mistakes? Some of the more senior players in the team had a good few hundred matches under their belt put together, yet played a game that would embarrass amateurs.

The problem, unfortunately, is not restricted to the team. If anything, the team’s behaviour is just an extension of the unprofessional antics that dominate the Pakistan Cricket Board. Everybody remembers the musical chairs between Zaka Ashraf and Najam Sethi not too long ago, and the prime minister’s obsession with placing a man with zero cricket or management experience at what is undoubtedly one of the most lucrative assignments. That people are not surprised at the dismal performance is in itself surprising.

We need a disciplined and performance-based management system to run the Board, something all other cricketing nations have long since realised. Ours remains a system of political give-and-take, where privileged positions are granted on basis of closeness to the government, as is clearly the case with the Board. The sooner we have capable people running the institution, the sooner we will begin to see a quantifiable change in the national team’s performance. There was a time when natural talent and dedication of our lead players often sufficed to win laurels. But now the game has become a science; one that requires proficiency and discipline. Unless we adapt we will shrink further. Sadly, going by the goings on at the Board, there is little sign of positive change.

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  3. A few days ago we enjoyed a big t20 series that was between pakistan & Newzeland. At the first t20 match pakistan won by 16 runs. But the last two game they played very bad which is not acceptable because t20 world cup is coming soon.In Pakistan cricket board, a political environment is prevailing which is not good for the team.If you want to buy high quality backlinks then you can visit our website.

  4. A few days ago we enjoyed a big t20 series that was between pakistan & Newzeland. At the first t20 match pakistan won by 16 runs. But the last two game they played very bad which is not acceptable because t20 world cup is coming soon.In Pakistan cricket board, a political environment is prevailing which is not good for the team.If you want to buy high quality backlinks then you can visit our website.o

  5. Pakistani team is one of the dangerous team for t20,players like Shahid Afridi can change the game any time…
    so Pakistan is also favorite in this t20 world cup…

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