EXCLUSIVE FOR PCB: A quick change needed in Pakistan Cricket Board's policy
EXCLUSIVE / FARUKH SHEHZAD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The bright future of Pakistan Cricket rely on correct and well designed policies of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Policymaking has high importance not only in Cricket but also in other departments of life/organization's as well.
We all know that Pakistani players are highly talented and they have got all the shots in their book, as well as we produced the cricket legends in the past but despite all of these amazing facts Pakistan Cricket unable to match the Challenges as compared with other cricketing nation's.
Pakistan Cricket Board since it was established officially we saw they have made many decisions for the betterment of Pakistan Cricket but they were less effective therefore Pakistan Cricket despite having all the talent and skills Pakistan Cricket team not been able to occupy a position in the top 3.
No doubt, Pakistan has won many international tournaments including the world cup of 1992.
Players of Pakistani cricket team when they play against any opponent at their home ground, we see that almost every player hitting hundreds and fifties and they give a tough time to all foreign team's.
But when the Pakistani team travel to Australia, England, South Africa and anyway outside the country for playing matches we see that they struggling hard especially their batting department face hardships due to the super fast and bouncy tracks of those countries as compared with Pitches in Pakistan because Pakistani tracks have no bounce, no off the pitch movement and also, they are slow wickets so the ball after pitching comes just up to the knee height or a little bit higher which makes the batsman easier to play their shots, therefore Pakistani players play well in Pakistan.
The reason is obvious that Pakistani players are less familiar with Pitches of other countries.
To fix this problem of Pakistani players PCB had appointed many foreign coaches in the past but we did not see any major improvement in Pakistan batting when they perform outside the country.
And perhaps due to no change in PCB's policy, we are not been able to find a proper opening pair after Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail.
Pakistan Cricket Board needs a big change in its policy:
Decades old problem, As I mentioned earlier that Pakistani players are not familiar with Pitches of other countries.
What change PCB needs to bring?
Pakistan Cricket Board needs to contact the officials of all cricketing countries like Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and other countries.
Pakistan Cricket Board have to purchase the "MUD" and other material from Australia. Similarly purchase MUD from England, South Africa separately from each different country.
Pakistan Cricket Board must have to buy mud and relevant material from Australia to prepare a pitch in National Stadium Karachi.
PCB must have to purchase MUD from South Africa and prepare Pitch by using S.A mud in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
PCB needs to buy mud from England for preparing pitch in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Concluding Remarks for PCB:
Pakistan Cricket Board needs to prepare alive, fast and bouncy pitches in every major city of Pakistan.
PCB can do this by purchasing mud and other materials from different countries and then import these materials to Pakistan thru any airline and I feel, for PCB this will not difficult as the world has become a global village now a days.
For example, First, you can choose Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and destroy the old pitch and use mud which was purchased from Australia to prepare Pitch right from the beginning.
Then pick another city like National Stadium Karachi and repeat the same formula using mud purchased from England to prepare Pitch right from the beginning.
Then PCB have to choose another city like, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and repeat the same formula with mud of any other country.
PCB have to say goodbye to the dead wickets of Pakistan instead needs alive, fast and bouncy wickets in Pakistan to make players of national cricket team familiar with playing on foreign pitches in Pakistan.
If PCB provides foreign wickets to players of national cricket team in Pakistan so then it will make Pakistan players familiar with playing on fast, bouncy tracks so as a result when players will travel to any country outside Pakistan, those countries will become home ground for Pakistani players due to playing on those wickets in Pakistan.
This is how we shall resolve the trouble that Pakistani players face while playing in Australia, England, South Africa and other countries.
What Pakistan Super League (PSL) can provide to us?
No doubt.. PSL is the major brand of Pakistan that has been gaining popularity with passing each and every year.
Lots of players we have been watching coming form PSL and in the coming days PSL will certainly produce for us more talented players and later on, these players will join Pakistan National Team but it is very hard to say that these PSL players will perform well with consistency outside Pakistan too.
PSL is an excellent platform and working well for Pakistan but it is not the solution of decades old problems of Pakistan Cricket.
Therefore, PCB needs to pay high attention to this article to take immediate steps to implement this formula that I highlighted above as soon as possible for the betterment of Pakistan Cricket for the long run.
--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
