Thread by @DrNaumanNiaz

1/9 DISCLAIMER- this thread isn’t for the irrationally animated patriots or for the critics, analysts & journalists who are on the softest side of the PCB management or not for the conspiracy theorists who often say anyone criticizing the PCB or highlighting ills are frustrated.

2/9 Contemporary Pakistan cricket is irrelevant.
b. World has moved on.
c. Skill & talent remain just one part.
d. Inconsistency has no place.
e. Playing methods, technique, mental approach, fitness, training & strategies have completely been transformed.
f. Approach

3/9 Modern cricket is about
a. High speed activity
b. Aggression
c. Situational adjustment
d. Mental strength
e. Never say die approach
f. Extreme precision.
g. Supreme fitness
h. Coping with work load
i. High on endurance, strength, skill & execution
j. Identified roles.

4/9 Modern cricket includes
a. Players’ typical mindset
b. Believing in collective effort rather than having selfish approach
c. Innate confidence
d. Impact players & game changers
e. Playing meriting selection having ticked all the boxes
f. Crop coming through pathways

5/9 Pathways include
a. Identification of pro & recreational athletes
b. Well honed tier system
c. Age cricket
d. Age group specialized coaching by people with experience & qualification at job.
e. Area/regional academies
f. Centre of excellence
g. Merited selections

6/9Centre of Excellence
a. Right people for the right job
b. Curriculum
c. Robust infrastructure
d. Train the trainers programmes
e. Pathways for the trainers
f. Horizontal & vertical growth incentives
g. Sports Umbrella- having benchmarks, qualified technocrats
h. Mandate

7/9Sports Umbrella to include
a. Data interpreters
b. Qualified data analysts
c. Sample size research & inferences
d. Sports Rehabilitationists
e. Nutritionists
f. Psychologists
g. Biomechanists
h. Physiologists
i. Sports medical specialists
j. Specialized collaboration

8/9 Selection
a. Identification
b. Data bank with specialized indices
c. Impartiality
d. De centralized approach
e. Aims
f. Criteria
g. Timelines
h. Contemporary & futuristic
i. Performance charting & feedback mechanisms

9/9 Administration
a. Qualified specialized administrators
b. Operations
c. Administration
d. Work Environment
d. Working models
e. Identified roles for each department
f. Fair assessment
g. Collaborated feedbacks
h. Incentives for employees & all age players