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| Sports Broadcast Journalist | Author| Collector| Official Historian of Pakistan Cricket|PhD (WA)| Post Doc (Oxford)|Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Aug 29, 2021 22 tweets 5 min read
1/22 @iramizraja shall be taking over as Chairman PCB by September 13th, 2021. Coming out of a lucrative life as a commentator to stand up against a barrage of questions shall be a predicament in itself. He will have a handful of challenges to look deep into & provide resolve 2/22 @iramizraja will be required to prioritise running PCB purely as a corporate body basing his decisions on right investments & the returns. Taking steps in equating Pakistan cricket with the modern day requirements. To formulate impenetrable policies & making the ends meet
Aug 27, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
1/5 Ramiz Raja becomes the 3rd Ex Pakistan captain to head PCB after A.H. Kardar & Javed Burki. Kardar changed Pakistan Cricket by integrating departments in F/C tournaments providing financial relief & security to the players. The other Test player to head PCB was Ijaz Butt. 2/5 Other F/C or representative players to head PCB included Fida Hussein, Dr. Zafar Altaf & Dr. Nasim Ashraf. There have been 34 chairmen before Ramiz. Justice A.R. Cornelius, Air Marshall Nur Khan & Lt General Tauqir Zia are remembered for their successes.
Jul 22, 2021 15 tweets 3 min read
1/15 Pakistan lost to England 3-0 in the ODIs & 2-1 in the T20 Is. I must re emphasise we lost in the ODIs to England & not to their B or C team. England without their star cast and having players ranked 16 to 36 in their framework trounced Pakistan showing their core strength. 2/15 One wonders the standard of our product when compared to the top four teams Eng, Aus, Ind & NZ. Babar, Hassan, Rizwan & Shaheen I believe are relevant to modern day cricket. Babar in T 20 Internationals may need slight tweaking, still he is one of the best in the world
Jul 14, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
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
Aug 9, 2020 14 tweets 3 min read
1/14 Hysterical responses on each loss we end up with. Over estimation what we do & once we don’t get the results we become counter reactive. Pakistan’s loss to Eng was abysmal. It warrants introspection. Yes. Has Pak being a consistent Test team since 1952-53. No. 2/14 1950s an excellent leader we had AH Kardar, there were back-ended events enhancing the patriotism. Selection issues were rife even then. With Hanif, Fazal. Imtiaz, Khan, Zulfiqar & Mahmood we won a Test each in India 1952-53 Eng 1954 & WI 1956-57. Individual brilliance- yes