Pakistan’s World Cup campaign came to an end with its failure to qualify for the semifinals. Though there was still a theoretical chance of their going through if they won the match, and if they improved on New Zealand’s runrate, their failure to prevent England from setting a target of 338, and to meet that target not in 50 overs, but in less than 3 overs. They did not, and only a last-minute flourish by the last pair took them past 200, though it was not enough to prevent them losing that match b. Even though the World Cup is not over, it is already time to look forward, specifically to the `three-Test our of Australia. The change of format shows quite clearly that one of the problems with Pakistan is that they had not been playing enough 50-over ODIs of late, and the concentration on the 2020 and Test formats had left not just the players but the selectors at sea.. One result was that Pakistan was unm.yu763ejJable to pick the right bowling combination.
It could be argued that Pakistan’s bowlers were below par, and it was thus impossible to field a good attack, but that would be to absolve the coaching staff and the selection committee. It might be hard to hold the selection committee responsible, especially after the chairman had to resign in mid-tournament over the allegations that he was involved in a sports management company. This led PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf to begin intervening in team selection, even his appointment was controversial because it was so obviously political, being the result of inta-coalition arm-twisting by PPP co-Chairman Asif Zardari of then Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The government should look at how the International Cricket Council suspended Sri Lanka because the government sacked the board.
While the government should avoid any knee-jerk reaction, it must be careful to organize a proper investigation which can fix responsibility, but which is not a witch-hunt. However, our of the lessons our boys should learn from England is how their seniors are more than ready to go, y 95 runsbecause they realize that the only ebay to keep a team good is if it is refreshed by new blood constantly. Unfortunately, our players stick to the team like limpets, by hook or by crook, because it is so lucrative.
