The problem with us is that we always wait for a miracle to happen. But every day it doesn’t happen. Therefore hoping for results much as the historic win in Sharjah where a last ball sixer by Javed Miandad earned us the match or the West Indies defeat by Australia in 1992 world cup that paved our paved way to the finals is like waiting for providence to come to our rescue.
Waiting for miracles to happen has now become our national character. We do not believe in hard work and passion, our first priority is to find a shortcut, or wait for the miracle.
The thing that we were lacking in recent tour of Australia is hard work and self-belief. Captain Muhammad Yousuf instead of motivating the players, expressed his meek temperament by saying Australia is number one team of the world and it is difficult to defeat them in their home grounds.
It is true that Australia is the world champion and still number one team in Test and One day International (ODI) ranking of International Cricket council (ICC). But when you play against the number one team you should believe in yourself. We have the example of Bangladesh, who played with self-belief and passion and won against Australia in champion’s Trophy of 2008.
The same Pakistani squad, without Muhammad Yousuf, given a superb performance in T-20 World Cup had defeated all teams. The passion and self-motivation which was seen in T-20 world cup was missing in all games we played afterward.
Pakistani team had played a Test series against Srilanka and New Zealand, and lost by 2-0 and 2-1 respectively. We also played a ODI series against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi, lost by 3-2.
In Australia, the team had to suffer a clean sweep by losing both the Test series and ODIs 3-0 and 5-0, respectively.
According to news reports, former players have suggested to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint Shahid Afridi as the new captain.
But it is debatable whether the all rounder can deliver and can help the team turn into a truly disciplined, motivated and efficient outfit.
No doubt Shahid Afridi is great all rounder and he has given us some great victories, but if his batting as a captain does not click then what.
I think PCB should avoid changing captain every now and then. PCB should give at least two years to a captain and review his future in the light of his performance.
This character of PCB officials to changing captain after a series shows that PCB officials also believe in miracles to happen.
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