The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Cricket Committeelinkexpressed its dissatisfaction over the national team’s performance againstNew Zealand, however, it recommended the retention of head coachMisbah-ul-Haqlinkandbowling coach Waqar Younis.
According to the details, the coaches were bashed miserably after Pakistanshowed its poor performance against the black caps, Shaheens only won oneout of three T20Is, and lost all matches of the Test serieslink.
Today (12th January) the cricket committee discussed Misbah and Waqar’sjobs, however, PCB said in a statement after the meeting that SaleemYousuf, who headed the meeting “expressed its dissatisfaction on the side’sperformances” but “acknowledged the fact that the team had competed in theunprecedented and challenging COVID-19 circumstances”.
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“The committee observed that due to the above-mentioned situation, a fewexperienced players were absent and that, in turn, contributed towards theoverall below-par performances,” said the statement.
The committee also recommended that PCB should continue to support thenational team in difficult times so that their next performance should bebetter, which will be played against South Africa.
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“The PCB Cricket Committee unanimously agreed that the backroom staffneeded to provide absolute clarity on their collective strategy andapproach so that they could be evaluated and assessed against thoseobjectives at the next meeting,” read the statement.
The committee urged for more “scientific and data-based” strategies to beadopted but largely gave the benefit of the pandemic to the team and itsofficials.
Earlier, Proteas had announced their 21-member test squad for two testmatches against Pakistan starting from January 26 in Karachi.
