Tue, Jul 1 02:05 AM
PAKISTAN cricket is on a boil. On the field, the team's performances have been going from bad to worse, while off it, a plethora of controversies and a barrage of allegations and counter allegations have hardly made things easier for Shoaib Malik's men.
The players and the administrators have been losing their cool quite often, and the other day it was the turn of Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson to lose his head. Fronting the media at the post match conference, the coach laid down the rules he wanted journalists to abide by.
"Nobody will make statements, just ask questions; don't ask a question twice; and the question should make sense," was what a visibly irritated Lawson said. When asked if he was going to dictate terms to the media, the coach got up from his seat, as if to walk out of the room, but returned midway, only to find the media beating him in staging a walkout.
"The incident is really unfortunate. Whatever the situation, he should have kept his cool and handled the media better.
Moreover, the language he used was wrong," said former Pakistan skipper Rameez Raja about the incident. This, however, wasn't the first time something like this has happened in the recent past.
A similar situation looked to be in the making a couple of days ago, when Malik too chose to be pretty curt with his answers. "Kya aap mere dil mein rehte hain," (Do you stay in my heart) he retaliated to a question asking what was going through his head.
In the same briefing, he also made it known that he wasn't happy with the playing XI, revealing the rift between him and the selectors. The coach himself has well-documented differences with the selectors.
Add to it the undying rumours of rifts and divisions within the team, and the team appears in a complete mess. And then there's Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif who keep doing their bit to fan controversy after controversy.
How fervently would a Pakistan cricket fan would wish the duo, undoubtedly the best talent Pakistan have had for some time now, were a bit wiser? The picture doesn't look exactly rosy on the administrative front as well. Majid Khan, the former Pakistan skipper and administrator, has accused the Board of indulging in financial irregularities and spending money without accountability or necessity.
Zaheer Abbas, on the other hand, is questioning what PCB is doing to nurture talent. The Board itself is having a tough time in convincing the world to travel to Pakistan and play the Champions Trophy it wants to host so desperately.
Something is seriously wrong with Pakistan cricket.
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