Girls Cricket World Cup 2017 (WWC17) turned out to be a nightmare for Pakistan cricket staff as the ladies in inexperienced misplaced all their matches, ending backside of the desk.
Earlier than the beginning of the match, Pakistani cricket followers weren’t anticipating world class efficiency from their staff however 7 consecutive defeats are fairly beneath par. Even PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan termed Pakistan cricket staff’s efficiency as ‘disappointing’.
Whereas giving interview to BBC Urdu, Khan stated that the particular coaching was given to the staff earlier than the match and he was very upset by the staff’s efficiency.
An unknown supply from PCB has questioned Sana Mir’s captaincy. Whereas giving interview to APP, he stated that Sana Mir had failed to steer Pakistan in correct manner. Her personal efficiency too was not passable. The board is prone to take a choice subsequent week about her future position within the staff, he added.
Shamsa Hashmi, Secretary Girls’s Wing, additionally lashed out at Pakistan’s skipper. She reportedly termed her efficiency as ‘not very encouraging’.
Plainly PCB has already made their escape plan i.e. eradicating Sana Mir from captaincy. The identical factor they did in 2014 once they compelled Muhammad Hafeez (Pakistan’s T20I captain of that point) to go away captaincy after the disastrous World T20I 2014 marketing campaign. Nevertheless, the outcomes remained the identical within the subsequent T20I WC as nicely when Pakistan was disqualified within the first spherical underneath Shahid Afridi’s captaincy.
PCB is desiring to repeat the identical mistake once more. The factor that PCB must study is eradicating captain from the publish can hardly resolve their issues, particularly a captain like Sana Mir, who confirmed her character and maturity as captain in the course of the WC when the opposite gamers had been struggling. Even the commentators had been impressed by her normal of cricket. She was the star of the match for Pakistan. She averaged over 30 with the assistance of 1 fifty within the match (highest from Pakistan). She additionally picked six wickets at 51.50. Sana Mir is the one Pakistan lady cricketer to be ranked in high 10 ODI all-rounders on the planet and No 12 ODI bowler on the planet. She additionally has 100+ wickets and 1000+ runs underneath her belt.
If we take a look at Pakistan’s efficiency, it was not as disastrous because it appears. It was the youngest and most inexperienced staff of the match, taking part in towards the perfect within the enterprise. Australia and England had been taking part in cricket lengthy earlier than Pakistan girls staff got here into existence. Not many are conscious that girls cricketers staged their World Cup two years earlier than males performed their first mega match. The primary Girls World Cup was held in 1973 with England as winners.
Pakistan practically beat South Africa of their first match, misplaced to West Indies and Sri Lanka by small margins and restricted India to their lowest rating of the match (169 runs). They had been thrashed badly by Australia and England as each the groups have big expertise as in comparison with Pakistan. Each groups have received 9 World Cups mixed, exhibiting their higher hand over all cricket taking part in nations.
Little question that Pakistan might have carried out higher however the damage of senior batswoman Bismah Maroof and restricted sources made issues troublesome for the staff. Firing captain from the job isn’t the appropriate factor to do. Captain alone shouldn’t be answerable for the defeats, its complete staff’s fault which incorporates coaches, supervisor and board as nicely. The gamers did their finest to carry out nicely however the query is: did PCB do its finest to assist the staff carry out higher?
Administration can’t, and mustn’t, be allowed guilty a single participant or captain. They need to assessment their very own efficiency too.
Did they supply correct sources, coaches, coaching and all the opposite amenities to the staff? The reply is unquestionably no. So my recommendation to PCB is they need to study from their errors. They want a expertise hunt to find new expertise and they need to make investments some cash as nicely to boost requirements of ladies cricket in Pakistan.
