LAHORE-Newly-appointed Staff Director of Pakistan males’s cricket staff, Mohammad Hafeez, has emphasises the significance of gamers placing representing their nation and collaborating in home cricket forward of world leagues.
Hafeez’s feedback come amidst latest situations the place gamers opted for overseas leagues over home competitions. All-rounder Imad Wasim’s determination to skip the Pakistan Cup and Nationwide T20 to play within the Abu Dhabi T10 raised issues, resulting in his subsequent retirement. Equally, pacer Haris Rauf was denied a NOC to take part within the Large Bash League (BBL), emphasizing the staff administration’s stance on prioritizing home cricket.
“We have to prioritize representing Pakistan. We additionally must convey taking part in home cricket in Pakistan to the highest of our priorities. Crimson-ball cricket is an important cricket, however we’re seeing many gamers in Pakistan are transferring away from or don’t wish to play red-ball cricket,” Hafeez mentioned this throughout a press convention right here on Tuesday forward of the Australia Check collection. “To convey focus again, we’re going to take some measures. Maybe some folks will really feel they’re a bit of harsh, however that is necessary to avoid wasting Pakistan cricket,” he added.
Hafeez, generally known as ‘Professor’, defined the importance of red-ball cricket in sprucing gamers’ fundamentals. “Till we aren’t taking part in red-ball cricket properly, we can’t play any cricket. Lengthy-form cricket polishes your fundamentals, and our technique is that we’ll promote gamers, who play red-ball cricket and provides them most alternatives. If somebody has moved away from this path, we have to convey them again to enhance their sport.”
He additionally revealed that the PCB would quickly announce the NOC coverage, taking gamers’ workloads into consideration. “If we wish match gamers, we have to handle workloads,” Hafeez emphasised, linking it to the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Praising Babar Azam for his contributions to Pakistan cricket, Hafeez acknowledged the stress aid that comes with not being the captain. “Not being captain will launch stress from Babar. Captaincy undoubtedly provides stress onto a cricketer, and if somebody denies that, they’re flawed. With that stress eased, I feel Babar’s efficiency will get even higher.”
The Pakistan staff is about to go away for Australia on November 30 to take part in a three-match Check collection, an important element of the ICC World Check Championship. The collection will begin with the primary Check in Perth from 14-18 December 2023.
In the meantime, Pakistan Cricket Board has introduced the Staff Administration for the upcoming Check tour to Australia. Naveed Akram Cheema (Staff supervisor), Mohammad Hafeez (Director – Pakistan males’s cricket staff), Adam Hollioake (batting coach), Simon Grant Helmot (excessive efficiency coach), Umar Gul (quick bowling coach), Saeed Ajmal (spin bowling coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Mansoor Rana (assistant staff supervisor), Shahid Aslam (assistant batting coach).
Others embody Drikus Saaiman (power and conditioning coach/Coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Talha Ejaz (staff analyst), Lt Col (Rtd) Akhtar Hussain (safety supervisor), Raza Rashid Kitchlew (media supervisor), Ammar Ahsan (videographer), Dr Sohail Saleem (staff physician) and Malang Ali (staff masseur).