Pak selection committee may resign [Merged]

[Friend786]

The manner and nature of Pakistan's squad selection for this summer's tour to England has come under fire from members of the selection committee itself, who are unhappy with the Twenty20 and Test squad, claiming they weren't consulted over the composition.

The squads were announced on Sunday by the board after a meeting between chairman of selectors Mohsin Khan, coach Waqar Younis, manager Yawar Saeed and captain Shahid Afridi in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, where the Asia Cup is underway. Cricinfo understands that the remaining selectors in Pakistan were not involved or consulted at all in the choices.

A couple of key inclusions in particular - the recall of Yasir Hameed and Wahab Riaz and the overlooking of Younis Khan and Mohammad Sami - seem to have irked the selectors who are thought to have been against the decisions had they been consulted. The snub from the chief selector has led at least one of the selectors to ponder handing in his resignation.

One of the selectors claims he wasn't contacted until just before the announcement was made and that too only to be asked about the statistics of a player under consideration. The chief selector, it is claimed, wasn't prepared enough in the first place to make the selections. Mohsin, still in Sri Lanka, has not spoken to the media yet about the squad.

The squads' composition has also been criticised for lacking experience, particularly in the batting; the overlooking of Younis is a case in point. Banned indefinitely in the aftermath of the Australia tour, Younis was one of several players whose punishments were subsequently overturned on appeal.

But over the last couple of weeks the sense has emerged that the board will not let him back in unless he apologises for what they deem to be his mistakes, as the other returnees have done. Ijaz Butt, chairman of the board, said last week that Younis's return would require clearance from the board, an issue that wasn't deemed to be an issue at all with Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and the Akmal brothers.

"I feel Younis has been victimised," Iqbal Qasim, the former chief selector who resigned from the post in February after the Australia tour, said. "He fought his case and was outspoken against the treatment and was dropped."

The absence of Younis and Mohammad Yousuf - who retired from international cricket in protest at his indefinite ban - from the 17-man Test squad robs an already fragile batting side of their two most experienced and successful Test batsman. The pair have scored nearly 30% of Pakistan's Test runs since October 2004 and almost half their Test hundreds.

Even with the pair Pakistan have crossed 300 in a Test innings only 11 times in their last 30 attempts. Now the most experienced batsman in the middle order in their absence is Malik, who has played 29 Tests without fully cementing his spot in the side and is not a certain Test starter in any case. Imran Farhat, with 33 Tests, is the most experienced specialist batsman in the squad.

Javed Miandad, director general and regular critic of the board, was also left asking questions about the selection and the manner of it. "An England tour is always a difficult one and we're playing good teams," he told Geo News. "The conditions are such that you need experience because even they will be troubled, so new, inexperienced players also struggle. In the middle order there is no one to play a Test match innings. One or two experienced guys were necessary for the balance of the side, but apparently even the selectors here didn't know about the team."

Miandad said he would brief the patron of the PCB, President Asif Ali Zardari, on the matter. "The president is a cricket lover, he encouraged me to take up the job in the PCB for the betterment of the game," he said. "He must know what's wrong in the PCB."

Former captain Rashid Latif said that, along with Younis, Sami, Faisal Iqbal and Khurram Manzoor also deserved a place in the squad. "I respect the selection but four players - Younis, Sami, Iqbal and Manzoor - deserved places in the team," said Latif.

http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pa...ry/464148.html

[Friend786]

why faisal iqbal deserves a place in the squad ?

[fawad_wellwisher]

Clearly Mohsin is not calling the shots as far as team selection goes. Selecting players in the middle of the tournament just shows how jumbled E Butt wiring of the brain has become.

[saeed-sohail]

Com,n its only 30% runs we will be missing rest 70% is still there.

[zahid01]

Originally Posted by Friend786 why faisal iqbal deserves a place in the squad ?

Miandad,s nephew

[zimran72]

Originally Posted by Friend786 why faisal iqbal deserves a place in the squad ?

What kind of a useless question is that?

His uncle scored over 8000 runs in test cricket is that not deserving enough?

[Friend786]

Originally Posted by zimran72 What kind of a useless question is that? His uncle scored over 8000 runs in test cricket is that not deserving enough?

why don't we give a chance to inzamam's son , he would be a better then faisal iqbal

[SID_ZONE]

Originally Posted by zimran72 What kind of a useless question is that? His uncle scored over 8000 runs in test cricket is that not deserving enough?

[dhump]

man I have started to hate this word " Former Players" they are not doing anything but criticize for nothing.

[ugem]

Babaye Cricket "Ijaz Butt" should be nominated for personal assistant of Mr.Zardari to help Mr.Zardari become "Babaye Nation".

[mastermind_quad]

Members of the national selection committee are waiting for the return of chief selector, Mohsin Khan and the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt to take a decision on whether to resign from their positions or not.

Sources told PTI that a selector, former Test pacer, Salim Jaffer had met with a member of the PCB governing council, Wazir Ali Khoja and told him that selectors didn't own the squad announced for the England tour as none of them were consulted.

"Jaffer pointed out that normally when teams are selected, all the selectors put their signatures on the final sheet but this time no such thing happened," a source said.

"Jaffer told Khoja that they were not consulted at all in the selection of the team otherwise would have pushed for the selection of Younis Khan in the team," he added.

The PCB Chairman and chief selector met with the Pakistan team management in Dambulla during the Asia Cup last Sunday to finalise the touring squad and announced the names.

Another source said that the selectors also wanted to resign in protest as they felt betrayed by Mohsin Khan who had told them that only the team for the Twenty20 internationals against Australia would be picked in the first phase.

"But they went ahead and picked the Test squad as well for the six Tests against Australia and England which is unacceptable," he said.

The source added that Wazir Ali Khoja had advised Jaffer to first wait for the return of Mohsin and Butt from Sri Lanka and talk to them before taking a decision on resigning from their posts.

The national selection committee includes three members, Jaffer, Muhammad Illyas and Azhar Khan and two co-opted members, Asif Baloch and Farrukh Zaman.

The chief and other selectors are paid employees of the board and in the tenure of Ijaz Butt atleast two chief selectors, Abdul Qadir and Iqbal Qasim had resigned after issues over selection matters with the board.

"The biggest problem is that Butt and the team manager, Yawar Saeed had direct interference in the selection of the squad for England and it was obvious they didn't want Younis in the side," a source said.

He pointed out that nowhere in the cricketing world did the board Chairman ever interfere in the team selection.

"This only happens in Pakistan and it has increased a lot in the tenure of Butt," the source added.

Captain, Shahid Afridi had earlier said that he alone didn't select the squad for England tour and the consensus of the coach and chief selector was involved.

http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/inte...ee-may-resign/

[Down2Earth]

repost

[mastermind_quad]

^^oh! sorry ...@mod plz merge or delete it

[muhammad saad]

Why it is still "May"? I thought that even June is getting over.

[workkey]

mohammad ilyas will not resign as his son in law is selected in the team..
what a shame to have azhar khan and zaman on selection panel when we have players like zaheer abbas.amer sohail,moin khan,inzamam..saeed anwar

[AZ]

great players do not always make great selectors.

[Inswinger]

Still no updates? I guess we shouldn't hold our breath.

[insaaniyat]

Originally Posted by Inswinger Still no updates? I guess we shouldn't hold our breath.

Do Wazir Ali Khoja and Miandad count? I heard they both resigned.

[waqar_ahmad]

Originally Posted by Ahmed Zulfiqar great players do not always make great selectors.

But they are more likely to stand up to Butt and stamp their authority on selection matters.

[Amjid Javed]

Its obvious Ijaz butt is picking the sqaud and trying to undermine everyone else in Pakistani game. Its pathetic, yet the foolish old man doesnt realize it.

[*sallu*]

I'm pretty sure the selectors don't have the guts to resign just yet, if they do, bravo to them for at least trying to stand up to what they believe in

But I'm pretty sure of how things work in Pakistan. The selectors will wait and if we do reasonably well, they will be happy enough to share the credit, and if the tour goes all wrong, they'll resign saying they're blameless (which they actually are)

[Mighty Khan]

Selection committee to resign!! Wake up and smell the coffee!! Money before honour Pakistani policy.