Professionalism needed in Pakistan cricket
Imran Khan, in an extensive interview with PakPassion.net , talks of the turmoil within Pakistan cricket
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Imran Khan, in an extensive interview with PakPassion.net, talks of the turmoil within Pakistan cricket. He discusses issues such as political intervention in the PCB, the board’s inconsistent discipline policy, allegations of ball tampering, the Champions Trophy debacle, and his political career.
We need to separate politics and sport, it's unacceptable for the head of state to appoint the PCB Chairman. This ad hoc system needs to stop, we need a full time salaried head of the PCB who is selected solely on merit and not because of his connections. I mean it's not rocket science, it's the same system in place elsewhere.
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If you don't have discipline in the team then you would have the chaos that Pakistan cricket is going through right now. The reason Pakistan cricket has so many issues right now is because of their inconsistent discipline policy. If a player is performing well then he can get away with anything, he can break all of the rules without censure but if he's doing badly or on his way out then he gets punished.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo