Pakistan’s Cricket State Of Affairs Is Really Sad: Javed Miandad

Batting great Javed Miandad has lamented the way cricket is being run in the country, saying frequent appointments and changes in the Pakistan team have shaken the confidence of the players. (More Cricket News)

"I have not seen cricket governance anywhere in the world like we see in Pakistan and this state of affairs is really sad," Miandad told media during a ceremony held in Karachi to launch the Sindh Premier League.

The former Pakistan skipper, who appeared in 124 Tests, said the governance of cricket in recent times had a bad effect on the team and players as well.

"I don't think anywhere such frequent appointments and changes in cricket are made and it only means that we don't have continuity in our cricket structure and more importantly the players don't gain confidence," he said.

There has been a string of appointments in Pakistan cricket following the ODI World Cup with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood named as T20I and Test captains respectively after Babar Azam stepped down from all formats.

Mohammad Hafeez too was appointed as director of cricket after the World Cup in India.

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Miandad said Pakistan was slowly falling behind other teams because of the way the sport was being run in the country by the cricket board.

"Since last year we have had a really bad time in terms of our team’s performances and people who have no knowledge of cricket sit and take decisions which affect the entire structure in the country," he complained.

Pakistan’s team recently lost the three-Test series against Australia 0-3, before going down 1-4 in the five-match T20 series against New Zealand.