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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Cricket match prediction discussions
by
BobK71
on 16/11/2022, 17:31:21 UTC
It's not former players or Rambo's problem but the Pakistani cricket system.
It gets very ugly there, almost everyone (former player, commentators, sports anchor, PCB's Chief) shitposts and makes cringe statements when the thing gets tough or see any kind of success.
I can understand when former players etc make any ridiculous comments about the team or anyone for that matter but as a cricket board chief, you should have some grace as you're holding a top seat. You don't hear or see such kind of behavior from other cricket board presidents.
Can't agree with you here. Akmal and some of the other ex-players reportedly made personal attacks against Rameez. The team reached finals in the world cup, and rather than celebrating it they are showering verbal abuse on the administrators. If it was someone like Wasim Akram or Shoiab Akhtar, then I would have still listened. But Kamran Akmal? What he has so far achieved in his career so far? Test batting average of 30.79 and 26.09 in ODI. Rameez maybe a bit strict here, but people like Kamran understand this language only.
You should listen to what Rambo has to say about the previous chiefs when he was not in the system. He as an expert ripped everyone apart (including opposition teams, calling em names etc), when the PCB hosted teams like Zim, WI,SL, BAN. Likes of Najam Sethi, Ehsan Mani didn't send him any legal notice for that.
I know that Pakistan did reach the finals. But no one can deny that they got a bit lucky. Because first of all, they shouldn’t have lost against Zimbabwe. Secondly, they got a chance when the Netherlands beat South Africa. Because that really shouldn’t have happened. So everything was hanging on a chance for Pakistan. And Pakistan themselves had to rely on two or three of the players to do all the work. Whenever Babar Azam, Rizwan, or Shaheen Shah Afridi failed to perform, Pakistan was in a lot of trouble.
Pakistan has come out of all the hurdles before playing the final match maybe only because of luck. Loss to Zimbabwe and South Africa's loss to Ireland once again gave Pakistan a dream. Maybe they wouldn't have got this benefit if the luck wasn't good. But in the end luck did not work in their favor on the field of play. Rizwan out from the inside edge, why Babar Azam play the ball that way. Where top order batsman are the hope of Pakistan. Here is a lesson taught by whatever fate does. In the field you have to win by playing the best not only for luck.