LAHORE – Newly-appointed Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis has pointed out that coaching the team is not a bed of roses though he vowed to bring it back to the winning ways.
Waqar, commonly known as Burewala express, said he had left his ego behind in Australia and would not disappoint the nation.
“The history of Pakistan cricket tells us that the coaching of the national team is not an easy task. But someone had to do the job and I dared to accept it and I assure the nation and the Pakistan Cricket Board that I would not disappoint them,” said the former fast bowler in an interview with Deutsche Welle Urdu Service.
Younis disclosed that his first priority would be to instill discipline and confidence in the team and that would be the first step towards victory. Younis, who had coached the national side on two different occasions, opined that as a nation we would have to change our habit to criticize the team and team management after every defeat.
He further added that he was not advocating for his job but for the captain, the manager and the Board. “I understand that the people of Pakistan are mad about cricket and their sentiments are badly injured when the national team loses but I would ask them to curb their emotions and try to understand the circumstances before reacting harshly,” he asked.
He added that the team management, captain and the PCB should be given ample time to deliver. “I think that lot of time is required to learn the things involving Pakistan cricket and rectify those issues,” he believed.
Though in recent years former greats Greg Chappell, Malcom Marshel and Javed Miandad have failed to deliver through their coaching which created an impression that “a great cricketer could not be a good coach” but Waqar is bent upon to dispel this impression.
Source: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Sports/27-Mar-2010/Coaching-Pakistan-team-not-an-easy-task-Waqar
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