For some time now I have touched on the fact that our players seem to demonstrate little intelligence in their conduct and play. The intelligence that inclines you to take those little singles, bowl a particular ball, or play a particular shot, how to stand, run or dive in a particular way on the cricket field. The intelligence that tells you when boundaries are needed or when singles are needed, and the intelligence that tells you not to try and bite a hard leather ball with dozens of cameras on you.
The Dawn newspaper has recently published comments by former coach Intikhab Alam in which he says that many of the Pakistan players are ‘mentally retarded’. His exact words were “…they are mentally retarded people. They do not know that they are representing the country”. I would have to say that this seems to fit in very well with some of the things we see from the Pakistani players on and off the cricket field.
The issue is how you address such a situation and this leads to the same place as every question in regards to problems with Pakistan cricket leads to. Without a stronger government that works for its people, the society in Pakistan, where our cricketers come from, will not develop as quickly as it should. While the puppet is in place to fight somebody else’s ‘war on terror’, the Pakistan people will continue getting a raw deal.
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