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Originally Posted by Statto Better than the youngster not playing at all isnt it? I dont know a lot about how players progress into first class and test cricket but I assume its through some sort of club system where there must be coaches. If its anything like what I believe to be the case in India, only the richer children play club cricket and so progress to tests etc. then tapeball cricket shouldnt be a serious issue as it is more of a game played by the poorer children isnt it? It would seem that there are more problems with coaching if you see the same mistakes being replicated, or maybe just the temperement of players. All this is just guessing though, because as I said Im not well versed in ametuer cricket in Pakistan. |
To the extent that I played, there is no concept of proper/official coaching untill a player reaches first class cricket and by first class I mean representing Pakistan A or Pakistan national side(or in some cases Pakistan under 19 team). Players just keep playing a lot of cricket, some lucky ones may get an occasional advice from a retired first class cricketer on and off the ground and thats about it. But again, befor a player reaches the luxury of having a coach, he has already played a whole lot of tape ball cricket together with some on and off real cricket.
Most of the admisnistrators of PCB who have turned a blind eye towards tape ball cricket in Pakistan are nothing more than typical low life losers who are placed on their jobs by napotism and they've got nothing better to do than having a cocky attitude to represent their superiority complexed personalities.