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Pakistan’s rot starts at the top – and the players are paying the price

Saj Sadiq examines the chaos engulfing Pakistan cricket, arguing that poor preparation, selection uncertainty and off-field turmoil have left the players paying the price.

By Saj Sadiq

As the Pakistan players prepared to bat in their second innings at Lord’s, chasing an unlikely target of 389 for victory, one of the Pakistan Cricket Board officials accompanying the team decided to give them a ‘pep talk’.
It was a speech with a difference – it carried with it a threat that failure would not be accepted and that defeat would result in the termination of some of their international careers.
Only in Pakistan cricket would such a thing be allowed and tolerated.
It was just another glaring example of how the players are viewed by those in the establishment and wa...

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