Pakistan one-day team needs “major surgery”: Iqbal Qasim

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: January 30, 2010

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Karachi: Pakistan’s chief selector, Iqbal Qasim, said on Friday after Pakistan slumped to their eighth defeat in the last nine matches that the country’s ODI team requires “major surgery”. The outburst comes after Pakistan lost their fourth straight match in the five-match series against Australia. The series defeat against Australia comes on the back of a series loss against New Zealand.

“No one can defend the team’s pathetic performance in Australia and obviously a major surgery is the need of the time,” Qasim told the Dawn. “But it is not appropriate to initiate the process during a series; so let them get free from the tour.”

Qasim said once the series is over, a proper analysis would be done with the team management to find out the reason for their disastrous performance in Australia. “The reports from the team manager and coach will be very important,” he told the News. “Then we will have to sit down with the captain and listen to his views. That will help us find what really went wrong in Australia.”

With the World Cup little more than a year away, Qasim said it was time to start rebuilding. “Preparing for the World Cup is definitely our biggest task and hopefully with a combined effort, we will send a strong team for the tournament,” he said.

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