Wasim Akram
Because of the weaknesses within the side, akram said he had expected Pakistan to struggle badly in their ongoing Test series in England. Pakistan’s current performances are therefore a reflection of wider structural issues, according to the former fast bowler. After seven players from the original squad were released, the visitors were forced into four changes and fielded three debutants.
The former Pakistan captain said the team’s struggles cannot be blamed on a single person or department, with shortcomings evident in batting, bowling and fielding as well as instability in first-class cricket. “I knew before the Test series started in England we would lose three nil because of the glaring problems in our batting and bowling,” he said. The legendary fast bowler said he is regularly asked whether he can step in and help Pakistan cricket, but argued that the scale of the problems makes it impossible for one individual to provide a solution. The systems aren’t there below that,” he said.
Pakistan great Wasim Akram believes the crisis engulfing the country’s cricket system has become so deep-rooted that even he cannot fix it on his own, pointing to problems that extend from the national team to the domestic structure. Pakistan’s problems were again exposed on the opening day of the third Test. “I get asked all the time, ‘Can you do something to help Pakistan cricket? But the issues are a lot deeper. These are the top players, there’s nothing else there. He stressed that responsibility for the team’s decline rests with multiple stakeholders and cannot simply be placed on the players or coaching staff.