Well.. its a pleasant surprize that wasim bhai is planning to coah his home country bowlers as well! In all this while, he's been doing it for others, not mentioning that his home-team had a big vaccuum to fill after his retirement. Here I wouls also like to say that in order to get coaching from a world top class bowling legend, the students need to have that desire for learning as well, which is not seen much in pakistan lately.. However, I hope for the best and wish Pakistani youngsters a bright career in cricket!
If he becomes the coach, Pakistan should be banned from all forms of cricket. The 'king of bookies' was seen weaping nad begging for forgiveness. Surprise surprise, he is forgiven while our Azzhu is banned for life!!
Mr. Akram's credentials as a former international Test & ODI player were never in question. But, he fails to recognize that great players rarely make great coaches. The most successful coaches of the present era such as John Buchanan, Duncan Fletcher, Bob Woolmer & John Wright enjoyed only modest international careers as players. Conversely, Kapil Dev, Gordon Greenidge and even Pakistan's own Javed Miandad had very little to show in terms of results once they were appointed as coach of a national team. Allan Border is probably the one exception to this trend. If Mr. Akram is so confident that his experience as player is all he needs to be successful as coach, then passing those courses should take no time at all. Once done with that formality and he fulfils PCB's requirements, he can then ask that he be left to coach on his own terms - that would seem fair. If he's sincere in his interest to help his country's cricket team then he should be prepared to do anything to get the job. Right now, he's not helping his case with these pronouncements that the rules don't apply to him. Anyways, with this attitude, he'll probably fail as a coach anyways. Primadonnas make lousy coaches.
