Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad has said the country's cricket team needs a "planner" rather than a coach.
"I don't think there is a role for a coach in cricket but you can say a team needs a planner. Someone who can plan out strategies for each match and provide feedback to the players and motivate them," The Daily Times quoted Miandad, as saying.
Miandad, who has served as the national team coach thrice, said the team did not require specialist coaches.
"I believe that in cricket it is eventually up to the player who performs or delivers. No matter how much you coach or advise a player but once he is out there in the middle, it is entirely up to him how he responds and performs," he said.
Miandad said the players did not deserve to be playing international cricket if they require coaches at this level.
"At this level, what can you coach a player! But yes, if you have a planner, he can define a clear role for players and for every match," he said.
Miandad pointed out that only those players have been successful who have put their own efforts into their game and learnt from their mistakes.
He also criticized Pakistan Cricket Board officials, who had no experience in the game.
"The new chairman, Zaka Ashraf, appears to be taking the right decisions and his reliance on former players is a good sign rather than on officials with no experience of cricket," he said.
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