PCB needs a strong leader: Geoff Lawson
LAHORE – Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board for failing to provide strong leadership that the country needs during crisis time.
Lawson said Pakistan had put in place terrific 10 to 15-year plans to develop the game from the grassroots, but since the appointment of Butt in 2008 there has been a decline with the PCB becoming virtually “non-functioning”.
“Even through this crisis, we have heard virtually nothing from their chairman,” Lawson said on ESPN Cricinfo’s audio show Time Out.
“He hides from a crisis, he is not a leader and when Pakistan need a strong leader and people to show them the way forward, they are not getting it from their board,” he said.
Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir were charged under the ICC’s anti-corruption code and provisionally suspended from the game while their case is being heard.
However, Lawson said Salman Butt had done a great job with a young side since being appointed captain of Pakistan and that he would be shocked if Butt turned out to be at the center of the spot-fixing scandal.
“If it is the case that these young players are being affected, then there is something very bad with the environment in which Pakistan cricket is being played in.” Given the stakes, Lawson said the current crisis is the greatest Pakistan cricket has faced, and unlike previous crises, the team will not have the opportunity to mend fences by playing matches at home once things calm down.
“The hearings on Asif, Amir and Salman will be extremely important,” he said.
“I hope against hope that things will turn out alright but this is very much a watershed for Pakistan cricket right now.”
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