Pakistan's national coach Intikhab Alam and batting consultant Javed Miandad appear to disagree on the methods of preparation for the Champions Trophy in the conditioning camp in Lahore.
Former Test captain and a senior official in the Board, Miandad has been given the task of improving the batting skills of the players ahead of the Champions Trophy and he started off by asking the groundstaff at the Gaddafi stadium to prepare grassy tracks with extra width for the net sessions in the conditioning camp.
He wants the batsmen to be prepared for bouncers and seaming balls in South Africa which hosts the Champions Trophy.
But Intikhab, also a former Test captain, apparently does not agree with Miandad's theory. He told reporters that he would like to see the national team players' practice on all type of pitches in the conditioning camp and he would like to see sporting tracks which encourage bowlers and batsmen.
Intikhab is due to hold a press conference and sources said he is likely to broach this subject.
"It is no secret that some senior players and Intikhab are a bit worried with the involvement of Miandad in the preparations for the Champions Trophy as Miandad is a hard task master and believes in 100 per cent commitment on part of the players." .
"Miandad belongs to the old school of thought of cricket and believes that cricket is played on the field and in the mind," one source said.
Miandad, who has thrice remained national team coach, was again offered the position of coach by Chairman Ejaz Butt last year but refused due to his prior commitments.
"It was after Miandad's refusal that Butt appointed Intikhab as the coach," the source said.
He said another issue that was cropping up and could become a bone of contention between Miandad and Intikhab was that the former was interested in accompanying the team to South Africa for the Champions Trophy.
Miandad has in recent days made it clear he had no problems going to South Africa if the Board wanted this.
There is plenty of history between Miandad and Intikhab and the latter was coach during the 1996 World Cup when Miandad played his final international event.
"It is no secret that Intikhab didn't want Miandad in the team in the '96 World Cup but had to bow down to pressure from the government. He was also instrumental in getting Miandad dropped for the tour of Sri Lanka before the World Cup," the source recalled.
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Former Test captain and a senior official in the Board, Miandad has been given the task of improving the batting skills of the players ahead of the Champions Trophy and he started off by asking the groundstaff at the Gaddafi stadium to prepare grassy tracks with extra width for the net sessions in the conditioning camp.
He wants the batsmen to be prepared for bouncers and seaming balls in South Africa which hosts the Champions Trophy.
But Intikhab, also a former Test captain, apparently does not agree with Miandad's theory. He told reporters that he would like to see the national team players' practice on all type of pitches in the conditioning camp and he would like to see sporting tracks which encourage bowlers and batsmen.
Intikhab is due to hold a press conference and sources said he is likely to broach this subject.
"It is no secret that some senior players and Intikhab are a bit worried with the involvement of Miandad in the preparations for the Champions Trophy as Miandad is a hard task master and believes in 100 per cent commitment on part of the players." .
"Miandad belongs to the old school of thought of cricket and believes that cricket is played on the field and in the mind," one source said.
Miandad, who has thrice remained national team coach, was again offered the position of coach by Chairman Ejaz Butt last year but refused due to his prior commitments.
"It was after Miandad's refusal that Butt appointed Intikhab as the coach," the source said.
He said another issue that was cropping up and could become a bone of contention between Miandad and Intikhab was that the former was interested in accompanying the team to South Africa for the Champions Trophy.
Miandad has in recent days made it clear he had no problems going to South Africa if the Board wanted this.
There is plenty of history between Miandad and Intikhab and the latter was coach during the 1996 World Cup when Miandad played his final international event.
"It is no secret that Intikhab didn't want Miandad in the team in the '96 World Cup but had to bow down to pressure from the government. He was also instrumental in getting Miandad dropped for the tour of Sri Lanka before the World Cup," the source recalled.
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