Javed Miandad Quotations

No, never. I never thought on those lines. I was only thinking of the children and their happiness.

My grandparents were from India only. My relations are all in India, my mother belongs to India but the circumstances took a different turn and it all changed. I still have my uncle, I still have my relations (in India), we don't have any relatives here.

If I was not good enough, why was I brought in as coach last year?

I also look at it as a security risk of sorts because there is no check on who the tickets are being distributed too.

I was not happy even when India didn't play a Test in Karachi last year. But since I was coach of the team and my first duty was towards the performance of the team and the series. I could say little in my official capacity.

The way I look at it any player can pick and choose the matches he wants to play. It will also create opportunities for for others to play at the top level.

Normally in such cases even if the President wants someone to be present his staff informs the Board to make that person available. And if the Board was supposed to do this they have not conveyed anything properly or clearly to me. Which makes me feel that they are not interested in having me present in Islamabad,

The way this series has brought in spectators, viewers and listeners gives me hope that Test cricket is not dead,

I told the caller that first they should let me know who had instructed for my presence in the meeting. Was it the Presidency or the Board?

That is important for players to recover but I don't think excessive international cricket is being played these days. The players are also being paid well now.

I'm surprised at this decision because in no other country you will find such a precedent. Even in countries like Australia, England or South Africa they reduce the ticket prices on the last two days or just the final day but never have they distributed totally free tickets for a Test match.

I cannot help but feel that India lost the Karachi Test even before a single ball was bowled.

This is a clear breach of contract, which I consider unethical.

All these complaints about too much cricket nowadays is rubbish. In our days we yearned for more matches.

The matches have been so close and tensely fought that people not only in England but in other cricket playing nations are totally involved in its outcome.