Miandad is now PCB’s batting consultant

October 1st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Following Pakistan batting advisor Javed Miandad, former captain Wasim Akram too has criticized the pitches prepared for the Champions Trophy in South Africa. Akram said the International Cricket Council (ICC) should have prepared more lively tracks for the tournament where run scoring could have been easier.

September 15th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket team's batting advisor Javed Miandad is determined to see the team win the ICC Champions Trophy and is thus making the players toil hard during the ongoing training camp. "A 50-over match means you have to be on the field for at least seven hours and the way I am training these players is to prepare them for the conditions in South Africa," The Daily Times quoted Miandad, as saying.

September 14th, 2009 KARACHI - Former Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad said Monday Pakistan is blessed with the best bowling attack in the world and can beat any team provided the squad overcomes its batting problems. "I think Pakistan has one of the best bowling attacks in the world and if they improve their batting they can win the Champions Trophy," The Nation quoted Miandad, who has coached Pakistan in three previous stints in the past, as saying.

September 13th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan batting advisor Javed Miandad wants cricketers to work hard and give their 200 percent on the field. Miandad, who was made the batting advisor of the national squad after the disastrous Sri Lanka tour, said he wants players to finish the current five-day training camp on a high and use most of it to regain form and fitness, besides learning minute details of the game.

September 9th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has backed the team's batting advisor, Javed Miandad's proposal of preparing bouncy practice tracks for the ICC Champions Trophy preparations. Interacting with media persons here, Khan supported Miandad's idea of preparing grassy and bouncy pitches to prepare batsmen for the South African conditions for the eight nation tournament.

September 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - A controversy seems to be brewing up between Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam and batting advisor Javed Miandad regarding the team's training methods ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy. While Miandad has asked pitch curators to prepare a green track with extra width at the Gaddafi Stadium for the conditioning camp beginning today (Wednesday),Alam wants o see the players practice on all types of pitches during the conditioning camp.

August 31st, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan cricket batting advisor and former captain Javed Miandad has asked pitch curators to prepare a green and pacy surface at the Gaddafi Stadium to prepare batsmen for the bouncy South African wickets. Miandad has ordered a new pitch with a tinge of green grass covering on it in order to give batsmen the feel of South African conditions where the ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled to commence from September 22.

August 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain and batting consultant of the national team, Javed Miandad has asked the non-performing senior players of the team to take rest from international cricket. Miandad said there is no place for non performers in the team.

August 15th, 2009 KARACHI - Tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif's aspirations of a come back into the national team have received a jolt, with captain Younis Khan saying that he (Asif) must prove his fitness to secure a place in the team for the Champions Trophy. "Asif has to prove his form and fitness after long lay-off and after one-year ban," Khan said.

August 14th, 2009 KARACHI - Former captain Javed Miandad has been appointed as batting 'advisor' of the national squad by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Miandad would be helping and training Pakistani batsmen to prepare themselves better for the Champions Trophy which is scheduled to be held in South Africa in September-October.

July 2nd, 2009 KARACHI - Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has objected to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) idea of reducing the duration of Test matches from five days to four. When asked to comment on the idea floated by the ICC president David Morgan, Miandad said any such step would ruin the traditional format of the game.

June 9th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided not to cancel Javed Miandad's membership of the Governing Board for the time being. The PCB chairman Ijaz Butt rejected reports that Miandad has been removed as member of the Governing Board, saying such a step requires an approval from the country's President, who is also PCB's patron-in-chief.

June 5th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has discontinued the governing body membership of Javed Miandad and coach Intikhab Alam, The News reports.oth Alam and Miandad are paid employees of the PCB, thus they are not eligible to remain members of the Governing Board. While Alam had already tendered his resignation from the membership, it was anticipated that the board will also ask Miandad to follow suit.

June 4th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would review the Governing Board membership of Javed Miandad and Intikhab Alam during its forthcoming meeting on June 5. Sources privy to the PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, said that though the meeting has been called primarily to discuss the future course of action after it was denied the hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup, the issue of membership of Miandad and Alam could also come up for discussions.

May 27th, 2009 KARACHI - Furious over Pakistan's omission from the Twenty20 Champions League, former captain Javed Miandad has said that the tournament should not be termed a Champions League, as top teams from all the major cricket-playing countries would not participate in the event. Criticizing the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) for keeping Pakistan out of the cricketing extravaganza scheduled to be held in October, Miandad expressed lament that no other cricket board raised the issue of sidelining Pakistan.