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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: Pakistan cricket has once again found itself engulfed in turmoil, and former Australia opener Matthew Hayden believes the underlying problem has remained unchanged for years.Hayden, who has previously worked with Pakistan as batting coach and team mentor, said the constant instability surrounding the setup makes it extremely difficult for players to perform consistently. His comments came after the Pakistan Cricket Board made sweeping changes following the team\u2019s second successive defeat to England in the ongoing Test series.\u201cI really enjoy and enjoyed my time working with Pakistan. Nothing\u2019s changed, though. You know, that is always the trouble. That\u2019s not an environment, you know; a pressure cooker is an environment for the middle, not for all the other peripheral things that happen outside. And it\u2019s just too difficult an environment to be consistent because this is the formula,\u201d Hayden said on the Wisden Cricket podcast.Pakistan lost the opening Test by an innings and 103 runs before suffering a 194-run defeat at Lord\u2019s. England consequently took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, prompting the PCB to overhaul the touring setup.<\/p>\n Hayden, who was Pakistan\u2019s batting coach during their run to the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup and later served as a mentor during their 2022 campaign, believes the country possesses enough natural talent to compete with the best.\u201cPakistan are always dark horses, because their natural talent is phenomenal. I mean, anyone who can see athletic ability can see that Pakistan has an abundance of it. The trouble is, it never gets focussed because it\u2019s never allowed to get focussed. It\u2019s always in chaos. They\u2019re always standing on one toe, let alone two feet. So there\u2019s no grounding,\u201d Hayden said.He added that bringing stability to the environment was one of the things he enjoyed most during his stint with Pakistan.\u201cAnd that\u2019s, you know, something that I did enjoy doing in the short time that I was with Pakistan. It\u2019s just getting things back on an even keel and not so frantic. So it\u2019s very difficult for them,\u201d he added.The latest upheaval saw seven players sent home, including Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha<\/a>, Ali Usman, Khurram Shahzad, Aamir Jamal and Muhammad Awais Zafar. Jamal and Zafar had not featured in either of the first two Tests.<\/p>\n Hayden believes Pakistan\u2019s enormous cricketing base should make it a global powerhouse, but said the country itself is preventing that potential from being fully realised.\u201cPakistan is that like the West Indies, who I specially mentioned, I would especially mention Pakistan as well, because you\u2019ve got 350 million people in one country that adore cricket and yet every opportunity, cricket doesn\u2019t allow cricket to get played,\u201d he said.\u201cAnd that old saying, it\u2019s just not cricket that is so important for this conversation with Pakistan. Because if you allow Pakistan and Pakistan allows Pakistan to just play freely and with trust, then they\u2019ll take on anyone as simple as that because purely their athletic ability like the West Indies is supreme,\u201d Hayden added.<\/p>\n PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, meanwhile, has rejected suggestions that Pakistan cricket is finished, pointing to improvements in the white-ball formats and arguing that even leading teams suffer surprise defeats.\u201cLet me ask you one thing: South Africa lost to Namibia, and India lost to Ireland. Has cricket ended there as well?\u201d Naqvi said.He also defended the board\u2019s changes, saying: \u201cIf someone is not clicking or not performing, then what can we do? Every match and every series is important for us.\u201dBut as Pakistan prepares for the third Test, Hayden\u2019s assessment points to a problem deeper than results \u2014 the continuing inability to create the stability and trust he believes its immense talent needs.<\/div>\n File Pic: Matthew Hayden during his time with Pakistan team. 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