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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Lahore,29 March<\/strong>\u0964 Pakistan coach Waqar Younis on Tuesday begged forgiveness and offered to resign after the country&#39;s flop show in the ongoing World T20 cricket tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the marquee tournament, losing three successive group phase matches. Adding insult to injury was a bruising six-wicket defeat to arch-rivals India that drew fierce criticism of the under-performing players and the team management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Waqar said the team will not improve unless the whole system is changed and made transparent. At a press conference outside the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) office in Lahore, Waqar said that &quot;apparent makeup surgery will not work&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;I apologise for the team&rsquo;s performance in the T20 World Cup,&rdquo; he was quoted as saying by nation.com.pk, but warned against any knee-jerk reaction.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The matter will not be solved, if we blame single individuals, whether it&rsquo;s me, (Shahid) Afridi or the PCB chairman. We have to find the real inner problems.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said there is a need to sit down and talk to find long-term solutions, but added that he&rsquo;s willing to resign if that is believed to be the solution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;If things will improve if I leave, then I am ready to go home,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Waqar denied internal rifts in the dressing room and said it has been a difficult time for him as well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;There is no politics in the team or any grouping. Our performance is bad and so we don&#39;t have time for any groupings,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The nation&#39;s anger is justified because we did not perform well. But now is the time to make things open and clear, the time of hiding actual issues has passed. I was hurt by the team&#39;s losses.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The former pace legend said that being deprived of cricket at home is one of the reasons the national team has struggled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Although we call UAE our home but playing at home makes a huge difference and this leads to emergence of new talent,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Our domestic structure has weakened because we have not played cricket in Pakistan.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The national cricket team coach said that his future is not necessarily linked to cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Cricket is not game of stars, it is a game of heroes,&rdquo; he said while responding to a question.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;My future is not linked to cricket. I have been the coach before and I was liked by everyone. So it is not me, or a single person, it is about the system.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n",
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