Pakistan cricket descended into familiar turmoil when Kirsten resigned as head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I teams on Monday. He was six months into a two-year contract and left on the eve of Pakistan’s white-ball tour of Australia.

Kirsten, who spearheaded India’s triumph at the 2011 World Cup, leaves his role without having coached Pakistan in a single ODI.

Even by PCB standards, the public matches have been messy and threaten to deter potential international coaches. Prominent candidates Shane Watson and Darren Sammy had previously been sounded out earlier this year before turning down offers to coach the national team.

“When you’re looking for international coaches, with the kind of backlash you’re likely to get from Gary Kirsten’s resignation… it’s not going to be an easy, straightforward job for Pakistan to hire international talent,” Ramiz told reporters in a media interaction. ahead of the Australia tour.

“What you have to do is make sure that once you involve and engage someone, you give them clarity about the role.

“I don’t know if that clarity was given to Gary Kirsten or how he wanted to get Pakistan into this one-day phase, what he wanted to achieve. I’m not privy to that.

“It’s not good news [Kirsten’s departure] because Pakistan needed an experienced hand. From a distance, it doesn’t look good right before a trip.”

A rift had emerged between Kirsten and Jason Gillespie, Pakistan’s newly minted Test coach, and the PCB since the board decided to strip them of selection powers following Pakistan’s first Test defeat against England.

Pakinomist understands that Gillespie, who will fill Kirsten’s shoes on the tour to Australia, has also been completely unimpressed by the recent changes. A new selection panel – a third in three months – was formed and, in an unusual development, included judge Aleem Dar.

“I don’t know if a judge is a selector, so the jury is still out,” Ramiz said. “I still believe there is a strong role for a manager in cricket. You can’t run cricket from the sidelines. The manager has to be held accountable and the only way to hold him accountable is to give him some powers.”

Pakistan will arrive in Australia with not only a fresh white-ball coach in Gillespie, but also with Mohammad Rizwan taking the captaincy reins following Babar Azam’s recent resignation.

It looms as a tough start for Rizwan, who will lead a relatively inexperienced squad for a trio of ODIs and T20Is against Australia.

“He has his chance and what he has to do is stamp his authority and maybe get the players he wants,” Ramiz said of Rizwan. “Right now there’s a bit of a hodgepodge where the selection committee nominates the playing XI. I’m not so sure it happens anywhere else in the world.

“I just hope Rizwan gets his XI that he feels comfortable with.”

After being widely reported for antagonizing Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood during a TV interview after the England series, Ramiz called for “quiet and calm” in Pakistan cricket.

“I think it’s important for all stakeholders to understand the value of a non-controversial start to what looks to be an extremely heavyweight calendar,” he said.

“I just hope things are on the mend. I think Pakistan were definitely in desperate fashion against England and luckily the series was won. I just hope they carry this momentum forward, even if it’s a different format .

“But it is [Pakistan cricket] a difficult terrain, it’s a difficult area to manage because things happen very quickly.”