Mushtaq Ahmed believes Pakistan's ex-players have a big role to play in nurturing future talent © Getty Images

PakPassion.net’s extensive interview with legspinner Mushtaq Ahmed covers various aspects of his long career, starting with his initiation into international cricket to his current stint with the Lahore Badshahs in the ICL. Ahmed also speaks of the problems with the current Pakistan team, his differences with the PCB, and his future.

If you stop investment into anything, then it will die. The PCB needs to invest at the grass roots level, ex-players should play a big part in going to small towns to hold camps and scout for talent. Why am I getting offers to work with spinners in England despite not having any formal coaching qualifications? There are lots of qualified coaches in England that could do the job, why ask me? It's because experience counts for something. The PCB need to learn from that and start to tap into the wealth of experience that they have in Pakistan in the form of all our talented ex-players.