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| July 8, 2003 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7,1424 |
Kiwis offered matches outside Karachi
LAHORE, July 7: Pakistan has proposed two matches each at Lahore and Rawalpindi and one at Faisalabad after New Zealand refused to play at Karachi during their five-match One-day International series later this year.
The one-day series is a compensation for last year’s Test which was cancelled after a bomb blast left several people dead outside the team’s hotel in Karachi on the first morning of the match.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive, Ramiz Raja said on Monday that the three cities were picked so that TV coverage is not hindered.
Meanwhile, Ramiz said that PCB will not take any action against Pakistan captain Rashid Latif for approaching directly ICC’s anti corruption unit.
He said that according to the rules of the ACU everyone had the right to contact the unit and similarly the unit could also contact anyone.
However, the PCB official said board may take action against Rashid for his interview over the internet. The action would be taken after receiving the manager’s report on England tour.
Ramiz said that PCB had to organise an hectic domestic and international activity programme this season and has also decided to do the event management by itself.
He said that the commencement of Asia Youth Cup at Karachi from July 14 and later the visit of Bangladesh to Pakistan in August-Sept would give PCB good experience to arrange the event management.
Ramiz said PCB has decided to introduce mobile cricket coaching for small cities and villages. Former Test cricketers would organise short training camps in the villages and towns.
PCB official said the board had written a letter to International Women Cricket Council (IWCC) not to entertain any team which would not be sent by PCB in the World Cup qualifying round to be held in Holland this month.
He said that PCB had taken over the charge of women cricket on the order of honourable court and was also sending a team to Holland. He said that it would not be fair for any other group to send a team to Holland.
Former Test cricketer, Aaqib Javed, has been appointed as bowling coach in the National Cricket Academy which was scheduled to begin here in the third week of July, Ramiz added.
The Australian bowling coach Daryl Foster would also visit Pakistan in patches to train the boys in the academy. He said the number of the students in the academy would be 30 to 35 and its duration would be of 10 days.
The academy would be run on a professional basis. Even foreign players could undertake training after paying the charges.
He added a Bio-Mechanics department would also work in the academy. He said the department would remove the flaws of any bowler and batsman with the help of computer and video films.
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