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.