PCB Academy in Sialkot

Published March 10, 2007

SIALKOT, March 9: The construction of PCB's National Cricket Academy commenced here on Friday on a plot adjacent to the impressive Jinnah Cricket Stadium.

The Sialkot district government will spend Rs7 million on the academy project in which the Sialkot business community has also actively participated. This project will be completed before the end of this year and more than 200 local cricketers will be able to train at the academy.

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