ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief curator Agha Zahid will be participating in the first-ever International Cricket Council (ICC) Curator Workshop scheduled to be held from April 11 to 12 in Dubai.

The workshop will be attended by head curators and turf managers of ICC member countries besides three of the top six associates along with a representative from the United Arab Emirates, said a press release issued here.

Other attendees taking part in the workshop include:

Cameron Hodgkins (Australia, head curator, MCG), Nuruzzaman Nayan (Bangladesh, assistant curator, BCB), Chris Wood (England, ECB pitches consultant), Venkat Sundaram (India, chairman Grounds and Pitches Committee, BCCI), Ian McKendry (New Zealand, NZC turf manager), Peter Muzzell (South Africa, CSA grounds consultant), Asitha Sanjaya Wijesinghe (Sri Lanka, curator, Pallekelle), Ken Grafton (West Indies, head curator, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia), Doug Higgins (Zimbabwe, ZCU National Curator), Phillip McCormick (Ireland, Stormont Cricket Ground curator), Lee Spendlove (Scotland, Grange CC curator), Guy Martin (Canada, manager Horticuture and Turf with the city of Abbotsford), Tony Hemming (UAE, head curator, Dubai Cricket Stadium), Andy Atkinson (UK, ICC pitches consultant), Raman Subramaniam (Malaysia) and Clive Hitchcock (UK, ICC cricket operations manager).—APP

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