Aamer Sohail wants more domestic matches to be televised – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418, the former Pakistan captain, has expressed that all the important matches of the upcoming Faysal Bank T20 Tournament 2012-13 should have been televised and also urged the national selectors to promote a culture of merit in national cricket.
The national T20 event is going to commence from Saturday at Lahore, the capital of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833, Pakistan’s most populated province. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made some changes in the format of the tournament, dividing 14 teams into two pools, with each side getting six matches to prove their potential.
In previous seasons, a team could only get a couple of fixtures before the knockout stage, which was considered unfair by most of the sporting pundits.
The former opening batsman expressed, while speaking to a sports channel in Pakistan, that Mohammad Hafeez, the country’s T20 skipper, played a role in convincing the board to stretch the tournament, so that the talented players get proper chances of showcasing their abilities.
Most of the matches on day 1 of the event include the weaker teams of the competition, which is a source of concern for Sohail, who believes that competitive matches should have been organised on the opening day of such an important tournament.
“Pakistan T20 captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 contributed on the idea of having 2 pools for the FBT20 so youngsters get more chances,” said the former Pakistan captain. “Ideal situation would have been to play semi-finalists from the last tournament on the first day of the tournament to create hype.”
The matches are going to be played in Bagh-e-Jinnah ground, LCCA and Gaddafi Stadium. The encounters at the Gaddafi Stadium will be telecasted live.
Apart from asking the cricket board to televise more domestic matches, the former Pakistan captain feels that the selection at the national level should be based on merit so that quality players can emerge through the ranks of the national sport. Of late, there have been a lot of complains about the selection process of many regional teams.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket to the world. The selectors should start selecting players on merit and eliminate the case of bribery.”
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