Afghanistan pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524 excited to play for Melbourne Cricket Club
Afghanistan pace bowler, Hamid Hassan has welcomed the opportunity to represent Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in a four-day game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 starting Monday in Abu Dhabi.
“It's quite a big opportunity, for my country, for Mohammad Nabi and for me to play for the MCC,” said the fast bowler while talking to the media reporters on Saturday.
Hassan and his teammate Mohammad Nabi were selected in the MCC squad - besides some big names including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Steven Davies of England - to play the county champions and both the inexperienced players are excited about the opportunity.
“They are a big name in cricket history, so we're happy, very happy, to play this game for them against the county champions,” said Hamid. “So this is quite a big opportunity for me, it can make my name but also my country's name,” he added.
The 23-year-old right-arm medium pacer said that there are some other good players in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 team and was hopeful they would also be given a chance in the future.
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The International Cricket Council has decided to slice the number of teams in the World Cup to 10 in the next 50-overs World Cup, increasing the number of participants in the Twenty20 Championship. However, Hamid said he was not in favour of the idea. He said that if ICC implemented the idea, the associate teams and their players would be left with no incentive to excel in the one-day format of the game.
He said that the small teams should be given a chance to play against big teams as this would help them to improve their game.
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