Short duration of Indo-Pak series disappoints Zaheer Abbas – Cricket News Update
Though happy that Indo-Pak bilateral cricket is finally set to resume, former Pakistan skipper Zaheer Abbas has said that he had been disappointed by the short duration of the much-awaited series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday revealed the itinerary for its short limited-overs home series against Pakistan, later this year, after getting home ministry’s approval on Tuesday. As per itinerary the Men in Green will arrive in India on December 22 and will play two T20 Internationals and three ODIs between December 25 and January 06, 2013.
This will be the first bilateral series between the arch-rivals in five years, and Abbas, while welcoming BCCI’s decision, said he hoped for a full fledged series – including a couple of Test matches as well – after such a long time.
"While it’s a very good thing that finally bilateral cricket matches are being revived after nearly five years, the duration of the series has disappointed me given the importance of Indo-Pak cricket contests," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syed-Zaheer-Abbas-Kirmani-c92392 in an interview today.
"Any bilateral contest is welcome but I’d have thought that after such a long break, both countries should have played a proper Test series and found a window for this in their busy schedules," the legendary batsman added further.
The last time the two sides played a bilateral series was near the end of 2007, when Pakistan toured India. Cricket ties between the two countries have been on hold since the 2008 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-c41488, who is widely known as ‘Asian Bradman’, hoped the two boards would soon schedule a full Test series.
"I hope that very soon the two boards will schedule a full Test series because it has been a long time since we played Tests against each other and that is the real challenge of cricket," stated the former Pakistan cricketer, who played 78 Tests and 62 ODIs for his country between 1969 and 1985.
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