Zaka Ashraf denies plans to change http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 – Cricket News Update
Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397, has stated that he has no plans of changing Misbah ul Haq as the captain of the national team at the present moment and made it clear once again that Pakistan is a safe country for international cricket.
Earlier, PCB had convinced its Bangladeshi counterparts to send their team to Pakistan for a short series. However, the Dhaka High Court intervened and the series was postponed. This means that Pakistan has no international cricket till the tour of Sri Lanka,
which is scheduled for June.
Pakistan is now planning to organize a franchise cricket league in order to convey to the rest of the world that there are no security threats in the country. PCB will invite some international stars for the league and some of the cricket analysts believe
that this will pave the way for the restoration of international cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
He said “We want to give message to the world that Pakistan is the best and safe place for sports activities.”
Some former cricketers have urged PCB to concentrate on domestic cricket, while the foreign teams are not ready to come to Pakistan. Most people are relating Pakistan’s situation to the one South Africa went through from 1970s to early 1990s, when they were
banned from international cricket. However, the Proteas worked on their national cricket during the time and as a result, the standard of the game did not fall down in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
“We do consult the experts for the promotion of domestic cricket,” said Ashraf while talking about the structure of domestic cricket in the country.
The Green Shirts have done a splendid job in international cricket since the last 18 months under the captaincy of Misbah ul Haq but recently there have been rumours that PCB may go for a young captain, who can serve the country for years to come, as Misbah
does not have age on his side.
The Chairman PCB expressed, “We did not decide about the selection of the captain.”
The national selection committee is expected to announce the team for the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in May and it remains to be seen if Misbah is retained as the skipper for all the three formats of the game.
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