Published: Dec 02, 2022, 02:21 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 02, 2022, 02:21 PM (IST)
Rawalpindi: Pakistan are hosting England for a three-match Test series. The first game of the series is being played in Rawalpindi. The hosts found themselves in a miserable situation as England have posted a mammoth 657 in their first innings. England hammered Pakistan bowlers for 504 on Day 1 as Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook went on to score centuries.
The PCB has been slammed by cricket experts for preparing a flat surface, which has no help on offer for the bowlers. And now, there are reports that Pakistan Cricket Board rented chairs using wedding ceremonies for PAK vs ENG Test. A senior journalist Kamran Yousaf posted about the same on his Twitter account.
“It’s so ironic that despite an being one of the top cricketing nations we don’t have international standard stadium. It’s a shame chairs used in wedding ceremonies have been rented for #PAKvsEng test match in Pindi,” wrote Kamran Yousaf.
Pakistan was deprived of hosting matches at home for more than a decade as team refrained from visiting the country owing to security issues after the deadly attack on the Sri Lanka team in 2009. However, teams have started visiting the country in recent times.
Pakistan though need to prepare better surfaces so that the fans can get to see competitive cricket. Also, they need to make sure that all the stadiums have international standards to invite more fans from the country and overseas which will help cricket bloom in the country.
Set up a tambu for practice ⛺ with bamboo
Installed the wedding Chairs 🤢🤧
A highway 🛣was built instead of a pitch
No DRS
Ramiz Raja could only talk and doing nothing #PAKvsEng #England #Rawalpindi #rawalpinditest @iramizraja @MazherArshad @TheRealPCB— Hamdan Abdullah (@HemmiRajput) December 1, 2022
Must say the grounds in #Pakistan are of sub standard quality. Look at this #Rawalpindi stadium. These type of grounds must be used for club level cricket.Poor infrastructure. They have put wedding chairs on the stands with a white cloth covering. No words.Poor stuff#PAKvsEng
— BuzzCric (@18plusjokes) December 2, 2022
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