Published: Jun 06, 2015, 06:39 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 06, 2015, 06:39 PM (IST)
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has admitted that the standard of his country’s domestic cricket lacks in quality and has vowed to usher in significant improvement. Shahryar said that their domestic game is not developing high-quality players, adding that a massive quantity of first-class games featuring too many cricketers are held across the country every season and it has negatively affected the quality of players, the Dawn reported. READ: PCB to invite Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to tour Pakistan in 2016
Shahryar further said that they would look to reduce the number of competing teams after raising this issue in the Board of Governors meeting later this month, besides discussing measures to develop grass-roots cricket, school cricket and women’s cricket. In an attempt to give special attention to Karachi, Shahryar insisted that they have to lift the game in the mega-city. Besides constructing the regional academy in Karachi, they are building an extra first-class ground, he added. READ: Pakistan reveal alternate plan in case India opt out of December series
Giving a further thrust on physical fitness among players, Shahryar also said his emphasis would be to maintain fitness form of Under-16 players getting training in Karachi as only talent would not give them success at the higher level. READ: Shahryar Khan proposes Pakistan home matches in India
