All matches should be played with pinkish ball: Khurram Manzoor
Manzoor, with his 340-ball 250-run knock, became a initial Pakistani to measure a double century with a pinkish ball. PHOTO COURTESY: SHAKIR KHILJI
KARACHI: Karachi Blues opener Khurram Manzoor, who on Monday became a initial Pakistani to measure a double-century with a pinkish ball, believes all matches of a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy should be day-night matches and played with a pinkish ball.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has organized 11 day-night matches to be played in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy this deteriorate and Manzoor, who done 250 runs in a second innings of his team’s compare opposite UBL, says that carrying some-more day-night matches would concede players to get accustomed to a new ball.
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“It wasn’t easy personification with a pinkish round and any actor found it formidable to adjust,” Manzoor told The Express Tribune. “It would be good if all a matches are played with a pinkish ball.”
Shukar Allahumdullilah scored currently 250 opposite UBL…,becomes 1st pakistani who done double hundred with pinkish round pic.twitter.com/l9BTJMKfH8
— Khurram Manzoor Khan (@_khurrammanzoor) October 3, 2016
Manzoor, who managed to make usually 11 runs in a initial innings, suggested that both a batsmen and a fielders found prominence a vital regard with a pinkish ball.
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“All of us found is formidable to adjust to a pinkish round in a beginning, something that can be seen from a scores in a initial innings. Even a fielders were not means to see a ball,” he said. “But a second innings was most improved that only shows that we need some-more use with a new ball.”
Manzoor also highlighted a significance of switching from a red round to a pink, saying that a change will make a players some-more technically astute.
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“This is also a good step to engage any group in these conditions with a pinkish round and afterwards holding them behind to normal with red ball, this will prominence player’s abilities,” he added.
This was Manzoor’s fourth double century in first-class cricket and a 30-year-old, who crushed 39 bounds in his 340-ball stay, is anticipating to urge serve and take his group to a final.
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“While this is a good particular feat to turn a initial Pakistani to measure a double century, we wish to do whatever we can to assistance my team,” he said. “Taking Karachi Blues to a final would be amazing.”
Published in The Express Tribune, Oct 5th, 2016.
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