Afridi urges domestic cricket reforms notwithstanding large win
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KARACHI: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has praised a stream group for winning a ICC Champions Trophy though also criticised a domestic structure and peculiarity of cricket being played in a country.
While vocalization during a MoU-signing rite between ICMAP and Shahid Afridi Foundation during a former’s premises, Afridi said: “No one had any expectations that this group would even strech a semi-finals though a approach they played and went all a approach deserves appreciation. This is a beauty of ICC tournaments that no one can design who will be in a finals. Any group can open surprises.”
He serve pronounced that a group degraded tip teams though there is still a lot of work to be finished during a domestic level.
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“I have been and will keep on observant that a structure of domestic cricket in Pakistan should be mutated and a peculiarity of pitches, balls and customary of umpiring should be improved,” he said. “We can't relax after winning a trophy. We have to work a lot on a domestic structure to keep a inhabitant group consistent.”
Praising a efforts of Fakhar Zaman, a former all-rounder pronounced that in complicated cricket each group needs an aggressive opener. “There is a need of aggressive openers who can measure discerning runs for a group and Fakhar fits a bill,” he said.
Talking about a seniors’ place and purpose in a side, a 37-year-old Afridi added: “If they are means to find cricketers of a seniors’ description afterwards they can be transposed though we still don’t see any players who are during standard with Younus Khan and Misbahul Haq. Once they can find players of that calibre, afterwards we consider there are many seniors who will empty their positions for youngsters.”
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He also disclosed that he is formulation to settle a multi-purpose academy in Karachi. “I have been in talks with city mayor Waseem Akhtar and he is providing me a land for an academy, that besides cricket, will also give English, mechanism courses and financial assistance to best immature cricketers,” he said.
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