{"id":1285,"date":"2016-08-15T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2016-08-15T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:42:41","slug":"pcb-to-rope-in-former-greats-to-groom-youngsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pcb-to-rope-in-former-greats-to-groom-youngsters\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB to rope in former greats to groom youngsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is working on a proposal to rope in former greats to train countrys budding players.<br \/>\n\u201cThe board is seriously considering to hire the services of former players for training young players in cricket academies across the country,\u201d a source in PCB told APP on Sunday.<br \/>\nHe said that Director Academies Muddasir Nazir in a recent meeting with boards top officials had proposed to avail services of formers players, some of whom are settled abroad.<br \/>\n\u201cIf these former greats agree to train youngsters itll give a great boost to the game of cricket in Pakistan,\u201d he said adding that Muddasir had completed his strategy for grooming players.<br \/>\nThe source said that the PCB while agreeing with Muddasir had given him go ahead signal to contact with former players.<br \/>\n\u201cThe expertise of former players will be hired in phases.<br \/>\nIn the first phase the board will try to benefit from the experience of Wasim Akram, Aqib Javed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rashid Latif, Mohammad Yousaf and Mohammad Akram,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is working on a proposal to rope in former greats to train countrys budding players. \u201cThe board is seriously considering to hire the services of former players for training young players in cricket academies across the country,\u201d a source in PCB told APP on Sunday. 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