KARACHI
\nPakistan women\u2019s cricket team head coach David Hemp is hoping that the upcoming programme of trials to unearth talent from across the country will help the struggling side find its feet in the international arena. The trials, set to commence from May 12, will be conducted by the six provincial cricket associations will target players of ages ranging from 19 to 28.
\nThe program is in line with the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s ambition to have 100 women cricketers participating in the 2022-23 domestic season.
\nPakistan have struggled to win enough to be considered a force to be reckoned with in the last two years and a dismal show at the 50-over World Cup earlier this year has initiated a discourse on the domestic cricket system for women.
\nFor Hemp, the trials are a good start to a fresh process.
\n\u201cBehind the scenes, as you know, the trails are going ahead to develop a different type of group of players so we have a stronger domestic system,\u201d Hemp told reporters on the sidelines of the national side\u2019s preparatory camp for the upcoming One-day International and T20 series against Sri Lanka. \u201cOnce that is in place, you\u2019ll see a shift in fortunes, I believe, because more competition for places drives standards and expectations.\u201d
\nThe New Zealander said the team management would not hesitate to give talented players the opportunity to be involved at the top level.
\n\u201cOnce the trials are complete, any new talent and players who are out there we feel are good enough to be invited to the camps,\u201d said Hemp. \u201cTeams around the world, international teams that are performing consistently are supported by a very strong domestic system.\u201d
\nWhile the new structure finds its shape, Hemp admitted there\u2019s work that is needed to be done in the short term, especially after the World Cup, in which Pakistan lost six out of their seven matches.
\nPakistan had aimed for semi-final place at the showpiece even if their performance before that should not have raised such high hopes as they failed to register a single series win.
\nHemp acknowledged the team needed to be better.
\n\u201cOn reflection from the World Cup, there\u2019s a couple of key areas that we\u2019re looking at in terms of how we\u2019d like to play the game or areas of the game that we need to evolve and get better at,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cLosses in the World Cup to South Africa and Bangladesh, two games that we got in really strong positions and we should have won. That\u2019s been bit of a pattern, which we\u2019re addressing as often as we can when we get into these camps.\u201d
\nAfter Pakistan host Sri Lanka here from May 24 to June 3, they will travel to Ireland for a T20 triangular series involving the home side and world champions Australia.
\nPakistan\u2019s next assignment after the series will be the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which commence on July 8.
\n\u201cTo play against Ireland and Australia will be great preparation, in conditions that we will be more likely to deal with in Birmingham against two different types of oppositions,\u201d said Hemp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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