PCB chairman praised young players to bag individual performance awards in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23
\n LAHORE
\nPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja sent a message to national team ahead of home Test series against England, starting in Rawalpindi on December one.
\nIn an exclusive interview with Geo.tv, Raja said it\u2019s time to Test Pakistan cricket system as a long home season starts.
\n\u201cWe are honored to host England team for Test cricket,\u201d said Raja after he presented Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23\u2019s title to champions Northern.
\n\u201cThis series is very important for Pakistan team. It is the right time to test our cricket system. I have sent the message to the team, if you want to make headlines in the world, then you need to beat England,\u201d shared the PCB chief.
\nConfident Raja was upbeat about hosting big teams in the upcoming home season. \u201cThe upcoming season is very big for us, I hope everything goes well,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cEngland and all other teams will enjoy our hospitality. The world will see us hosting big teams,\u201d he added.
\nQuaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23
\nRamiz was ecstatic to watch young players claiming individual accolades. \u201cIt is heartening to see young players performing. Especially Huraira, the way this youngster has scored runs at the age of 20, is exceptional,\u201d he praised.
\n\u201cOur system needs more homework. We need to make our system strong to produce more and more talented players,\u201d opined Raja.
\nMubasir Khan (20-year-old) bagged player of the tournament award, Huraira (20-year-old) named player of the final and best batter, Abrar Ahmed (24-year-old) claimed best bowler award, and Rohail Nazir (21-year-old) was declared best wicket-keeper award.
\nWhile talking about pitches, Raja once again emphasized on drop-in pitches. \u201cThese pitches are not under our control that\u2019s why we gave the idea of drop-in pitches,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cDrop-in pitches idea is not dropped completely. We are doing homework on it. We need to work on pictures as I want every center to have a different pitch,\u201d the PCB boss shared his vision.
\nRaja said Pindi Stadium\u2019s pitch was fine but Gaddafi Stadium requires improvement.
\nIt must be noted here that Pindi Stadium\u2019s pitch was issued one demerit point due to poor standard during Australia\u2019s tour to Pakistan earlier this year.
\nFollowing the criticism, PCB dug pitches square both in Karachi and Lahore to prepare new pitches after almost 13 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PCB chairman praised young players to bag individual performance awards in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja sent a message to national team ahead of home Test series against England, starting in Rawalpindi on December one. In an exclusive interview with Geo.tv, Raja said it\u2019s time to Test Pakistan cricket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2484],"class_list":{"0":"post-298252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ramiz-raja"},"yoast_head":"\n