APP
\nISLAMABAD
\nFormer Test cricketer Shoaib Muhammad on Monday said that Sri Lanka\u2019s upcoming tour of Pakistan will usher a new era of cricket in the country.
\n\u201cIt will be great to see the Sri Lanka team playing two Tests in Pakistan,\u201d Shoaib is quoted as saying by APP.
\n\u201cIt would prove very beneficial for Pakistan cricket and the long-awaited cricket hungry fans who are dying to witness these games at home.\u201d
\nSri Lanka and Pakistan are set to play two Test matches between Dec 11-15 and 19-23 in Rawalpindi and Karachi respectively.
\nThe Rawalpindi stadium will be hosting a Test match after a gap of 15 years.
\nThe last Test played at the venue came in 2004 when Pakistan hosted India.
\nShoaib said that the upcoming Tests against Australia would help the players in matches against Sri Lanka.
\nFurthermore, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the way the game\u2019s affairs were being handled.
\n\u201cWe need to work on school and college cricket in order to improve our game and bring up budding players,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cTo prepare the players in all three departments, we need to establish a variety of pitches which should provide equal opportunities to batters and bowlers and should allow all disciplines in the game to flourish,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
APP ISLAMABAD Former Test cricketer Shoaib Muhammad on Monday said that Sri Lanka\u2019s upcoming tour of Pakistan will usher a new era of cricket in the country. \u201cIt will be great to see the Sri Lanka team playing two Tests in Pakistan,\u201d Shoaib is quoted as saying by APP. \u201cIt would prove very beneficial for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n