Pakistan pacemen had a mediocre outing in the England series, while their performance in the Asia Cup was also questioned especially after India comfortably achieved a record chase of 330.
Sarfraz, who held a training camp with Hammad Azam, Aizaz Cheema and Wahab Riaz before the tournament in Bangladesh, has said he would launch a talent-hunt programme in which all the youngsters will be invited to show their skills.
“I’ll conduct the programme in all the provinces,” Nawaz told The Express Tribune. “I’ll visit 20 cities to unearth fresh talent. It will begin in interior Sindh with Sukkur being the starting point.”
Sarfraz said the open-for-all trials will help the team recover from their fast-bowling woes.
“Players like Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq and Azhar Mehmood are the finds of such programmes.”
He added he will also monitor the fast-bowlers’ performance in first-class matches, adding that the show of the pacemen in the Asia Cup was not impressive.
“There are some issues with our fast-bowlers including fitness problems. They were also not used properly in the tournament like Riaz got a chance all of a sudden in a crunch game against India.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 24th, 2012.
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@Murad: Nahin yar. He is history.
Wahab Riaz is a "headless" chicken............
Junaid Khan Wahab Riaz Muhammad Sami Najaf Shah Sohail Khan
Muhammad Sami should be given more chance with proper coaching for him, he is speedy bowler.
@hassan?
were you being sarcastic? if yes you didn't do a good job.
So finally Sarfaraz Nawaz got a job in PCB.....this was he was trying for many years.
So, I request Sarfraz to look for such kind of people !