The biggest tragedy is PCB not investing money in domestic circuit: Aamer Sohail

Former Pakistan cricketer Aamer Sohail has raised his concern regarding the lack of planning in Pakistan’s domestic circuit. He said that Pakistan’s domestic tournaments don’t get arranged in a proper manner.  He also said that Pakistan will take positive strides in international cricket only if their domestic structure gets importance and the needed investments.

Pakistan has recently lost a Test series to Sri Lanka and many cricketers were involved in fixing matches this year. The international team has failed to produce spearheads apart from Mohammad Amir and that raises a concern for a country which has produced some fine match-winners- Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar among many.

“The manner in which Pakistan domestic cricket is currently organised reeks of inefficiency and disorganisation,” the Pakpassion.net quoted Sohail, as saying.

Sohail termed domestic as the root to growing good cricketers, he said, “The very simple fact of the matter is that unless you concentrate on making the domestic structure better, your cricket and cricketers will never progress.”

On Pak’s premier domestic contest getting scrapped

There were reports about the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan’s domestic first-class cricket championship, being scrapped and the rumour had disappointed the former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selector.

“I pray that it never happens, as this shows that some people have absolutely no idea or simply don’t care about Pakistan cricket.” he said

“What I would have liked to see is that the PCB planning their domestic schedules one year in advance. But that is not the case now and the players end up committing to other leagues in the absence of any concrete information about Pakistan’s domestic cricket schedule for the next season,” he added.

Sohail said that the standard of pitches will have to go up.He also questioned the board for not investing enough money in the domestic circuit. “Poor batsmen are a by-product of low-quality domestic pitches,” he said

“The biggest tragedy afflicting our cricket at the moment is that our board is not spending money on aspects of our domestic game where it is needed most.” he added.