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Pak. coach to train Chinese cricket team
Beijing, Sept. 21 (PTI): Pakistan has appointed a coach to train budding cricketers in China as part of the joint effort by the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council to give a fillip to the sport in the country.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed well-known cricketer, Rashid Khan, as coach to train the young Chinese players, Pakistan Cricket Board chief, Shaharyar Khan said.
Shaharyar, who also heads the ACC, said "they start with a disadvantage of no heritage. There is no tradition of playing cricket in China. This is a big minus.
“They (the Chinese) don’t know who Bradman was. If you don’t know who Bradman was or who Gary Sobers was, how are you going to play cricket?,” he said after the ACC teamed up with the ICC to provide a special fund of USD 400,000 to build cricket infrastructure in China.
Khan said the Chinese were determined to overcome the disadvantages and emerge as a major cricket-playing nation.
He said Rashid would coach China’s under-15 team which is scheduled to participate in the ACC Trophy, to be held in Thailand in December this year, for the first time.
Khan, who is part of the ICC and ACC delegation to get first hand information on the efforts being taken by the communist country to popularise cricket, urged the Chinese Cricket Association (CCA) to expose their teams to international competitions.
Pakistan is also planning to send its school team to China and the CCA could think about sending a Chinese school-level team to Pakistan, he said.
SOURCE: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200609211558.htm