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Pepsi-PCB Pace Attack contest concludes:
Lahore’s Kamran Shahzad emerges as fastest bowler
Staff Report
LAHORE: Kamran Shahzad of Lahore emerged as the fastest bowler of the Pepsi-PCB Pace Attack contest which concluded at the Gaddafi Stadium under lights here on Monday.
Kamran delivered the ball at 87.4 mph in the final attended by the 30 fast bowlers from all over the country. The other bowlers selected to join the Pakistan camp for the upcoming England series were Sohail Pathan (Karachi), 85.7 mph; Nasir Ahmed (Peshawar), 84.6 mph; Muhammad Talha (Faisalabad), 84.5 mph; Shahid Iqbal (Lahore), 84.1 mph and Muhammad Imran (Peshawar), 82.3 mph.
More than 8,000 young fast bowlers from all over the country participated in the month-long competition. The contest, jointly organised by Pepsi Cola International and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), kicked off at Quetta’s Bugti Stadium on September 20. The other venues were Peshawar, Abbottabad, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Multan, Hyderabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi-and Islamabad. From each centre, three of the fastest-bowling boys were elected to appear in the final at Lahore. The top six will join the national cricket camp for possible selection to play for Pakistan against England.
Is there some dearth of talants that we still need to fall back on leggy Arshad ??
Too many chefs are giving a 'royal fluck' to the present team as I see it.
I have never seen a better superfit England team and Pakistan lacks quite a few of its
spices to counter them. If this is the ^ leggy spice you have in mind or few other names which have been around in the domestic circuit than you may almost call it a 'No contest'
Talant hunt should mean new faces and unknown players and almost a 'Cinderalla' with overnight success charisma.
These ^ and several Old names ^ mentioned in the trials might endanger this Cinderalla to go 'Phuss-Phussy with a hangover'
Go figuer !
^ Help the ball reach the boundary faster, so that it can be retrieved faster and the fielding captain does not have to face penalty for slow over rate.
