Pakistan’s 15 not a formidable combo for World Cup

With the announcement of Pakistan’s World Cup squad on Friday, it is significantly evident that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the national selectors and skipper Babar Azam have not learned their lessons from the recent Asia Cup debacle. The 2023 World Cup has a very challenging format, indeed, with each of the 10 teams playing each other before the semifinals. So only best of the best will emerge as the winner this time. The mega event that commences in India from October 5 is without a doubt the stiffest test of skipper Babar’s career and he ought to have gone in with the best, most balanced 15-member squad for the extravaganza. Alas, it is not to be. To begin with, Shadab Khan has been retained as the vice captain which defies all logic, especially after his abysmal faring in the Asia Cup matches. The all-rounder, who until 2020 was dubbed as the next best thing for Pakistan after the prolific Babar Azam, is merely a shadow of himself today. Though never a great turner of the ball, nor a front-ranking batsman, Shadab was instrumental in many limited over victories for his team as he broke vital partnerships and scored useful runs at crucial moments to see Pakistan through. Regrettably, he has not displayed any of that flair in the recent matches. And yet, by virtue of his position as the team’s vice captain and his camaraderie with skipper Babar, he has continued to play every game without making any impact of note. Reports coming out of Pakistan camp during the past few days led many to believe that Shadab will surely be replaced by Shaheen Shah Afridi as vice captain. However, for reasons best known to them, the selectors have retained Shadab as Babar’s deputy. Recalling the tried and failed Hasan Ali to fill in the shoes of injured Naseem Shah is another glaring move which reflects poorly on Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and his band of selectors. Hasan has been in and out of the team in all the three formats during the past few years, mainly due to his checkered performances that have earned the public ire besides scathing criticism from the former players. In his own admission, Hasan has not lived up to the promise he had shown in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and is, at best, an average player whose erratic bowling and sloppy fielding could well prove to be a burden than a boost for the team. Most critics feel that the talented Zaman Khan or hardworking Arshad Iqbal deserved to be selected ahead of Hasan for the World Cup. Opener Fakhar Zaman’s 14 flop games on the trot have not shaken the selectors’ faith in him, which is extremely surprising, given the swift changes they tend to make in every series. No doubt Fakhar is a class player but has clearly struggled to find his feet in the recent games. He was all at sea against the medium pacers as well as the slow bowlers in the Asia Cup and it is a huge gamble to go with him for the mega event in India. Besides, both Wasim Jr and Salman Ali Agha are bits and pieces players who certainly donot possess the kind of firepower to turn a game around on their own. Mohammad Nawaz, too, have struggled to take his game to the next level which is a matter of concern for skipper Babar. In short, Pakistan’s lower middle-order desperately need to put its act together for the competitive extravaganza for Pakistan to fancy its chances of reaching the semifinals, at least. Perhaps, a specialist spinner like Abrar Ahmed would have served the team better as he has the ability to keep the batsmen guessing with his fine range of deliveries. However, one must commend the selectors for keeping faith with opener Abdullah Shafiq, gifted spinner Usama Mir and batsman Saud Shakeel as all of them are specialist players with proven credentials at the international level. In the final analysis, one would say that Pakistan’s is not a formidable combination at the moment, more so because they have not been able to upgrade their ODI cricket style as per the modern times. Given all these factors, Babar's men are certainly not among the favourites to lift the title. But the fact that they will be entering the World Cup as the underdogs augurs well for them. The history has it that whenever Pakistan gets the top billing, they fall short by quite a distance. However, whenever they are written off, they bounce back handsomely to stun the best in the business.

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Girls Cup: competition, spirit and talent all in good measure

“I love playing cricket, I am a master when it comes to bowling,” exclaimed Nadia Athar, who is small in stature for a 13-year-old, but her gumption and spirit make her taller than her peers. And she loves to bowl and looks up to Shoaib Akhtar as her favourite cricketer. Nadia is participating in the biggest cricket tournament of her life which was taking place at the National Stadium ground, with her school The Future Academy, even though her team had finished last on their debut in the event. The event featured four schools including the Future Academy, Nasra School, Ismail Academy, and Alpha School. The Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins thanked the players, the officials, and the Australian Over-40 team that is visiting Pakistan to compete at the Over-40 World Cup for being a part of the event. “The AHC has been sponsoring girls’ cricket since 2016,” said Hawkins in a press statement. “Our countries share a passion for cricket and a key interest of Australia in Pakistan is to support gender equality, so we are very pleased to support this event.” The one-day tournament was the fourth edition of the Girls Cup Karachi: Empowering Women Through Cricket, held by the Australian High Commission (AHC) in collaboration with Jalaluddin Cricket Academy and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with Karachi City Cricket Association. “This was a great event for us, we had trained our girls, especially for a month, in four sessions at the Jalaluddin Academy, these girls had been introduced to the game for the first tie and I am so proud of them to have taken up to the sport so beautiful,” The Future Academy Principal Hafiz Muhammad Zaid told The Express Tribune as he was surrounded by the team of 15 players. “We made sure that the girls prepared well, we had them play matches with our boys B team and they really improved quickly. The difference between them and the boys was not so much towards the end. The boys had been supportive too. “At times it had been a little difficult to convince the families to let them play the sport, because in Korangi, where we have our school the community was a little hesitant, but we made sure that the girls trained separately from the boys, in fact after a while the boys began to complain that we are not focusing on them anymore, but they have been very supportive of the girls as well.” He explained that children like Nadia have shone through over the period of a month that was spent in preparation. “Nadia had been a sickly child, but she is very talented, she is very smart,” said Zaid. While Lubaba and Mariam agreed that the tournament helped them understand the sport better, the ninth graders said that fielding is something they learned more about once they played in a proper tournament. The safeguarding official and teacher for the last seven years Batool Farooq thanked the Australian High Commission, PCB, and Engro for supporting the team. Ismail Academy safeguarding official Uzma Waqas was all too familiar with what the girls of the Future Academy were feeling. Her team won the tournament, defeating Nasra School in the final. “We won, our girls did it,” Uzma, a teacher with Ismail Academy for the last seven years exclaimed, it was also her second time at the Girls Cup. “I know what The Future Academy team is feeling, last time we were the debutants and we finished last, but this year we are the champions,” said Uzma. She added that over a period she had seen the girls from her community in Korangi as well become more confident. “The girls tend to be a little conscious initially but ultimately, they have taken up sports so well. I have seen many of the girls in my school grow up and I can say that sometimes they feel if they can’t do too well academically, they try to excel at sports, and that is a beautiful thing. “We do not judge people but at the end of the day it is about the maturity and the mentality of people, we encourage girls to lay, my daughter played last time, but people tend not to like girls in sports and there are societal restrictions, but the truth is that these girls are amazing, I have never held a bat in my life, but when we had the sports day in our school I played a little and it felt good,” said Uzma. Razia Waseem the mother of Muntaha Waseem was overjoyed when her daughter went up to receive the first prize with her team from His Excellency Hawkins and the legendary Javed Miandad who witnessed the final and distributed prizes at the closing ceremony along with cricket Jalaluddin and other KCCA officials. “I would stop my daughter from playing because, well she is a girl, but her father always encourages her to play, I am just so happy to see her win and play because she loves it,” said Razia. The guest of honour Javed Miandad also encouraged parents to let their girls play. “It is not a difficult thing for the girls to play cricket, everyone in the world is playing cricket now,” Miandad told The Express Tribune exclusively when asked what his impressions of the tournament were and how he saw the growth of cricket among the young girls. “Girls should participate in sports, there is nothing to be embarrassed about in this and this is a healthy activity. There is so much to learn when one goes in the field and plays, just like I experienced personal and professional growth when I travelled the world through sports. Kids should play sports, especially cricket because it teaches them how to strategise, use concentration, and focus, and these skills can benefit them for a lifetime. And now the Pakistan women’s cricket team is doing so well. We are proud of your girls.” Other players from Alpha School like Dua Ismail and Disha Kumari feel that they can see themselves ick sorts as a career in the future, but at the same time, they want to make sure that they study and get their degrees as a backup. What was more impressive was the involvement of the Australian over-40 team that joined the layers to encourage them. The men are here to participate in the Over 40 cricket World Cup that Pakistan is hosting. One of the cricketers, Tim MacDonald was happy to answer all Dua and Disha’s questions as they marveled at him being a medical doctor and a cricketer as well. The over-40 team is that of the amateurs who have a background in playing cricket. MacDonald added that he was happy to be in Pakistan and represent his country at the World Cup. “It is good to be here. I have played cricket growing up but had to give it up because I had to study and professional responsibilities in life, but I have gotten back to the sport thanks to my son. Now I am playing with the Australian team. “Someone asked my son if he is missing his father and he said I do but my father is playing for Australia,” said Mac Donald. Similarly, the captain of the Australian team Justin Poole said that he was happy to be in Pakistan and impressed with the hospitality and he was very happy to see the girls play cricket at the event. “The enthusiasm is amazing, but some of the girls have got great bowling action there, from the batting perspective it must be very hard hitting those bouncy tennis balls there. I am very impressed with the bowling action,” said Poole.

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Girls Cup: competition, spirit and talent all in good measure

“I love playing cricket, I am a master when it comes to bowling,” exclaimed Nadia Athar, who is small in stature for a 13-year-old, but her gumption and spirit make her taller than her peers. And she loves to bowl and looks up to Shoaib Akhtar as her favourite cricketer. Nadia is participating in the biggest cricket tournament of her life which was taking place at the National Stadium ground, with her school The Future Academy, even though her team had finished last on their debut in the event. The event featured four schools including the Future Academy, Nasra School, Ismail Academy, and Alpha School. The Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins thanked the players, the officials, and the Australian Over-40 team that is visiting Pakistan to compete at the Over-40 World Cup for being a part of the event. “The AHC has been sponsoring girls’ cricket since 2016,” said Hawkins in a press statement. “Our countries share a passion for cricket and a key interest of Australia in Pakistan is to support gender equality, so we are very pleased to support this event.” The one-day tournament was the fourth edition of the Girls Cup Karachi: Empowering Women Through Cricket, held by the Australian High Commission (AHC) in collaboration with Jalaluddin Cricket Academy and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with Karachi City Cricket Association. “This was a great event for us, we had trained our girls, especially for a month, in four sessions at the Jalaluddin Academy, these girls had been introduced to the game for the first tie and I am so proud of them to have taken up to the sport so beautiful,” The Future Academy Principal Hafiz Muhammad Zaid told The Express Tribune as he was surrounded by the team of 15 players. “We made sure that the girls prepared well, we had them play matches with our boys B team and they really improved quickly. The difference between them and the boys was not so much towards the end. The boys had been supportive too. “At times it had been a little difficult to convince the families to let them play the sport, because in Korangi, where we have our school the community was a little hesitant, but we made sure that the girls trained separately from the boys, in fact after a while the boys began to complain that we are not focusing on them anymore, but they have been very supportive of the girls as well.” He explained that children like Nadia have shone through over the period of a month that was spent in preparation. “Nadia had been a sickly child, but she is very talented, she is very smart,” said Zaid. While Lubaba and Mariam agreed that the tournament helped them understand the sport better, the ninth graders said that fielding is something they learned more about once they played in a proper tournament. The safeguarding official and teacher for the last seven years Batool Farooq thanked the Australian High Commission, PCB, and Engro for supporting the team. Ismail Academy safeguarding official Uzma Waqas was all too familiar with what the girls of the Future Academy were feeling. Her team won the tournament, defeating Nasra School in the final. “We won, our girls did it,” Uzma, a teacher with Ismail Academy for the last seven years exclaimed, it was also her second time at the Girls Cup. “I know what The Future Academy team is feeling, last time we were the debutants and we finished last, but this year we are the champions,” said Uzma. She added that over a period she had seen the girls from her community in Korangi as well become more confident. “The girls tend to be a little conscious initially but ultimately, they have taken up sports so well. I have seen many of the girls in my school grow up and I can say that sometimes they feel if they can’t do too well academically, they try to excel at sports, and that is a beautiful thing. “We do not judge people but at the end of the day it is about the maturity and the mentality of people, we encourage girls to lay, my daughter played last time, but people tend not to like girls in sports and there are societal restrictions, but the truth is that these girls are amazing, I have never held a bat in my life, but when we had the sports day in our school I played a little and it felt good,” said Uzma. Razia Waseem the mother of Muntaha Waseem was overjoyed when her daughter went up to receive the first prize with her team from His Excellency Hawkins and the legendary Javed Miandad who witnessed the final and distributed prizes at the closing ceremony along with cricket Jalaluddin and other KCCA officials. “I would stop my daughter from playing because, well she is a girl, but her father always encourages her to play, I am just so happy to see her win and play because she loves it,” said Razia. The guest of honour Javed Miandad also encouraged parents to let their girls play. “It is not a difficult thing for the girls to play cricket, everyone in the world is playing cricket now,” Miandad told The Express Tribune exclusively when asked what his impressions of the tournament were and how he saw the growth of cricket among the young girls. “Girls should participate in sports, there is nothing to be embarrassed about in this and this is a healthy activity. There is so much to learn when one goes in the field and plays, just like I experienced personal and professional growth when I travelled the world through sports. Kids should play sports, especially cricket because it teaches them how to strategise, use concentration, and focus, and these skills can benefit them for a lifetime. And now the Pakistan women’s cricket team is doing so well. We are proud of your girls.” Other players from Alpha School like Dua Ismail and Disha Kumari feel that they can see themselves ick sorts as a career in the future, but at the same time, they want to make sure that they study and get their degrees as a backup. What was more impressive was the involvement of the Australian over-40 team that joined the layers to encourage them. The men are here to participate in the Over 40 cricket World Cup that Pakistan is hosting. One of the cricketers, Tim MacDonald was happy to answer all Dua and Disha’s questions as they marveled at him being a medical doctor and a cricketer as well. The over-40 team is that of the amateurs who have a background in playing cricket. MacDonald added that he was happy to be in Pakistan and represent his country at the World Cup. “It is good to be here. I have played cricket growing up but had to give it up because I had to study and professional responsibilities in life, but I have gotten back to the sport thanks to my son. Now I am playing with the Australian team. “Someone asked my son if he is missing his father and he said I do but my father is playing for Australia,” said Mac Donald. Similarly, the captain of the Australian team Justin Poole said that he was happy to be in Pakistan and impressed with the hospitality and he was very happy to see the girls play cricket at the event. “The enthusiasm is amazing, but some of the girls have got great bowling action there, from the batting perspective it must be very hard hitting those bouncy tennis balls there. I am very impressed with the bowling action,” said Poole.

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BCCI’s absurdities deprive fans of quality cricket

The incorrigible officials of the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) who never let go of any opportunity to politicise any sports event involving Pakistan, have yet again put their egos before the game of cricket to deprive billions of fans in both the neighboring countries as well as around the world from what would have been really exciting Asia Cup contests during the past few days. The ongoing Asia Cup had its share of controversies even before the tournament started, thanks to BCCI, whose ridiculously obstinate stance of not playing in Pakistan despite them being the host nation brought things to a head. All the hullaballoo made over the Cup’s venues and the schedule of the tournament, of course, left a bad taste in the mouth, both for the fans and critics alike. In a rare instance then, the Pakistan Cricket Board too decided to stick to to its guns and the ex-PCB Chairman Najam Sethi’s hybrid model was reluctantly accepted by BCCI Secretary Jay Shah & Company as well as by the other competing teams. The tournament finally got off on August 30 and it was believed that the exciting on-field action will soon put the distasteful saga that had preceded the start of the six-nation event as a thing of the past. However, it was not to be. Jay Shah obviously had an axe to grind with Pakistan and the PCB and quickly darted in to veto the shifting of matches to Hambantota after the rains had washed out the opening Pakistan-India match on September 2. The incumbent PCB chief Zaka Ashraf, miffed with the stubbornness of the BCCI officials, called for shifting of the remaining matches to Lahore but Shah never relented. As a result, even the Super 4 Pakistan-India match on Sunday is under a grave threat of getting washed out, despite the reserve day on Monday. To everyone’s surprise, the much-awaited fixture is being played to empty stands, an alien sight to the Pakistan-India games which are invariably packed to capacity contests. Such has been the negativity exuded by the BCCI officials. Like always, it has been the Indian cricket board (BCCI) that has proved to be the spoilsport once again, making an unnecessary issue of egos at every stage of this tournament whereas Pakistan, being the host nation, has shown a lot of flexibility, though in vain.   Former Pakistan captains Rashid Latif and Shahid Afridi have not minced any words in blaming the BCCI and its Secretary Jay Shah for once again being the spoilsport here, making a mockery of the Asia Cup, a tournament which is now proving to be largely a jinxed affair. Former PCB chief Sethi also described BCCI’s policies and Shah’scomments as “unilateral” on Twitter. In a separate statement, the PCB described it as, “without any thoughts towards their long-term consequences and implications”. Unfortunately, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), much like the ICC, has merely been a bystander in the entire saga. In fact, the  ACC have forever been sub-servient to the BCCI on key issues of the event’s hosting, schedules etc. The BCCI’s unfair, unlawful strong-arm tactics have been creating a lot of bad blood in international cricket for the past decade and a half and someone needs to put an end to those now, or the gentleman’s game will lose its sanctity for good.

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Filed Under: Cricket news | Latest Cricket Updates | The Express Tribune on Sunday 10 September 2023

Afghanistan tend to lose track in 50 over games

Inexperience and miscalculation cost Afghanistan their Super 4 qualification in the ongoing Asia Cup’s crucial match against Sri Lanka in Lahore on Tuesday. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, by virtue of their narrow two-run victory entered the Super 4 stage to join Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.  Though the Afghans came tantalizingly close to pulling off an improbable victory against the host team that would have put them in the Super 4 stage, last man FazalHaq Farooqi cosumed three dot balls at a crucial stage of the game rather than giving strike to veteran Rashid Khan and their team folded up for 289 while chasing 292.  The Afghans have blundered in this fashion quite a few times before as well, losing important international matches which at one stage looked in their grasp.   While they have made quite an impression at the T20 level in world cricket since their debut in the shorter format in 2010, the Afghans have not been impressive at the ODIs which they have been playing since 2009.  Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif, who also remained Afghanistan’s coach in 2011, while speaking to The Express Tribune, said, “Between Ghulam Nabi, Rashid Khan and Najeeb Tarakai, they have good three bowlers who share 30 overs,” observed Latif. “But after that, they have only part time bowlers to complete the rest of the 20 overs and that is where they concede so many runs which pose a stiff challenge for their batsmen.” Latif, considered by many as the best cricketing brain in the country, further said that Afghanistan batsmen also get confused and lose wickets when asked to defend or rotate strike in the ODIs. “On Tuesday when they had to hit out to reach that 292-run target, they came good because it was T20 style cricket. But in 50-over matches they get dismissed quite often,” said the former wicketkeeper batsman. Veteran cricket writer and expert Sohaib Alvi also rued Afghanistan’s lackluster campaign in the Asia Cup so far. “Afghanistan last night lost the forest for the trees. But then they must ask themselves: Did they ask around enough for possible scenarios?" said Sohaib while talking to The Express Tribune.  “They seem to lose from winning positions. It's those last-minute brain fades or inability to take that final wicket.”  Recalling Afghanistan’s loss to Pakistan in the 2019 World Cup, Sohaib said: “That 2019 World Cup loss to Pakistan from a commanding position and then those two finishes by Naseem Shah, first in the Asia Cup in UAE and then in the bilateral series against Pakistan last month highlights their team’s emotional response in such situations that is letting them down.” “To be honest, they remind me of the Pakistan cricket side of the 1970s, who often lost the plot after writing the script themselves,” he said.

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Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan set for Harvard

The number one ranked ODI batter in the world and captain of the Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, the vice-captain of the Pakistan Test team, have become the first cricketers ever to join the Harvard Business School's executive education programme, on The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (BEMS), with Talha Rehmani, the Saya Corporation Founder and CEO, being their mentor.   According to the press release, this is the first time that professional cricketers have become a part of the aforementioned programme. The trio has been representing Pakistan and the cricket world among a myriad of global movers and shakers in sports, media, and entertainment.  Babar and Rizwan will be among the lengthy list of celebrities and top-tier sportspersons who have taken up the famous course, including football greats Kaka, Edwin van der Sar, Gerard Piqué, and Oliver Kahn, NFL’s Brandon Marshall, NBA stars Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Paul, and Pau Gasol, Major League Baseball’s Alex Rodriguez, and Hollywood A-listers such as Channing Tatum and LL Cool J. The trio flew out from Karachi for the US on May 26 to participate in the programme that will be conducted from May 31 to June 3, at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.  They will be engaging with various communities in the US after the programme till June 13.  "It is a huge honour to represent Pakistan on such a prestigious global stage. We are going to the BEMS program at Harvard to learn from the best of the best in the world – both in terms of faculty and program fellows – and at the same time to share our journey and learnings with everyone. I am certain that this will be an exciting journey, and I look forward to sharing our learning and experiences with the next superstars of the cricket world," said Rizwan, the number two men’s T20I batter of the world. Like Rizwan, Babar is also delighted at getting the chance to experience one of the best classrooms in the world with the top leaders in various industries coming from different countries.  “I am a lifelong learner and I have had detailed chats about this program with Prof Elberse and [Talha] Rehmani. My inspiration for joining this world-class program at Harvard is to connect, explore, listen, learn, grow, and give back to the community worldwide. I am sure there are scores of things to learn from the amazing athletes and top business executives from the entertainment, media, and sports industries who are coming from corners of the world," said Babar.    The programme chair is Professor Anita Elberse, one of the youngest women ever to earn tenure at Harvard Business School.  Prof Elberse is known worldwide for her work on digital media strategies. She has conducted case studies on dozens of personalities, entertainment companies, and other entities. Her work includes case studies on Jay-Z, Beyoncé, K-Pop band BTS, Walt Disney Studios, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Sir Alex Ferguson, etc.   “I am delighted to be able to welcome Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan to the Harvard Business School and to the BEMS program,” said Elberse. “We think the other participants will benefit greatly from their experiences as world-class athletes with a strong interest in the business world.” “Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam are global icons and bigger than what they do on the cricket field. Their participation in this program is also important for the representation of cricket as a global sport as billions of fans enjoy it globally,” said Talha, a Fulbright scholar. He attended Carnegie Mellon University for his Master’s degree in Robotics.  “As the US is investing increasingly in the cricket world, I am positive that this is only the beginning of a new historic chapter for cricket. We have worked extremely hard for this to happen and are grateful for the opportunity to gain experience and learn from the best minds in the world.”

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Wasim Akram ventures into real estate realm

Agency21 International, Pakistan's biggest estate agency, has announced the launch of their first-ever franchise, with cricket legend Wasim Akram as its owner. An agreement was signed between Akram and Agency21 International.  Director Agency21 International Sharjeel A Ehmer and Akram expressed their delight and excitement for the new venture at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which took place at Marriott Hotel, Karachi. "I am honoured to be a part of this momentous occasion and to partner with Agency21. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the real estate sector in Pakistan and provide our clients with the best possible services,” said Akram, who is one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of the sport. Chairperson IMARAT Group Shafiq Akbar and other notable celebrities including Moin khan, Shoaib Malik, and Asim Jofa were also present at the event. “We are proud to launch Akram’s franchise with Agency21. This partnership aims to bring the latest real estate technologies, services, and expertise to our clients in Pakistan,” said Akbar. Meanwhile, Ehmer added, “We are thrilled to have Akram on board as our partner in this new venture. His expertise and experience in the industry are unparalleled, and we believe this partnership will take us to new heights of success."

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Filed Under: Cricket news | Latest Cricket Updates | The Express Tribune on Wednesday 17 May 2023