I'm having a hard time figuring this one out. While in the past, I have praised Nasim Ashraf for not letting Pakistani players play willy nilly in County Cricket, when their fitness was at issue, I don't fathom this sense of anxiety and reluctance to letting our players play in the newly minted Indian Cricket League.
It has been a long term feature of Pakistani cricket that our players have played abroad for improving their cricketing skills, but also for the lucrative payouts commonly seen in other domestic forms of cricket, compared to our own. Pakistani players have participated in county cricket in droves, along with various league games all across the world. Further, there was a substantial Pakistani presence in Kerry Packer's league, and no one would say that Pakistani cricket has been ill served by our players participating in county cricket or in Kerry Packer's league in Australia.
It is this positive effect on Pakistani cricket, which makes this comment by Nasim Ashraf hard to understand. I can see that the PCB wants some control over where their players play, specially if they are under contract, but if Pakistan is not involved in international cricket, why not let the players play in a 20/20 league? If Younis Khan can beg out of international cricketing responsibilities or avoid camps being held by the team, then why can't other players play in the ICL, along with their place in the Pakistani cricketing setup? I mean I would quiet seriously contend that Younis Khan missing the recent camps will have a worse effect on the Pakistani team than any players playing in the ICL. Isn't team spirit, and team development more important than the PCB's sense of ownership over its players?
It has been a long term feature of Pakistani cricket that our players have played abroad for improving their cricketing skills, but also for the lucrative payouts commonly seen in other domestic forms of cricket, compared to our own. Pakistani players have participated in county cricket in droves, along with various league games all across the world. Further, there was a substantial Pakistani presence in Kerry Packer's league, and no one would say that Pakistani cricket has been ill served by our players participating in county cricket or in Kerry Packer's league in Australia.
It is this positive effect on Pakistani cricket, which makes this comment by Nasim Ashraf hard to understand. I can see that the PCB wants some control over where their players play, specially if they are under contract, but if Pakistan is not involved in international cricket, why not let the players play in a 20/20 league? If Younis Khan can beg out of international cricketing responsibilities or avoid camps being held by the team, then why can't other players play in the ICL, along with their place in the Pakistani cricketing setup? I mean I would quiet seriously contend that Younis Khan missing the recent camps will have a worse effect on the Pakistani team than any players playing in the ICL. Isn't team spirit, and team development more important than the PCB's sense of ownership over its players?
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