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Friday, April 30, 2010 , Posted by D S Gurung at 12:14 PM

CHINESE CRICKETERS PUSH ON TO LAHORE


The six Chinese national team members who were training in Karachi are now in Lahore for a 12-day coaching camp. With national-level cricket games taking place in Karachi, Coach Rashid Khan and Pakistan's Ambassador for Cricket to China Javed Miandad decided to move the boys to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore where they will play more practice matches in the local teams.

Playing four games in Karachi, Chinas coach said that a lot of the locals were impressed with the skills of some of the Chinese players. “Zhang Yufei scored 57 in one game. It was a great experience for them. They played well and learnt a lot. “Our aim here is to expose them to a higher quality of cricket. The facilities at the NCA is world-class and the more they play, the better they get. There is always visible improvement at the end of each day and that is very encouraging for us all,” says Mr. Khan.
 

The players will be put under the same training drills as they were back in Karachi. With temperatures in Pakistan hitting a maximum of 40°C, the Twenty20 games are mostly played after 3PM. Pakistan’s cricketers, Shoaib Akhtar, Faisal Iqbal and Danish Kaneria, chipped in at Karachi working with the Chinese players (Song Dou, Zhao Gaosheng, Li Jian, Zhang Peng, Jiang Shuyao and Zhang Yufei) and now Rashid Khan is looking to bring in more Pakistani talent to inspire his boys in Lahore.

Rashid Khan: Showing China cricket the way

“We’ve approached Akram Raza and Moin Khan. They have both been very accommodating and are ready to help. Being coached by cricketers of this standard will help teach my players a lot. And they are always eager to learn,” added Mr. Khan.

ACC Development Officer for China Aminul Islam is confident that the boys’ time in Pakistan will yield positives very soon. “These match scenarios are very important for the Chinese players. They need to play more games more often. It is like they have learnt the cricketing alphabet and now it is time for them to start reading and writing the paragraphs.”

Chinas best with Javed Miandad, PCB President Ijaz Butt and Rashid Khan

The six Chinese nationals return to Karachi for two more games before flying to Chengdu where a national training camp begins on May 10th.

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