Daily Times

MULTAN: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar M Khan inaugurated ‘Inzamamul Haq High-Performance Cricket Centre (HPC) on Thursday here. Subhan Ahmad, Mudassar Nazar, Ali Zia, Inzamamul Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Shabbir Ahmed Manzoor Elahi, Zahoor Elahi, Malik Bashir, (father of late Aamir Bashir), regional coaches, dignitaries and media persons were also present on the occasion. The PCB chief expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the people who died in a PIA plane crash on Wednesday. Addressing the people after academy inauguration, he said. “I am immensely pleased to inaugurate the state-of-the-art centre named after former Test captain Inzamam for his services towards Pakistan cricket, the second such facility in the country after Lahore. The HPC will help young talent available in Southern Punjab and provide opportunities to young players to train under the supervision of professional coaches. I assure you that with the unflinching verve, activeness and innovative approach of highly qualified coaching, support staff employed by the PCB for this High Performance Cricket Center, the numbers will increase significantly,” he added.

Shaharyar said the PCB was very much on a mission to promote the game of cricket in remote areas by making this first High Performance Cricket Center operational with Karachi to follow soon. He named Players Block of the Academy after late Aamir Bashir, a cricketer from Multan who died at a very young age, for his outstanding performance for the region. Mudassar Nazar, director academies briefed the gathering on the work of the academy. Inzamam thanked the PCB chief for giving him the honour of naming the HPC after his name and lauding his services towards the game of cricket.