The absence of international cricket in Pakistan has been a big curse for the nation, and that is completely evident with the side’s dismal performance since the last few years. As a clear consequence of Pakistan’s domestic structure not being in the attention, the team has been deprived of some precious talent. The Pakistani think tank doesn’t do the team any favors by picking the same bunch of players every now and then.
The recent final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) held in Lahore opened up quite a few avenues for them though. Due to the final being held in the troubled nation, Pakistan’s domestic structure has come to the fore. With fringe and local players impressing in the tournament, coach Mickey Arthur is a delighted individual and quite optimistic about the future.
“It was really good to see the full of reserve strength,” Arthur said.
“These are the guys who have performed in domestic competitions and now we can put a name and we know exactly how they’ve performed we’ve taken a lot of notes on them, so it was great, it was really nice to see it, there was some nice talent which was pleasing to see.
“Ideally, we’re going to be building on this now and going forward, keep inviting these guys for more work.
“We took a couple of them out of the training camp that we saw here and we’ve put them onto our main group now. I think there’s five guys that have come up, which is great, the guys that we think could make a significant difference to our team at the moment. This is the incentive to those young guys to keep performing all the time.”
Adding that the chosen players would be extensively trained, Arthur said:
“There are lots of young players involved in the camp.
“We certainly took cognizance how they train and how they played in the PSL. That was a real opportunity for us to see them play under pressure and a lot of guys impressed and all those guys who impressed are in the camp at the moment,” he concluded.