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KCCA wants jubilee one-dayers in Karachi (13 June 1997)

KARACHI, June 12: The Executive Council of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) met at the National Stadium on Wednesday evening and unanimously asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to award it two one-dayers of the golden jubilee cricket

13 June 1997

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KCCA wants jubilee one-dayers in Karachi

By Dawn Sports Reporter

KARACHI, June 12: The Executive Council of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) met at the National Stadium on Wednesday evening and unanimously asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to award it two one-dayers of the golden jubilee cricket tournament.

Prof Sirajul Islam Bukhari said the decision was unanimous. "Our past record and reputation are excellent. I feel the demand of the KCCA is quite genuine." Bukhari added that the PCB had awarded the KCCA three one-day games of the 1996 World Cup. "I feel proud to say that we had the largest crowd which was the most disciplined one and unlike the crowd of various other centres that was violent," Bukhari said. The KCCA Secretary emphasised that KCCA was the biggest cricket nursery of the country and deserved two matches.

The PCB has already arranged the four-nation golden jubilee tournament at Lahore and the itinerary has also been finalised. South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies are the competing teams. Prof Bukhari said the Executive Council has also asked the PCB to fulfil its promise of installing floodlights at the National Stadium. "Before the World Cup, the PCB had promised that floodlight facilities would be created at the National Stadium which would help the city in hosting day and night matches," he said.

Prof Bukhari stated that the KCCA Council was thankful to the PCB for allowing permission for holding all-Pakistan golden jubilee cricket tournament in the city. "The tournament would be played before the start of the season and hopefully all the first-class teams would take part," he said. Invitations, he added, would be dispatched soon while the itinerary will be released as soon the confirmations from the respective teams is received.

The Executive Council of the KCCA also accepted the invitation of playing three one-day matches at Jeddah and Madina. The matches will be held in the near future, Bukhari said.

The KCCA has also included two new members in its Council. Zulfiqar Ahmad Sheikh and Irfan Sheikh have been rewarded for their services for promotion of the game, Bukhari said.

Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)