Pakistan: Fast bowlers training camp (25 December 1998)
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The national training camp to groom young fast bowlers as tougher probables for Pakistan team in the forthcoming World Cup entered its third week here at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium under the supervision of former speedster Sarfraz
25-Dec-1998
25 December 1998
Pakistan: Fast bowlers training camp
By Our Sports Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The national training camp to groom young fast
bowlers as tougher probables for Pakistan team in the forthcoming
World Cup entered its third week here at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
under the supervision of former speedster Sarfraz Nawaz.
Salauddin Saeed, MNA and chairman National Assembly Standing
Committee on Sports, Culture, Tourism and Youth Affairs, visited the
camp and appreciated the efforts put in by the former pacer.
The national training for the fast bowlers was initiated by the
Pakistan Cricket Board from Dec 9 in a bid to groom the probables in
view of the forthcoming World Cup being held in England during
summers.
Some 20 probables are presently under training, these include Fazle
Akbar, Jaffar Nazir, Mohammad Shabbir, Naeem Ashraf, Mohammad Akram,
Mohammad Ali etc. The training camp would continue through out
Ramzan.
The chairman NA Standing Committee while addressing the media urged
the cricket board to hold more such training camps for the youngster
where experts work on their flaws.
The bowlers have been made to work out for a full morning session
under the supervision of PIA physio Dr Riaz Ahmed while Sarfraz Nawaz
is assisted by Afzaal Butt. Three different types to pitches are
being used to groom the bowlers, which includes mud-roll pitch,
seaming pitch and the particular one-day pitch. The evening two and
half hour session is exclusively for the bowling practice. The
training camp also has an exclusive workshop net where a bowler is
made to work out to correct his technical faults in grip, finish,
run-up, delivery etc. The boys in concentrated upon so that he
improve his bowling. Tips are being given on use of crease while
delivering the ball, on seam and swing.
Sarfraz Nawaz particularly mentioned names of Mohammad Shabbir of
WAPDA, Mohammad Ali (ADBP) and Mohammad Akram (ABL) for having made
fine improvements since the start of the camp. Shabbir's run-up has
been extended while Akram's grip and finish has been worked upon.
A number of Pakistan-A team batsmen like Mohammad Wasim, Asif
Mehmood, Yasir Arafat etc have also joined the camp.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)