Pakistan, India may play cricket ties in America (14 June 1997)

14 June 1997

Pakistan, India may play cricket ties in America

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, June 13: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India may play a series of one-day games in United States of America to further give a boost to the sport in the country, President, California Pacific Cricket League, Faizul Hasan, said on Friday.

Hasan, a Pakistan-born American national, said the two neighbours were scheduled to play in the mid of this year "but because of elections in the US cricket body scheduled in August, the plan had to be revised." Hasan hoped that the two countries were now expected to play games later this year.

Pakistan and India have played a couple of friendly matches in America in the past but those games were promotional ones. "The two are one of the best sides in the world and when they meet, they generate a lot of interest amongst cricket followers. Besides, the American locals will learn a lot by watching the two star sides."

Hasan stated that cricket was on a way leading to great future in America. "The local clubs are taking more interest and the government is creating more facilities. Disney World has started survey to construct an exclusive cricket stadium in Florida which has one of the biggest concentration of cricket clubs in US," he said.

He added that cricket has also attracted some of the leading commercial companies. "The US team that took part in the ICC Trophy at Kuala Lumpur was also an sponsored one. It is being hoped that in the near future, all the 500 active clubs will have their own sponsors."

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