Woodcock's list slammed (8 Aug 1997)
HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The council member of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and vice president, Hyderabad Division Cricket Association (HDCA), Yar Mohammad Solangi, has lashed out at John Woodcock, the sports correspondent of The Times for omitting the name
08-Aug-1997
08 August 1997
Woodcock's list slammed
By Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The council member of Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) and vice president, Hyderabad Division Cricket Association
(HDCA), Yar Mohammad Solangi, has lashed out at John Woodcock,
the sports correspondent of The Times for omitting the name of
Zaheer Abbas, the Asian Bradman, in his write-up.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, he said that Zaheer
Abbas was one of the leading cricketers and prolific run getter
of the world and the omission of his name from the list of 100
best cricketers, compiled by Woodcock was absolutely an
unforgivable crime of the correspondent, who claims to be one of
the best cricket correspondents of the world. Mr Solangi said
that he (Woodcock) had made himself partial by giving preference
to what he termed 'white skin cricketers' over the others. He
said and added that omission of Zaheer Abbas from the said list
has utterly disappointed the cricket loving community in the
world in general and Pakistan in particular.
He remarked that Zaheer's outstanding record of Test and first
class cricket was enough proof to be included in the best 50
cricketers of the world adding that for the good name of
cricket, Mr Woodcock should tender his apology to Zaheer and the
people of Pakistan as well, "I will appeal to the supreme body
of cricket, ICC to appoint a commission to ascertain that how
many names of deserving players have been ignored by Woodcock
besides Zaheer Abbas", he said.
NEW FORMAT: Meanwhile the secretary HDCA has sent a
communication to Majid Khan, the chief executive PCB regarding
new format for domestic cricket.
The HDCA has informed that after due deliberation at the council
meeting here at Niaz Stadium it has been resolved that this new
format will not prove fruitful and beneficial to domestic
cricket. The letter said that hue and cry has risen from cricket
circles without having consensus on the issue and the format
should not be imposed on the participating association.
The HDCA suggested that matter should be placed before the PCB
council in near future for consideration and proper approval.
Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)