LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has highlighted the importance of Test cricket’s return to Pakistan, saying that the country had potentially lost a generation of cricket fans during their nomadic period.
Speaking on The Curtly & Karishma Show on Youtube, Wasim Khan said, “I think the big thing for us was to get international cricket to Test cricket back after 10 years. It was a huge thing for the nation.”
“Playing in the UAE in front of empty crowds, we were losing a generation of fans of cricketers potentially because they could see their heroes play. Getting it back was a huge achievement for us and that was a goal we set for ourselves two years ago,” Khan added.
He also revealed the future home series that are on the cards for Pakistan. “We just had South Africa and we have New Zealand and England coming in later this year,” the PCB CEO added.
“Australia early next year and of course the West Indies at the back end of this year and then we have England coming back for a full series next year. It is a huge thing and we are looking at how things used to be and how it is now,” he added.
Meanwhile, West Indies’ legendary former pacer Curtly Ambrose stated that he was really happy with cricket’s return to the country. “I was really happy to know that cricket is being played again in Pakistan after so many years. I myself was in Karachi last year in January, just before the Covid hit,” he added.
“I hadn’t been to Pakistan since 1997 when I was still playing. So I was really happy to be there and enjoyed myself and was really happy to know that Pakistan is hosting cricket again,” Ambrose added.
