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00:00Welcome to SportsZoom. I am your host, Najeeb ul-Hasnain.
00:18The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the Champions Cup squad.
00:22All the teams and captains have been announced.
00:26We are not the captains of any of the teams.
00:29The tournament starts from 12th September and ends on 29th September.
00:33Our sports correspondent, Mr. Shahid Hashmi, is with me in the studio.
00:36Mr. Shahid, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
00:38Walaikum-as-salam.
00:39The chairman wants to know how will the surgery be done when there is no backup?
00:44How can we get someone else if we remove someone?
00:47For that, his vision is the Champions Cup.
00:50For the Champions Cup, he is saying that there is a problem with the red ball and the Champions Cup is one day.
00:55But we have to prepare for the Champions Trophy as well.
00:58We will get good exposure here. All the big players are playing.
01:01How do you see this event and the teams that have come forward?
01:04The event is good. Obviously, you have to plan for the white ball.
01:08There is the Champions Trophy.
01:09After that, there is the T20 World Cup in 2027.
01:12There is the ODI World Cup.
01:14The teams have already started preparations for the ODI World Cup.
01:16Look at England. They are bringing the fastest fast bowlers in their white ball cricket and red ball cricket.
01:22And they have started their preparations.
01:24We have decided that we don't have a preference for the red ball.
01:29We have lost. We are from Bangladesh.
01:31Even if we lose from England, we will be playing the one day cup till the last days.
01:36And after a week, we will play the league from England.
01:38Their venue has not been decided yet.
01:40Test cricket is not our priority.
01:43We have gone down a lot.
01:44Let it be there.
01:45Let's focus on white ball cricket.
01:47Because white ball cricket is happening in Australia now.
01:49I have a question.
01:51When we were doing bad in the World Cup, we used to say that our test team is stable.
01:55We are struggling in the limited.
01:57And now our test team is struggling.
01:59So, we are working on the limited.
02:00Who said that our test team was stable?
02:02It was a little stable.
02:04We lost to Australia.
02:06When do we win in Australia?
02:08Even at home, we were losing 4 out of 8 test matches.
02:12We drew 4.
02:13So, our test team was not stable.
02:15In a way, there is a short term planning and a long term planning.
02:19In a long term planning, you have to see that you need different players for test cricket.
02:24You need players who are playing in all three formats.
02:27If they are playing in all three formats, then their workload will be proper.
02:30When will they play test?
02:31When will they play one day?
02:32When will they play T20?
02:34And you need a fast bowler for test cricket.
02:36Today, I read in the English newspaper that for Ashes, which will be in the second part of 2025,
02:43they have started looking for 6-7 fast bowlers.
02:46Josh Hull made his test debut today.
02:48He is 6 feet 7 inches tall.
02:50He is a left arm fast bowler.
02:51He is saying that he will grow up and become Mitchell Stark.
02:53He has grown up.
02:54He is 20 years old.
02:55He can bowl fast as well as swing.
02:58Josh Hull.
02:59Daniel Hogg is a fast bowler.
03:00He made his debut from Durham.
03:02He is 6 feet 7 inches tall.
03:03He is 19 years old.
03:04He bowled 7 innings on his county debut.
03:07He removed batsmen from the pitch with his fast bowling.
03:10Daniel Hogg.
03:11Remember his name.
03:12After that, there is a fast bowler named Moor.
03:14Harry Moor.
03:15He is also 6 feet 7 inches tall.
03:17He is also 19 years old.
03:18So, these 3 fast bowlers are preparing for next year.
03:21They are preparing for Ashes.
03:23They have started their ODI planning.
03:25Brendan McCullum, from January.
03:27He will become the ODI coach.
03:30He will become the white ball coach.
03:32So, the team is planning.
03:33We are fine.
03:34We are at the Champions Cup.
03:36If we get 4-5 players from the Champions Cup,
03:39it is a very good thing.
03:40Artificial Intelligence has selected 80% of the players.
03:43At some places, Artificial Intelligence seems artificial to me.
03:47How is Artificial Intelligence setting the right setting?
03:51Who should be in which team?
03:53Who is the mentor?
03:54How is this happening?
03:56You are playing 2 captains with Haris.
03:58Babar Azam and Shan Masood.
04:00Haris is not a great captain.
04:03You can groom him for the future.
04:05He was not a part of your white ball scheme.
04:07You removed him from the team 6 months ago.
04:10Before the New Zealand tour, you said that you are giving him rest.
04:13We have to fix a lot of things.
04:15We have to do a lot of things.
04:17We have to do a lot of major work.
04:19We have cleared Shan Masood by not making him the captain of any team.
04:22He is not a contender for the white ball in the future.
04:26If he does well in the white ball, we will see in the Champions Cup.
04:29There are still some players like Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar, Umar Ameen.
04:36Asif Ali.
04:37There is Asif Ali in the future.
04:39There are 1-2 players from the U-19 team.
04:43There is Zeeshan who is a tall fast bowler.
04:45There is Ubaid Shah.
04:46There is Azaan Uwais who is a regular contributor.
04:50I have seen his name.
04:54Ubaid Shah is a very good fast bowler.
04:56There is Ali Raza who is a fast bowler from the U-19 team.
05:00Ian Bishop praised him a lot.
05:02He gave a very good performance from Pakistan.
05:04I didn't see his name.
05:06There is Shahzaib Hassan who is a left-handed batsman.
05:10He is a very good player and an opener.
05:12He has scored a lot for the U-19 team.
05:14I didn't see his name in any team.
05:16I saw Shahmil Hussain's name.
05:18I saw Azaan Uwais's name.
05:19If you invest in the U-19 team,
05:21you can play the Champions Cup together.
05:24Youngsters and solid players who play regular cricket for you,
05:28they will also learn from the U-19 players.
05:30Tell me one thing.
05:31I tried to find a lot here.
05:33You may have seen.
05:34Usman Tariq's name is not there.
05:37It's a mystery.
05:38I don't know.
05:39Maybe it's a mystery.
05:41Many players go to America.
05:43Mohsin is a right-arm leg spinner.
05:46He is playing in the Caribbean Premier League.
05:48He has started playing from America.
05:50Talent is also being drained.
05:52Many people who are disappointed leave.
05:54Saad Khan is a very good batsman from Hyderabad.
05:57He has done very good runs in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
06:00I was happy to see his name.
06:02Tell me one thing.
06:03Shadab Khan is the captain of the Panthers.
06:05Osama Mir is in the same team.
06:07What kind of artificial intelligence is this?
06:09Will Osama Mir be able to play here or not?
06:11It's not a bad thing to be a two-leg spinner in a team.
06:13It's not a bad thing.
06:14But will he play or not?
06:15Because this has happened in the international team too.
06:18Osama Mir has played in the 100 too.
06:20Although he didn't have an extraordinary performance.
06:23But he was selected in the Big Bash too.
06:25He must have got the NOC.
06:26He is a good player.
06:27If you want to keep him ready for the white ball,
06:30He is tall.
06:31He has a flight too.
06:32He does good bowling.
06:33So why not?
06:34If you want to play two spinners in a team.
06:36But I would have been happier if there were more players in the U19s.
06:39There is a player from Karachi in Ahmad Alam.
06:41He gave a very good performance in the National T20.
06:44I didn't see his name.
06:46Shahab Khan, who is the top wicket taker of the National T20.
06:49I was happy to see his name.
06:51Absolutely right.
06:52Okay, let me tell you again.
06:53Because it is also coming on the screen.
06:54Along with that, Shadab Khan is the captain of the Panthers.
06:56Mohammad Haris is the captain of the Stallions.
06:58Mohammad Rizwan is the captain of the Wolves.
07:00Saud Shakeel is the captain of the Dolphins.
07:02Shaheen Shah Afridi is the captain of the Lions.
07:05So these are the five teams.
07:07And their captains are in front of you.
07:10Let's take a short commercial break here.
07:11We will continue the discussion later.
07:12Don't go anywhere.
07:13We will be right back.
07:28Glad to have you back once again to the sports room.
07:30We were talking about the Champions Cup.
07:32Because of the Champions Cup, the fitness tests of the players
07:35that were supposed to be done in Lahore,
07:36have been moved from Lahore to Faisalabad.
07:39Let's confirm this.
07:40Shehzad Malik is with us.
07:42Shehzad, what is the update?
07:44The fitness tests were supposed to be done from tomorrow.
07:46And the central contract is pending on this.
07:48Now I can hear that they are being done in Faisalabad.
07:51Because the players will be there.
07:53The captains of the five teams have also been announced.
07:57And 20-30 players have also been announced.
07:59Whereas the fitness tests that were supposed to be done in Lahore
08:02on 7th and 9th September,
08:04all the players are present there.
08:07And because of this, they will be done in Faisalabad.
08:12And the players included in the central contract
08:15will have their fitness tests.
08:17And in these fitness tests,
08:18many types of tests have been kept.
08:22And they have been kept on a higher level than the international level.
08:27Okay. Thank you very much, Shehzad Malik.
08:29Shehzad sir, tell us,
08:30earlier on the fitness test,
08:33it was said that the fitness test will be done by the same team.
08:37Now the central contract is also pending on this.
08:40And it is being said that it has been increased to 60%.
08:43Which is 50% internationally.
08:46So we are coming very strongly on this.
08:48So will it be across the board?
08:50Or will it be like,
08:51whoever has to be brought into the team,
08:52it has been fixed.
08:53And whoever doesn't have to be brought in,
08:54it has not been fixed.
08:55It has just been announced.
08:56Many cricketers,
08:57listening to the 60% of 50%,
08:58will break their cricketing.
08:59They will say,
09:00this is not possible.
09:01No, it is good.
09:02Fitness is a very good thing.
09:04And internationally,
09:05you can see that
09:06the fitness standards have increased a lot.
09:08Whether it is an Indian team,
09:09or an England team,
09:10or an Australian team,
09:11you can see the three fast bowlers of Australia.
09:13Josh Hazlewood,
09:14Mitchell Stark,
09:15and Pat Cummins.
09:16There are 900 wickets.
09:17These three are among each other.
09:19We can't even imagine
09:20that in 2-3 years,
09:21apart from them,
09:22any other fast bowler
09:23will come and play test cricket
09:24for Australia.
09:25These three are going on.
09:26And their fitness is so good.
09:28Hazlewood had a little problem in between.
09:30Sometimes it happens to Stark.
09:31Cummins is 100% fit.
09:33He has always skipped the white ball tour.
09:36So that,
09:37he can come fresh for
09:38the 5 test matches of India.
09:40The other team is doing a lot of planning.
09:42They are going with fitness.
09:43They are doing a lot of work.
09:44There are different players for test matches.
09:45There are different players for white ball.
09:47For test matches,
09:48we need at least two good fast bowlers
09:50who have a speed of 150.
09:52We should find them.
09:53We should do talent hunt.
09:55There was a time
09:56when we had an event
09:57for the fastest bowlers.
09:58It was done by a mobile company.
10:00Wasim Akram had seen it.
10:02Nasir Jamaal had won the tournament
10:04by scoring 140+.
10:05He had won the competition.
10:07He kept losing in the first class
10:08for 3-4 years,
10:095 years.
10:10He had won 300+.
10:11He had good figures.
10:13But he never came close to the Pakistan team.
10:16So, for our test team,
10:18we need at least two fast bowlers
10:20who have a speed of 150.
10:21Absolutely right.
10:22Now, the news is that
10:24Pakistan and England,
10:25which is our next challenge,
10:26Pakistan's home series against England.
10:29There is a test in which
10:31UAE is being transferred.
10:33Because two tests can't be done in Pindi.
10:35Renovation is going on in Karachi,
10:37Lahore.
10:38There will be a test match in Multan.
10:39One will be in Pindi.
10:40And one is being said to be UAE.
10:42So, is this a door
10:44that we are opening again
10:46to give an idea
10:47that it can be done outside?
10:48It is going on very well.
10:49So, of course, that door will always be open.
10:51As long as there are big countries,
10:52Australia, especially India,
10:54they need this excuse
10:56that you are shifting to your own
10:58cricket neutral venue.
10:59But the problem was that
11:00Pakistan should have also upgraded
11:02the stadiums,
11:03which we had to do last year.
11:05In this phase,
11:06if we had started from January-February 2023,
11:09we didn't have any test match
11:11in this phase.
11:12The last test match was played in January-February 2023.
11:14If the cricket board at that time
11:16starts upgrading the stadiums,
11:18then our stadiums will be ready.
11:20It is very late.
11:21It is a race against time.
11:22But still there is a will
11:23of the Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman
11:25that they reach at 5 in the morning
11:27and reach at 3 in the night.
11:28We are seeing
11:29it's a serious race against time
11:31for the Champions Trophy.
11:32And yesterday,
11:33Brendan McCullum told England
11:35in his press conference
11:36that we don't know the venues yet.
11:37When we know the venues,
11:39then we will select our team.
11:40So, this is a sign
11:41that England is also worried
11:42that you tell us the venues.
11:44You announced 3 venues earlier.
11:46Out of those, Karachi is out.
11:48So, it is possible
11:49that you start from Abu Dhabi
11:51or end in Abu Dhabi.
11:52One problem in Rahul Pandy Islamabad
11:54is that on 15th and 16th,
11:56there is a conference
11:57of the Shinghai Corporation Organization.
11:5915th and 16th means
12:00two days before
12:01and two days later,
12:02you will not get any place in Islamabad.
12:04Okay, absolutely right.
12:05Let's move on
12:06because it is a matter of great honor in cricket
12:08that Haider Ali has won a bronze medal
12:10in the Paralympics.
12:12Once again,
12:13many congratulations to Haider from us.
12:15That's all for today's program.
12:16Give your host,
12:17Najeeb-ul-Hasnain,
12:18his permission.
12:19Take care of yourself.
12:20Allah Hafiz.