Islamabad
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has organised online sessions for the national women’s team with the Sultan of Swing Wasim Akram and young prolific batsman Babar Azam.
This would help players learn from the cricket’s elite and remain focused on the game during the Covid-19 lockdown, said a press release issued here.
The interactive sessions would be held via video conference calls in which around 35 women cricketers current internationals and emerging players, would be provided insights about how to strategize and approach the game in different conditions.
On Monday, Wasim would share his experiences and provide an overview about his learnings over the course of his extraordinary 18-year-long international career.
Wasim had delivered a similar session to Pakistan men’s and a selection of emerging team players last week.
The session with Babar Azam whose stratospheric rise has seen him at the top of the Twenty20 rankings, number three in ODI rankings and number five in Test rankings would be attended by women batters.
Sharing her excitement about the opportunity to learn from Wasim Akram, Aliya Riaz said, “I have grown up watching videos of Wasim and how he brought laurels for Pakistan with both bat and ball from some adverse of situations.
Looking forward to the session with Babar Azam, Omaima Sohail said, “Babar is a top batsman and a session with him will help all the batters to understand what makes him different than the others and reflect on how we can continue to improve ourselves.—APP
