LAHORE, May 22 (APP):Over 12 thousands students belonging to KPK government
schools appeared in cricket trials for the selection of
teams to take part in the Zalmi school cricket league to be
played later this year in KPK.
“Massive number of students belonging to twenty five
thousand government schools of the KPK took part in the
trials which showed their passion for cricket and their aim to be part of Zalmi
teams”, said a spokesman of Peshawar Zalmi while talking to APP here
on Tuesday.
The first phase of the Zalmi school league was
completed last year in December and the event was named after the martyrs
of Army Public school Peshawar.
He said the trials were held under a combined
project of Peshawar Zalmi Foundation, Elementary and Secondary Education
Department, KPK, to promote cricket among school students.
“Through trials we have selected teams of Bannu,
Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Hazara and MalaKand while teams team of
Peshawar and Mardan will soon be named”, he added.
“We are working on a mission which is to provide
equal opportunity to the students of KPK to use our platform to play cricket
and to progress ahead with our help ,provided they have the
necessary talent and potential”, he asserted.
He said through school league new talent will be
identified which will also serve Pakistan cricket in due course of time.
“We shortlisted a number of talented cricketers from
the first phase of our school league and we are confident to find a pool of
players from our coming event”, said the spokesman.
He said Zalmi school league is a big step forward to
expand and strengthen the base of the game and to secure the
future of cricket.”That time is not far when we will be providing ‘finished
products’ to serve Pakistan cricket in years to come”, he said.