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Media Release - 19 September 2005
Sponsorship of Regions PCB therefore, requests all interested institutions to bid for the regions according to the following reserve price scale: a) Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi Rs. 5 million per year b) Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar Rs. 4 million per year c) Sialkot, Hyderabad, Quetta, Islamabad, Abbotabad Rs. 3.5 million per yearThe bid would cover a 3-year period during which the Sponsors would be able to develop their teams and would also benefit marketing facilities that would be made available to them. PCB is currently negotiating with interested parties and would urge all those interested to come up with expression of interest on the basis of reserve prices stated above. ABN AMRO, the sponsor of first class cricket, would be able to give a demonstration of the benefits of regional sponsorship to the interested institutions.
Development Chairman also visited Peshawar, Kohat and the Tribal agencies. Chairman PCB hosted a dinner in honor of Peshawar (Quaid-e-Azam Trophy winners) and also gave a cheque of Rs. 1 lakh to the Govt. High School Nanakpura which recently won the All-Pakistan School Championship. Kohat has now a well-appointed stadium where first class matches can be scheduled with minor up-gradation. The seven tribal agencies are also being provided at least one ground per agency through coordination between govt. and PCB. Chairman PCB will be touring interior Sindh on a 3-day visit from 20th september to see at first hand, cricketing facilities available to the people.
Grass Roots Progress a) An all Pakistan school championship sponsored by Pepsi has been held with 460 schools participating, Next year, it is hoped that between 1500-2000 schools will participate in the championship. b) A national Women's championship in which 8 regions participated was held in March. The Championship was won by Karachi. The UNESCO sponsored championship match was held on 15th September where over 10,000 school girls witnessed the match. An India Under-19 team in arriving on 24th September and, Pakistan is hoping to host the first women's Asia Cup in December 2005. c) Plans to hold a national Club Championship during coming the season are in hand and will be launched shortly. d) A fast-bowlers talent hunt scheme has been launched in cooperation with Pepsi which will hopefully lead to promising fast bowlers coming to the fore. Talent hunt schemes for spinners and other disciplines will follows.
Abbas Zaidi (Article: Copyright © 2005 Pakistan Cricket Board)
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