Yousuf must play domestic cricket for national selection: PCB
25 April 2012 7:14 PM IST
Keen to revive his international career, Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Yousuf took a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy, but chief selector Iqbal Qasim made it clear that the senior batsman would have to play domestic matches to be considered for selection.
"Yousuf has appeared in the fitness tests and that is good. It is a good sign that he is practicing again but our criteria is clear, players even if they are seniors must appear in domestic cricket matches to be considered for selection," Qasim told PTI.
Insisting that criteria for selecting players remained their form and fitness in domestic cricket, Qasim said: "We have to see how much domestic cricket he has played."
The 37-year-old cricketer didn't play in the last domestic season, although he appeared in the national T20 Super Eights event held in Faisalabad last year in July-August.
Yousuf, whose international career came to a halt in November 2010, took fitness test along with seven other plauers including Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Aizaz Cheema, Kamran Akmal.
"Yousuf has appeared in the fitness tests and that is good. It is a good sign that he is practicing again but our criteria is clear, players even if they are seniors must appear in domestic cricket matches to be considered for selection," Qasim told PTI.
Insisting that criteria for selecting players remained their form and fitness in domestic cricket, Qasim said: "We have to see how much domestic cricket he has played."
The 37-year-old cricketer didn't play in the last domestic season, although he appeared in the national T20 Super Eights event held in Faisalabad last year in July-August.
Yousuf, whose international career came to a halt in November 2010, took fitness test along with seven other plauers including Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Aizaz Cheema, Kamran Akmal.
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