What does Zaman hope aspiring cricketers in Pakistan get to do in the near future?

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Fakhar Zaman hopes aspiring cricketers in Pakistan will get the chance to spend time with top international cricketers in the near future World Cup cricket

Fakhar Zaman: “Kids are surely motivated when they spend time with top players. Hopefully, [the] day will come soon when children in Pakistan also get to see such activities”

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Opening batsman Fakhar Zaman hopes that kids and aspiring cricketers in Pakistan can have the chance to “spend time with top players” in the near future.

Zaman’s comments come after he took part in a Cricket For Good activity at the County Ground in Bristol with local schoolchildren on Wednesday.

Kids from Bristol’s May Park Primary School got the opportunity train and play cricket with Zaman, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, batsman Babar Azam, pace bowler Mohammad Hasnain, seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi, opener Imam-ul-Haq, batting coach Grant Flower and fielding coach Grant Bradburn.

“Cricket For Good was created as the ICC’s global community outreach programme aimed at leveraging the vast power and reach of cricket to positively impact the lives of children and families worldwide,” according to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) website.

“Cricket For Good announced a five-year Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in October 2015 and that partnership will be used as the ICC’s platform to advocate for children in India and other countries where cricket is a popular sport.”

Zaman admitted that it felt great to be part of the Cricket For Good activity on Wednesday and hopes that kids in Pakistan will be given the same opportunities in the future.

However, in order for that to happen, international teams first have to start returning to Pakistan.

Sri Lanka played a Twenty20 International in Lahore in October 2017, while the West Indies played a three-match Twenty20 series in Karachi in April 2018.

“It is a great thing to do. Kids are surely motivated when they spend time with top players. Hopefully, [the] day will come soon when children in Pakistan also get to see such activities,” Fakhar told Geo.tv.

Pakistan’s next World Cup match will be against Sri Lanka in Bristol on Friday, where they will be looking for their second consecutive win after beating England by 14 runs.

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