da bet vitoria： Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd said thatPakistan had abundance of talent and that he was impressedwith what he had seen
da winzada777： 08-Jan-2002Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd said thatPakistan had abundance of talent and that he was impressedwith what he had seen.Speaking at a reception hosted by the Rawalpindi CricketAssociation (RCA) in his honour Monday, Lloyd said that mostof the players he had worked with during his short stay werequite talented. “The need is to harness that talent.”Lloyd who spent three days with the Pakistan junior team,which is preparing for the World Cup in New Zealand, saidthat the tournament would provide the players a goodopportunity to learn. “By watching and playing alongsideplayers from many other countries would help them in thelong run.”Lloyd hoped that “good sense prevails” and the West Indiestour of Pakistan for a Test and one-day series starting thismonth materialises.The West Indies are reluctant to tour because of securityfears following the prevailing tension between Pakistan andIndia. But Lloyd, who is based in England, added that theWest Indies should make a final decision this week.”I do not see any security problems in Pakistan and I thinkthe ICC (International Cricket Council) should tell the WestIndies that conditions for playing cricket here are normal.””The PCB are giving them assurances and I hope that they areable to decide on it soon because there is little timeleft.”Meanwhile, the President of Rawalpindi Cricket Association,Masood Anwar presented a souvenir to Lloyd, who thanked allthe officials of the association for making his stay herecomfortable as well as enjoyable.During his stay here, he also spent a day each with buddingcricketers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.The West Indies great is now headed for the United Stateswhere he intends to help his son settle down. “He is intobasketball and does not play cricket,” Lloyd said.
