ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has backed the newdomestic system saying that the new system would foster quality cricket,however, time would truly tell the benefits of the new system.
“This system looks very good as it is set to promote quality over quantity.In recent years, first-class cricket was made a little too easy and a lotof first-class players emerged due to the sheer quantity of games. This newsystem brings back value to a first-class cricketer, which I feel had gonemissing with the increase in quantity of players,” said Afridi, quoted *PCB*.
The former all-rounder added that reducing the number of teams to just sixwould improve the quality of competition.
“At the same time, players playing these events will have to produce theirbest all the time and would work really hard to ensure that they retaintheir contracts. I feel that this system should be given at least three tofour years then only we would be able to gauge the merits of the system,”he added.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday unveiled the 2019-20 domesticcricket structure at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.