DUBAI: Pakistan star cricketers Shahid Afridi and Inzamam ul Haq are intalks with the Saudi Arabia Cricket Board over the inaugural T10 crickettournament scheduled to be held in KSA later this year.

As per Arab News, Afridi and Inzamam are in line to become part of JeddahT10 tournament, the six-day event that would be held in December at theMinistry of Education Stadium in Jeddah. “It will be a big-moneytournament,” Nadeem Nadwi, the CEO of Saudi Cricket. “We would like it tobe high profile and make it more attractive for the players with the prizemoney. We are working on the possibility of making it $300,000 for thewinners and $150,000 for the runners-up.”

Speaking about Afridi, Nadwi said that the former Pakistan captain is a‘crowd-puller’ and he would want to have such players in the tournament.“We are talking to Inzamam and Afridi. It is difficult to get Indianplayers as they have a defined policy where they only play in the IndianPremier League. It will be mainly players from the sub-continent, but weare [also] expecting players from the UK, West Indies and South Africa.”

The Saudi Cricket Board are seeking to bring that tally to eight, includingtwo teams from Pakistan. “We want eight teams or a minimum of sixfranchises,” said Nadwi. “There would be two from Pakistan, two from India,one from Sri Lanka, one from Bangladesh, one from UAE and one from SaudiArabia. We’re thinking of three matches a day between five to six days. Wethink it’s going to be a huge success.”