LAHORE:PCB’s Director High-Performance Aqib Javed said that he wanted to transform the National Cricket Academy, Gaddafi stadium into a role model modern training facility to be emulated by others. In a PCB podcast hosted by former fast bowler Wahab Riaz, Aqib Javed expressed his keen desire to lace the NCA with the modern innovations in cricket coaching and training and raise it to the level where the world recognizes it as the best system. Aqib Javed said the NCA would bridge the gap between current players and their replacements,adding that he will groom three cricketers for one player.He said bio-mechanics lab was being relocated to the NCA from a local university to make it more effective.“NCA plays a vital role in the development and promotion of cricket in a country and I left Pakistan once the NCA was closed down and accepted a job at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricket,” the former fast bowler said,adding he helped UAE cricket to qualify for ICC U 19 World Cup,ICC Men’s T20I World Cup and the ICC ODI Men’s World Cup.
