Abbas pained to see slide of Pakistan cricket

The stylish batsman, who earned the sobriquet of ‘Asian Bradman’ for his run-scoring feats, said he was concerned that Pakistan cricket has stopped producing legends. 

“For a country which has a rich cricketing history and legacy, it saddens me to see the state of affairs today. It is sad that a country which has produced so many legends now has to even think about playing in qualifying rounds of a ICC event,” Abbas said at a reception hosted in his honour. 

“It pains me to see that the national team is now not producing the quality performances of the past. Our players are just not producing the sort of performances we expect and saw in the past,” he said. 

The ICC President, who will step down on July 27 after a one-year tenure, said there was no doubt that because no international teams are coming to Pakistan since 2009 cricket in the country has suffered a lot.