Hafeez imparting young cricketers in native city with 'Skills to Shine'

Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who recently resigned from the Twenty20 captainship post, is reportedly mentoring upcoming cricketers in his native city of Sargodha during the off-season.

Hafeez has set up a five-day programme named 'Skills to Shine', for which 40 outstanding cricketers were selected after trials and are now being given tips from qualified coaches of the National Cricket Academy and Hafeez himself.

According to the Express Tribune, Hafeez said that it felt good to impart knowledge to the young cricketers, which he has not been able to do over the past few years as he had earlier been busy with national duties, adding that his project will help players know how professional cricketers should go about their business.

Hafeez also said that it is important for young players to move in the right direction instead of aimlessly plodding away, adding that the project would eventually expand to other cities as well.

The report mentioned that Hafeez is bearing all the costs of the project and revealed that all 40 players will be provided proper cricketing gear and kits at the end of the programme to further their performance in domestic cricket.

Consisting of players from the under-16 to the under-25 categories, the programme has provided this opportunity to those from small towns and villages as well, so that others may follow them to take up the sport, the report added.