Like how there is an emerging player required should there be atleast two homegrown players required? (homegrown can mean region not just city proper)
In the first round of matches not every team had home region representation.
Currently Multan sultans have two (Maqsood and Irfan)
Karachi also two (Manzoor and afridi)
Lahore just had one (Umar Akmal)
Embarrassingly Peshawar with a whole line of home grown players in domestic cricket did not select a single one in their squad..
Quetta has none as well.
Not sure about Islamabad either
Do you think there should be such a requirement so fans can atleast identify somewhat with the team!!
I perfectly understand your point. Actually, IPL started with icon players from home city/zone, where possible.
Long back, in it's initial stage English & Italian clubs also started with home grown concept - Liverpool & MU (& Leeds, Sunderland, Newcastle) will form teams within northern miner class or Scottish players, while Arsenal, Aston Villa 9they were big in old time), Spurs, West Ham, Fulham ... will form teams mostly from southern players and English origins - hardly any great Scotsman, you'll see playing for London clubs. Similarly, in Italy 2 Milan & 2 Turin clubs will never hire southern worker class, while Lazio, Roma, Napoli won't hire players from north. In Spain it's exists actually even today - Catalans won't play for Real, Basks won't for Barca, average Andalusians will try to stick in Sevile, Betis, Valencia ... rather than sitting on either Madrid bench. In Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, it's almost at violent level - Santos, Flemgo, Boca, River, Penerol, Nacional .. had their area de-marked for scouting. Even in Baseball, Yankies & Mets, Cubs & Socks have own area - they don't trade players.
It should be - at least 4/5 fixed players. BUT, what is definition of "home player" in PAK? In India, I can say Mumbai, Delhi, Bengal, Punjab; in AUS say NSW, Victoria, WA, SA; in UK - Surrey, Lancashire, Yorkshire....... Transvaal, cape province, OFS, Natal ... Barbados, Trinidad ......... even now my minnow country has 8 zones covering whole country.
What is home base for PAK players - apart from being born in some town and living entire life in a metro and representing Habib bank, PIA ... then same players are drafted to regions (place where they might never had been before & the local don't even know him), then to patrons cup, Ramadan cup, National T20 ...
If I am a pro cricketer, probably I'll have 2/3 apartments at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad - so, residency can't by my home, neither which zone/team I am playing for - because either I am drafted by a zone, or employed by a corporate .....
First define "home", then it can be thought - at present, PAK domestic cricket in sober word is mercenary system, in gross word - pros'on ...... one night stand for payment - it hardly brings the emotional attachment to the players or the fans.
