we are trying to recreate that with the psl as much as possible.ur academy system but he was given a platform to perform and now he has been picked up and selected for the world cup. we are in the middle of a world cup. what should we do about corruption in the world cup itself? are you confident that it is clear? the icc has taken massive steps in terms of working with each of the nations. they are looking at all the different possible avenues for corrupters to potentially come in and work within the world cup. but i think what has happened now is that intelligence that the icc now has, working with all the nations, has increased and gotten better and everybody is working more collaboratively to identify potential perpetrators so that we can actually single them out and make sure that they are monitored. but i'm pretty confident that the icc will be as risk—free as possible than any other tournament has ever been in terms of icc. as we draw to the close of this interview, let's summarise your major tasks. are you on a sort of legacy mission? you h

we know from the psl where we had thousands of people turn up every day.s. we need to continue to focus on that because health of the nation is dependent on cricket as much as anything because of how important and how much it means to people. let's finish with a quote from the sports journalist. he wrote that cricket is played by the army and the taliban. enjoyed by all the pakistan's set and —— sects and religion. that sums it up, doesn't it? also the importance of women's cricket. we have begun to build that up cricket. we have begun to build that up and we have a fantastic women's selection panel now led by a former player for the women's team in pakistan. it is important in terms of the reflection it has on society in terms of valuing women within pakistani society and the better the women do the more role models we create and the more girls who will aspire to and be inspired by the women players to one of our big goals is to try and raise the profile of the women's game within the country. are you comfortable with resistance to that? if there is any i