CP Cricket Association exempted from holding trials to select city teams.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Cricket Board has exempted the Central Punjab Cricket Association from holding trials to select 16 teams to take part in the Inter-city Senior Cricket Tournament.

Trials in the other 74 cities, falling in the jurisdiction of the other five regional associations - Sindh, Southern Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern - however have been completed.

Central Punjab, meanwhile, will select players from the club and little-known community tournaments organised by the association, Dawn has learnt.

The Inter-city tournament is due to begin from June 19 and the lack of open trials under the supervision of PCB's selection panel raise questions regarding transparency.

An official of the National High Performance Centre confirmed that the trials were not held for the Central Punjab...