Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in cooperation with Ufone Wednesday announced the schedule of trials for ‘King of Speed’, a talent hunt which will identify the best fast bowling talent.

“The ‘King of Speed’ camps will be set up in 10 cities across Pakistan from April 13 to 21,” said a spokesman of PCB. The trials will be held in two phases, potential bowlers will be registered at their respective stations and the top two bowlers with most potential from each camp will move into the second phase which will be held in Lahore and Karachi. “

To facilitate this grand activity, PCB will extend full support during the selection process in each of the selected cities and will provide speed detecting guns for the selection of candidates,” he added. “After the completion of round two, the three players selected via wild card will join Wasim Akram along with bowlers from the Pakistan national team in the national bowling camp to be hosted in Karachi.

Trials for round one will be carried out in Garhi Khuda Baksh and Multan on April 13, in Faisalabad on 14th, in Karachi and Islamabad on 15th, in Peshawar on 16th, in Quetta and Abbottabad on 17th, in AJK (Mirpur) on the 18th while in Lahore on 20th,” he added. He said top 20 fast bowlers from across Pakistan would join round two of trials, which was scheduled to be held on Sunday (April 21) at National Stadium Karachi and Gaddafi Stadium. “As already announced, Ufone would give away a grand prize of Rs one million in lieu of the Ufone Challenge to the bowler who achieves the fastest bowling speed above 145 kmph,” he concluded.