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Yorkshire executive blames Pakistan tourists for poor sales

By Peter Deeley

August 7 1996

CHRIS HASSELL, the Yorkshire chief executive, has blamed a lack of interest in the Pakistan tourists for the poor ticket sales for the second Test at Headingley.

Only 7,000 tickets were sold by Monday with advance sales for Sunday only 2,500 as England attempt to level the three-Test series.

Only 53,817 watched Pakistan at the Headingley Test of 1992 compared with 70,450 against Australia the following year and 67,500 for the South Africans in 1994 and 64,500 for the West Indies last summer.

``The figures suggest that Pakistan Tests are not that popular,'' said Hassell. ``We do have a large Pakistan community down the road in Bradford but they are obviously not cricket-minded. That is borne out in the figures.''

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