PAKISTANI test cricketers are helping to run coaching sessions for youngsters of all backgrounds.

Burnley and Pendle Asian Cricket Forum have organised the coaching sessions the first of which started at Park High School in Colne yesterday and continues until tomorrow.

Coaches from Lancashire Cricket Board along with Pakistani Test Cricketers Shahid Mahboob, Ata ur-Rehman and Iqbal Sikander provided the youngsters aged under 11 and under 14 with top tips.

The second session will be from July 17 to 19 and the third from July 24 to 26 again. For details and to book a place contact the forum secretary on 01282 604191 or 611234, and leave your name, age and contact telephone number or leave a message on the answerphone at Edge End High School on 01282 612872.

Picture: Head coach Shamid Mahboob gives Jack Parker and Riaz Manzur a few tips at a cricket workshop in Park High School