PCB announce 20-member regional squads for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (2017-2018 season)

[UN talkz]

LAHORE September 6, 2017: The PCB held the first-ever Player Selection Ceremony for its premier First-class tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season 2017-2018 at Gaddafi Stadium. Eight Regional sides Lahore Blues, Lahore Whites, Karachi Whites, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, FATA and Peshawar selected eight players each to complete their set of 20 players for the tournament.

All teams had earlier picked 12 players from their own region; the dozen selected also included two Emerging Players. The Player Selection Ceremony was held in a cordial atmosphere as all eight regions tried their best to make formidable combinations for the most competitive Four-Day tournament in the country.

The eight regions expressed their satisfaction at the smooth conduct of the ceremony and wholeheartedly accepted the new system which encourages meritorious selections. The Director Cricket Operations Haroon Rasheed thanked the regions for their cooperation on the occasion and re-endorsed the PCB’s trust in the regions.

“The regions are our arms; we want to give them maximum support since they produce talent at the grass root level and are the reason for Pakistan cricket’s success at the highest level which has recently culminated in the historic Champions Trophy success. Our domestic system is on the road to improvement and that’s the reason that the Player Selection Ceremony was introduced this year to add a new exciting dimension for the players besides further encouraging the role of new blood through induction of two Emerging Players in each squad.”


*The first ten players in each list were selected by the regions on their own.

*11th and 12th player on the list are emerging players selected by the respective region.

*From 13 to 20 are eight players in the list selected through player selection by each region.


[table=class:grid, width:700][tr][td]#[/td][td]Islamabad[/td][td]Karachi Whites[/td][td]Peshawar [/td][td]FATA[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Imad Wasim[/td][td]Khurram Manzoor[/td][td]Israrullah[/td][td]Asif Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]Hasan Ali[/td][td]Faisal Iqbal[/td][td]Ashfaq Ahmed[/td][td]Samiullah jr[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3[/td][td]Zohaib Ahmed[/td][td]Mohammad Sami[/td][td]Sahibzada Farhan[/td][td]Mohammad Asad Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4[/td][td]Sarmed Bhatti[/td][td]Anwar Ali[/td][td]Mehran Ibrahim[/td][td]Mohammad Naeem[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5[/td][td]Faizan Riaz[/td][td]Mohammad Hasan[/td][td]Akbar Badshah[/td][td]Wilayat Mohammad[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6[/td][td]Shahzad Azam Rana[/td][td]Azam Hussain[/td][td]Jamaluddin[/td][td]Rehan Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7[/td][td]Hamza Nadeem Abbasi[/td][td]Faraz Ali[/td][td]Gohar Ali[/td][td]Sadam Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8[/td][td]Shahid Yousuf[/td][td]Raza-ul-Hasan[/td][td]Imran Khan sr[/td][td]Mohammad Sarwar[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9[/td][td]Abid Ali[/td][td]Mohammad Waqas sr[/td][td]Taj Wali[/td][td]Asif Ali[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]10[/td][td]Ali Sarfaraz[/td][td]Hamza Ghanchi[/td][td]Nasir Ahmed[/td][td]Rehmatullah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11[/td][td]Arsal Sheikh[/td][td]Hassan Khan[/td][td]Nabi Gul[/td][td]Mohammad Nisar Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]12[/td][td]Mohammad Naqash[/td][td]Danish Aziz[/td][td]Zawan Ahmed[/td][td]Irfanullah Shah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13[/td][td]Sadaif Mehdi[/td][td]Usman Khan[/td][td]Shahzaib Ahmed[/td][td]Mukhtar Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]14[/td][td]Babar Rehman[/td][td]Abdullah Muqaddam[/td][td]Badshah Hussain[/td][td]Sajjad Hussain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15[/td][td]Afaq Raheem[/td][td]Moazam Malik[/td][td]Nasir Awais[/td][td]Ahsan Bhatti[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16[/td][td]Fahad Iqbal[/td][td]Yasir Mushtaq[/td][td]Shah Faisal[/td][td]Salman Irshad[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]17[/td][td]Munirur Rehman Tanzil[/td][td]Mohtashim Ali[/td][td]Mohammad Aqib[/td][td]Hafeez-ur-Rehman[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]18[/td][td]Mohammad Shahid[/td][td]Adeel Malik[/td][td]Ubaidullah[/td][td]Yasir Hameed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19[/td][td]Syed Muzammil Shah[/td][td]Owais Rehmani[/td][td]Umar Islam[/td][td]Sohail Akhtar[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20[/td][td]Naseerullah Mehsood[/td][td]Ahmed Iqbal[/td][td]Fawad Akbar[/td][td]Abdul Aziz[/td][/tr][/table]

[table=class:grid, width:700][tr][td]#[/td][td]Lahore Whites[/td][td]Lahore Blues[/td][td]Faisalabad[/td][td]Rawalpindi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Usman Salahuddin[/td][td]Saad Nasim[/td][td]Abdul Samad[/td][td]Sohail Tanvir[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]Rizwan Hussain[/td][td]Raza Ali Dar[/td][td]Mohammad Saleem[/td][td]Abid Hassan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3[/td][td]Anas Mahmood[/td][td]Salman Ali Agha[/td][td]Mohammad Talha[/td][td]Saad Altaf[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4[/td][td]Fahad-ul-Haq[/td][td]Waqas Saleem[/td][td]Ahmed Saifi[/td][td]Nazar Hussain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5[/td][td]Ameer Hamza[/td][td]Zain-ul-Hasnain[/td][td]Asad Raza[/td][td]Umar Waheed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6[/td][td]Umaid Asif[/td][td]Farhan Khan[/td][td]Asif Ali[/td][td]Sarmad Hameed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7[/td][td]Waqas Ahmed[/td][td]Bilawal Iqbal[/td][td]Ameer Hamza[/td][td]Naveed Malik[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8[/td][td]Mohammad Irfan[/td][td]Aizaz Cheema[/td][td]Mohammad Iftikhar[/td][td]Muzammil Nizam[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9[/td][td]Adnan Rasool[/td][td]Qaisar Ashraf[/td][td]Saeed Ajmal[/td][td]Nadeem Sikander[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]10[/td][td]Mohammad Aftab[/td][td]Tayyab Tahir[/td][td]Naseer Akram[/td][td]Ataullah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11[/td][td]Aftab Azwar[/td][td]Ali Mustafa[/td][td]Ateequr Rehman[/td][td]Umair Masood[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]12[/td][td]Salman Fayyaz[/td][td]Ali Zaryab Asif[/td][td]Raees Ahmed[/td][td]Zeeshan Malik[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13[/td][td]Haris Sohail[/td][td]Inam Javed[/td][td]Atif Jabbar[/td][td]Behram Khan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]14[/td][td]Shoaib Akram[/td][td]Irfan Haider[/td][td]Ibtisam Sheikh[/td][td]Rameez Alam [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15[/td][td]Irfan Zaman[/td][td]Shahid Nawaz[/td][td]Ali Shan[/td][td]Shahryar Ghani[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16[/td][td]Mohammad Mohsin[/td][td]Haris Nazar[/td][td]Hassan Mehmood[/td][td]Babar Agha[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]17[/td][td]Mohammad Waqas[/td][td]Saifur Rehman[/td][td]Shahid Khan[/td][td]Haseeb Azam[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]18[/td][td]Umar Farooq[/td][td]Mobeen Hameed[/td][td]Moid Sheikh[/td][td]Talha Qureshi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19[/td][td]Asfand Mehran[/td][td]Qamber Iqbal[/td][td]Ammar Mehmood[/td][td]Naqi Raza[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20[/td][td]Hamza Akbar[/td][td]Asadullah[/td][td]Imran Ali[/td][td]Shahzad Ahmad[/td][/tr][/table]

 

[shah_1]

Can't see shaheen shah afridi in the list

Has he been picked by department team?

 

[Fantasy]

Can't see shaheen shah afridi in the list

Has he been picked by department team?

Yes,he is with some departmental team.I read it somewhere.

Umair Masood and Zeeshan Malik are really good selection by Rawalpindi in emerging category.Really happy for both of them.

When are department teams being announced?

 

[Bewal Express]

20 players is too many, Squads should be max of 15

 

[MMHS]

20 players is too many, Squads should be max of 15

20 is required for a FC tournament, which'll be stressed out at least for 15 weeks. Many players will be in National duty, there is injury to cover, and there will be drop of form by established players, fast bowlers will need rest ....... Also, these squads means 20 players will be training at highest level together, at the available best in class facilities, under best domestic coaches - at least expected to be like that.

Ideally, it should have been 8 teams, with 25 players each, covering whole PAK - region or Corporate, doesn't matter as long as 85% (170) of top 200 cricketers are integrated in the system. Then every round top 11 plays FC match, while next 11 plays 2nd XI game, which can FC, but not necessary, as long as it's 2 innings, 4 day match. This'll make sure that top 100 cricketers are competing with each others every week; but it doesn't allow complacency for seniors & it keeps the door open for any youngster performing in the 2nd XI matches.

Still, this is much better, because I see lots of names in Regional teams which are top domestic cricketers, means 16 teams should be reasonably matched. Now, they need to improve the wickets, use Dukes Test grade balls, and make sure that around 400 overs are possible in an uninterrupted match; preferably in a double league that ensures, minimum of 15 matches/season.

 

[mak36]

20 is required for a FC tournament, which'll be stressed out at least for 15 weeks. Many players will be in National duty, there is injury to cover, and there will be drop of form by established players, fast bowlers will need rest ....... Also, these squads means 20 players will be training at highest level together, at the available best in class facilities, under best domestic coaches - at least expected to be like that.

Ideally, it should have been 8 teams, with 25 players each, covering whole PAK - region or Corporate, doesn't matter as long as 85% (170) of top 200 cricketers are integrated in the system. Then every round top 11 plays FC match, while next 11 plays 2nd XI game, which can FC, but not necessary, as long as it's 2 innings, 4 day match. This'll make sure that top 100 cricketers are competing with each others every week; but it doesn't allow complacency for seniors & it keeps the door open for any youngster performing in the 2nd XI matches.

Still, this is much better, because I see lots of names in Regional teams which are top domestic cricketers, means 16 teams should be reasonably matched. Now, they need to improve the wickets, use Dukes Test grade balls, and make sure that around 400 overs are possible in an uninterrupted match; preferably in a double league that ensures, minimum of 15 matches/season.

Do you know if the likes of Ahsan Ali and Saud Shakeel are playing department cricket?

 

[MMHS]

Do you know if the likes of Ahsan Ali and Saud Shakeel are playing department cricket?

No idea, but should play. Saud was probably NBP player.