PCB confirms schedule and squads for the 266-match 2021-22 domestic season

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PCB confirms schedule of 266-match 2021-22 domestic season

• Season to commence with the T20 tournaments, followed by red-ball versions of the game before culminating with 50-over Pakistan Cup

• Cricket Associations to field two sides each in the U16 and U19 competitions as the PCB aims to provide maximum exposure and opportunities to future stars; U13 event returns

• 2021-22 season matches to be held in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Muridke, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura and Sialkot

• “With the amount of international cricket across all three formats scheduled in the 2021-22 season and beyond, the upcoming domestic season will prove to be a pathway for all those aspiring to serve Pakistan cricket and making a name at the international level,” says Director – High Performance, Nadeem Khan

Lahore, 9 August 2021:

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the schedule of 2021-22 domestic cricket season in which it will hold 10 tournaments, comprising 266 matches. In the 2020-21 season, the PCB had organised 220 matches in nine tournaments to become the only cricket board to deliver a complete domestic schedule.

Domestic competitions in the 2021-22 season are separate to the home international matches against New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia, and the HBL Pakistan Super League, which will be held between September 2021 and March 2022.

Not added to the 2021-22 domestic matches are the ongoing two-day CCA tournament matches, which commenced on 16 July and will conclude on 22 August, and the CCA U19 tournament that will begin on 1 September. The two tournaments are designed to provide opportunities to the outstanding performers to graduate to the Cricket Association sides for the senior and pathway competitions in the PCB Domestic Season 2021-22.

The additional matches in the forthcoming domestic circuit have been added in pathways cricket for which the PCB has allowed the six Cricket Associations to field two sides each in the U16 and U19 tournaments.

This means 12 sides will feature in the 62-match National U19 three-day championship and One-Day Cup, which will run side by side, from 3 October to 12 November in Gujranwala, Islamabad, Muridke, Rawalpindi and Sialkot.

Another 12 sides will take part in the 31-match National U16 Cup from 8 to 19 March 2022 with Rawalpindi hosting the single-league competition.

The National U13 One-Day Cup has returned to the national circuit after missing out last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. This single-league event will be held in Faisalabad from 8 to 18 February 2022.

Director High Performance, Nadeem Khan: “For the 2021-22 age-group cricket season, each Cricket Association will be allowed to field two U16 and U19 sides so that we can increase the pool of players at the grassroots level with a focus on providing more opportunities and exposure to our next generation of cricketers.

“This strategy is aligned to the Cricket Associations planning of reviving clubs, schools and universities cricket within their jurisdictions with the best players getting opportunities to express their talent in national tournaments.

“In the U16 and U19 competitions, the players will be provided the same environment as in senior cricket which will help in their overall development as professional cricketers.”

The 2021-22 season will kick-off with the eight-day Cricket Associations T20 tournament on 15 September in which the six second XI Cricket Association sides will go head to head in the shortest format of the game in Quetta.

The National T20, featuring country’s best shortest format players, will be held from 25 September to 13 October. Eighteen first round matches will be held in Multan, while the remaining 15 matches, including the two semi-finals and the final, will be held in Lahore.

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, a jewel in the crown of Pakistan’s domestic events, will commence on 20 October. The first half of the 10-round single-league competition will be held in Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore. The event will then move to Karachi where it will culminate with the five-day final from 29 December.

The three-day double-league Cricket Associations Championship for second XIs will be held from 28 September to 14 November, while the 50-over single-league Cricket Associations Challenge for second XIs will be played from 19 to 27 November. Both the tournaments will be held in Faisalabad, Lahore and Sheikhupura.

Curtains will fall on the 2021-22 season in Lahore on 30 March 2022 with the final of the Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament, which will get underway on 25 February and will be played on a double-league format. The other two event venues will be Faisalabad and Multan.

Nadeem Khan: “We are excited to confirm a quality-based and competitive cricket season, which will not only test the skills, technique and fitness of professional cricketers but will help the selectors and coaches identify top performers for their inclusion in the national framework.

“With the amount of international cricket across all three formats scheduled in the 2021-22 season and beyond, the upcoming season will prove to be a pathway for all those aspiring to serve Pakistan cricket and making a name at the international level.

“This, like the previous season, will be a tough one that will test the cricketers to their limits. But that’s exactly what we want. We want to see our domestic system produce mentally and physically tough players who can perform in any condition against any opposition.

“Most of the first XI matches will be televised and promoted digitally, meaning no performance can be ignored or overlooked.

“Like the previous season, the PCB will not only create playing opportunities for these players but will also provide them quality playing facilities as well as international standard lodging and boarding so they can produce their best performances. If we want our domestic system to be robust, competitive and valued, then we need to make sure we cater for all these basic requirements, which in the past have fallen through the cracks.”

Details on the tournament schedule, squads and match official appointments will be released in the lead up to the events.

Schedule (subject to any late changes):

First XI competitions

National T20 (six teams, 33 matches) – 25 September-13 October
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (six teams, 31 matches) – 20 October-29 December
Pakistan Cup (six teams, 33 matches) – 25 February-30 March 2022

Second XI competitions

Cricket Associations T20 (six teams, 15 matches) – 15-22 September
Cricket Associations Championship (three-day) (six teams, 30 matches) – 28 September-14 November
Cricket Associations Challenge (50 overs) (six teams, 15 matches) – 19-27 November

Pathway competitions

National U19 Championship (three-day) and Cup (one-Day) (12 teams, 62 matches) - (3 October--12 November)
National U16 Cup (One-Day) (12 teams, 31 matches) – 8-19 March 2022
National U13 Cup (One-Day) (16 matches) – 8-18 February 2022

 

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[Shoaibbtt]

Love me some QeA, can’t wait

 

[Bewal Express]

Not enough games in QA trophy. It should be a minimum of 12 games for each team.

 

[Titan24]

Second season of the new domestic structure especially the QAE and National T20 Cup improved big time from where everything stood in the first season. Hopefully the progress will continue in this season as well.

As junior teams didn’t have second teams, I think its a pretty good step to make U-19 and U-16 tournaments 12 team ones with each association having two teams in the same tournament. A lot more opportunities for youngsters to play and get in the eyes through the platform.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Second season of the new domestic structure especially the QAE and National T20 Cup improved big time from where everything stood in the first season. Hopefully the progress will continue in this season as well.

As junior teams didn’t have second teams, I think its a pretty good step to make U-19 and U-16 tournaments 12 team ones with each association having two teams in the same tournament. A lot more opportunities for youngsters to play and get in the eyes through the platform.

A bit of pre-training before the Bangladesh series in December for the test players.

 

[anonymous_guy]

Not enough games in QA trophy. It should be a minimum of 12 games for each team.

Every team will be getting 10 games. And the two finalist will play 11.

 

[anonymous_guy]

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This is a good schedule, with one more addition it could become better, a 3 day under-23 tournament.

This could help a lot of guys who are above 19 years but are not able to find a place in the QeA tournament, these guys could actually play and improve and make a nomination for next season of QeA.

They can hold the tournament during the Pakistani summer (March-April-May) in the northern area like Mirpur, Abbotabad which won't be as hot as the other regions in Pakistan. This way all these idle stadiums could be utilised as well as these young players could be made familiar with different pitches and conditions.

Note:-
Even a List A tournament would be fine.

 

[Bewal Express]

Every team will be getting 10 games. And the two finalist will play 11.

It needs to be at least 12 and maybe more.

 

[Rana]

Good stuff

 

[anonymous_guy]

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It needs to be at least 12 and maybe more.

I cannot understand how do you expect a tournament having "6" teams to play 12 matches each.

Explanation:-
If there are "n" teams in a tournament and each team plays against other once, then each team will play a maximum of "n-1" matches (not considering semi final and final).

The same if each team plays the other twice then it would have to play "2*(n-1)" matches.

Note- A team cannot play against itself in a tournament.

There are 6 teams in QeA, each play "6-1=5" matches, since it is a double header they play "2*(6-1)=10" matches, in addition to the final.

The only thing that can be done is have a semi final and a final in the tournament, that way the top 4 teams play the semi final and the top 2 then compete in the finals. This would make the top 2 team play 12 matches, next 2 will play 11 and the bottom 2 would play 10.

Hope this helps, if i have made a mistake correct me.

 

[Bewal Express]

I cannot understand how do you expect a tournament having "6" teams to play 12 matches each.

Explanation:-
If there are "n" teams in a tournament and each team plays against other once, then each team will play a maximum of "n-1" matches (not considering semi final and final).

The same if each team plays the other twice then it would have to play "2*(n-1)" matches.

Note- A team cannot play against itself in a tournament.

There are 6 teams in QeA, each play "6-1=5" matches, since it is a double header they play "2*(6-1)=10" matches, in addition to the final.

The only thing that can be done is have a semi final and a final in the tournament, that way the top 4 teams play the semi final and the top 2 then compete in the finals. This would make the top 2 team play 12 matches, next 2 will play 11 and the bottom 2 would play 10.

Hope this helps, if i have made a mistake correct me.

So someone will play more than twice, so what? Our young players don't play enough FC cricket

 

[Titan24]

I cannot understand how do you expect a tournament having "6" teams to play 12 matches each.

Explanation:-
If there are "n" teams in a tournament and each team plays against other once, then each team will play a maximum of "n-1" matches (not considering semi final and final).

The same if each team plays the other twice then it would have to play "2*(n-1)" matches.

Note- A team cannot play against itself in a tournament.

There are 6 teams in QeA, each play "6-1=5" matches, since it is a double header they play "2*(6-1)=10" matches, in addition to the final.

The only thing that can be done is have a semi final and a final in the tournament, that way the top 4 teams play the semi final and the top 2 then compete in the finals. This would make the top 2 team play 12 matches, next 2 will play 11 and the bottom 2 would play 10.

Hope this helps, if i have made a mistake correct me.

Fair point. However, if required there are a couple models which exist (mostly in limited overs domestic cricket) where you can increase the number of matches while maintaining the same number of teams.

We can take example of the latest league (The hundred itself). There are 8 teams and each team will be playing 9 matches. Single round robin and then two matches (Home and away) against the closest rival. Australia has employed something similar in few editions of their one day cup as well.

Its application in QAE would be something like; after the double round robin two closest rivals will play each other twice on home and away basis. Northern vs KPK, SP vs CP, Sindh vs Bal (2 matches against each other). That can take the total to 12 matches.

If it is required or PCB will look into that is something to be seen however, it can be practically possible.

 

[Saj]

Credit to the PCB for sorting out the schedule in advance.

In the past, the fixtures used to be announced at the last minute which caused a lot of problems for players.

 

[ElRaja]

I cannot understand how do you expect a tournament having "6" teams to play 12 matches each.

Explanation:-
If there are "n" teams in a tournament and each team plays against other once, then each team will play a maximum of "n-1" matches (not considering semi final and final).

The same if each team plays the other twice then it would have to play "2*(n-1)" matches.

Note- A team cannot play against itself in a tournament.

There are 6 teams in QeA, each play "6-1=5" matches, since it is a double header they play "2*(6-1)=10" matches, in addition to the final.

The only thing that can be done is have a semi final and a final in the tournament, that way the top 4 teams play the semi final and the top 2 then compete in the finals. This would make the top 2 team play 12 matches, next 2 will play 11 and the bottom 2 would play 10.

Hope this helps, if i have made a mistake correct me.

maybe make it like psl with play off and eliminator, so teams play 10 matches in main comp, and up to 3 extra in post season.

so the better teams end up playing at least 12 matches a season, and you have a few more high pressure games.

altho imo you should have 1 match at home, 1 away, and 1 neutral, for 15 total games. not many players can play a full season and with covid bubbles lots of fringe squad players dont get any test or FC cricket in a two month season.

 

[anonymous_guy]

Fair point. However, if required there are a couple models which exist (mostly in limited overs domestic cricket) where you can increase the number of matches while maintaining the same number of teams.

We can take example of the latest league (The hundred itself). There are 8 teams and each team will be playing 9 matches. Single round robin and then two matches (Home and away) against the closest rival. Australia has employed something similar in few editions of their one day cup as well.

Its application in QAE would be something like; after the double round robin two closest rivals will play each other twice on home and away basis. Northern vs KPK, SP vs CP, Sindh vs Bal (2 matches against each other). That can take the total to 12 matches.

If it is required or PCB will look into that is something to be seen however, it can be practically possible.

maybe make it like psl with play off and eliminator, so teams play 10 matches in main comp, and up to 3 extra in post season.

so the better teams end up playing at least 12 matches a season, and you have a few more high pressure games.

altho imo you should have 1 match at home, 1 away, and 1 neutral, for 15 total games. not many players can play a full season and with covid bubbles lots of fringe squad players dont get any test or FC cricket in a two month season.

I actually have an idea, the final of QeA trophy should be a best of 3, and it should be held in either South Africa or Australia all expenses should be taken care off by the PCB.

In this way they can prepare their best first class players (from the top 2 teams) to the South African and Australian conditions, it will also add up as incentive for the first class players would not have toured these places earlier and would also give them a decent idea of the bounce of the pitches and the length required on these pitches.

Last time when Pakistan toured Australia, they had Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah, Md Musa, Imran Khan and Abbas as their pacers none of them had any experience of bowling with red ball in Australia, this is the primary reason why Pak struggles in Australia, they don't send their A teams to tour so the possible way is tho send the best two teams to play the finals in that way if any bolwer is picked for the national team they will have a decent idea of what will it require to bowl there.

 

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The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced coaches for the 42 sides across six Cricket Associations for the 266-match 2021-22 domestic season.

The appointments have been made after carrying out a 360-degree comprehensive performance review process, keeping in view the needs of the upcoming players across all rungs of the game and to further upskill the coaches by challenging them in different environments. A number of coaches who had favourable performance assessments are rewarded with promotions, while some coaches have been awarded the opportunity to step up to head coaching at various levels.

The coaches were primarily assessed around two key objectives

• Putting their team in contention to win
• Development of players

After leading Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to all three titles – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, National T20 Cup and Pakistan Cup – in the 2020-21 season, former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been tasked with leading the coaching staff of Central Punjab’s First XI, which includes former Pakistan internationals Akram Raza and Humayun Farhat – both promoted to First XI from Central Punjab’s Second XI coaching set-up – as assistant and fielding coaches.

Shahid Anwar, who coached Central Punjab First XI in the last season, has been appointed as the head coach of Southern Punjab First XI. His staff includes Aizaz Cheema and Irfan Fazil as assistant and fielding coaches.

For the 2021-22 domestic season, Abdul Rehman has moved to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after heading the Southern Punjab coaching staff. The seasoned coach is joined by Riffatullah Mohmand and Muhammad Siddiq as his assistant and fielding coaches.

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr is appointed as the head coach of Northern’s First XI team. Ijaz, a former international batter with more than 13,000 runs and 171 scalps in first-class cricket, has coached Central Punjab First XI in the 2019-20 domestic season. He is joined by former Pakistan fast bowler Samiullah Niazi, who was the assistant coach of Central Punjab First XI last season, and Fahad Akram, who earns promotion to Northern First XI after serving as assistant coach of the Cricket Association’s U19 team last season, as a fielding coach.

Former Pakistan batters Basit Ali and Faisal Iqbal will continue in their roles as head coaches of Sindh and Balochistan First XI teams.

At Sindh, Mohammad Masroor replaces Iqbal Imam, who moves to Southern Punjab Second XI as a head coach, as the assistant coach and Hanif Malik, last season’s Sindh U19 assistant coach, has earned a promotion and will be the fielding coach of the First XI team.

Balochistan’s assistant coach, along with the head coach of Southern Punjab’s U19 and U16 sides, will be appointed following a merit-based, robust recruitment process. Hussain Khosa will continue as Balochistan First XI’s fielding coach.

The 360-degree review process was carried out by Grant Bradburn, the head of high performance coaching at the National High Performance Centre, following which he submitted his recommendations to Director – High Performance, which were subsequently approved by the Chief Executive.

Grant Bradburn: “It is very important that we continue to upskill our coaches by providing them constructive feedback regularly, while challenging them in different environments, which we are hopeful will continue to grow our coaches to become contenders for Pakistan roles in the future.

“This will not only help us in boosting our pool of Pakistan coaching candidates, but also develop strong self-reliant players by learning from multiple coaches who are ready to take on different challenges from the early stages of their careers.

“Abdul Razzaq had a fantastic debut season as a head coach and as such he has been asked to take up the coaching role of the Central Punjab’s side. This move will bring new challenges for Razzaq and I have no doubts that he will embrace them.

“The same logic was behind our decision to appoint Shahid Anwar and Abdul Rehman, who are the two experienced, valuable assets in our coach pathway, with the Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sides, respectively. Under the guidance of Shahid, Central Punjab scripted one of the most incredible tales in first-class cricket by staging an epic comeback in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to share the silverware with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Under Rehman, Southern Punjab played the final of the National T20 Cup after putting up a miraculous run-chase in the semi-final and he had been with the side for two years.

“Basit Ali and Faisal Iqbal coached the First XI teams for the first time in the last season and have been given another season with Sindh and Balochistan as they continue to build their sides. We remain invested in supporting them, while they establish themselves as coaches who can create a winning environment, while exposing our players to rich learning.”

Director – High Performance Nadeem Khan: “I want to congratulate everyone who has been appointed as a coach for what promises to be an exciting and action-packed 2021-22 domestic cricket season. These merit-based appointed have been made after considering the demands of our ever-evolving sport.

“Many coaches have earned promotions based on their performances in the 2020-21 season. As it is the case for the cricketers, this set-up also provides a clear pathway to the coaches to graduate to the top-level as we continue to strive to develop a strong pool of coaching staff.

“This year, there is also an increase in the number of coaches at the domestic level with every Cricket Association fielding two U19 and U16 teams. This move will continue to generate opportunities for former cricketers, after we appointed coaches for the 93 City Cricket Association teams, to remain attached to the game by taking up coaching roles, which is in harmony with our objective to create more and more employment opportunities for our former cricketers.

“To further challenge our coaches at the top-level, we have shuffled the First XI coaching panel. As it was promised last year that the PCB will continue to benefit from Ijaz Ahmed Jnr’s vast experience, he has returned to First XI coaching set-up as the head coach of Northern after that position was vacated by Muhammad Wasim following his appointment as the chief selector of our national men’s side.

“I am hopeful that these changes will further enhance the quality of cricket at top-tier and we will continue to expand and strengthen our pool of coaches.”

The team managers will be announced in due course.

Cricket Association coaches (2021-22 domestic season)

Balochistan

First XI – Faisal Iqbal (head coach), To be appointed (assistant coach), Hussain Khosa (fielding coach)
Second XI – Habib Baloch (head coach), Shoaib Khan (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Aslam Sheikh (head coach), Mazhar Deenari (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Hussain Khosa (head coach), Aqil Baloch (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Raj Hans (head coach), Sher Hassan Jogazai (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Shoaib Khan (head coach), Qamar din (assistant coach)
U13 – Aman ullah Dehpal (head coach), Barkat Ali (assistant coach)

Central Punjab

First XI – Abdul Razzaq (head coach), Akram Raza (assistant coach), Humayun Farhat (fielding coach)
Second XI – Wasim Haider (head coach), Aamir Sajjad (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Humayun Farhat (head coach), Khurram Shehzad (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Muhammad Ashraf (head coach), Ashraf Ali (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Muhammad Ashraf (head coach), Intikhab Alam (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Humayun Farhat (head coach), Mansoor Amjad (assistant coach)
U13 – Khurram Shehzad (head coach), Faisal Khan (assistant coach)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

First XI – Abdul Rehman (head coach), Riffatullah Mohmand (assistant coach), Muhammad Siddiq (fielding coach)
Second XI – Aftab Khan (head coach), Muhammad Aslam Qureshi (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Saqib Faqir (head coach), Muhammad Siddiq (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Sajid Shah (head coach), Shoaib Khan (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Muhammad Siddiq (head coach), Saqib Faqir (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Jamaluddin (head coach), Waqar Ahmed (assistant coach)
U13 – Waqar Ahmed (head coach), Ahmed Said (assistant coach)

Northern

First XI – Ijaz Ahmed Jnr (head coach), Sami Ullah Niazi (assistant coach), Fahad Akram (fielding coach)
Second XI – Fahad Masood (head coach), Afaq Raheem (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Hafiz Majeed (head coach), Fahad Akram (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Kamran Khan (head coach), Jawad Hameed Haq (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Saeed Anwar Jnr (head coach), Tahir Mehmood (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Raheel Majeed (head coach), Hafiz Majeed (assistant coach)
U13 – Mujahid Hameed (head coach), Haseeb Azam (assistant coach)

Sindh

First XI – Basit Ali (head coach), Mohammad Masroor (assistant coach), Hanif Malik (fielding coach)
Second XI – Ghulam Ali Ansari (head coach), Zafar Iqbal (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Azam Khan (head coach), Hanif Malik (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Tahir Mehmood (head coach), Syed Mohtashim Ali (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Zafar Iqbal (head coach), Asim Rizvi (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Saeed Bin Nasir (head coach), Naeem Tayyeb (assistant coach)
U13 – Rizwan Qureshi (head coach), Abid Ali Qureshi (assistant coach)


Southern Punjab

First XI – Shahid Anwar (head coach), Aizaz Cheema (assistant coach), Irfan Fazil (fielding coach)
Second XI – Syed Iqbal Imam (head coach), Zahoor Elahi (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Bilal Ahmed (head coach), Azhar Shafiq (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – To be appointed (head coach), Irfan Fazil (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Zulfiqar Babar (head coach), Rehan Rafiq (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – To be appointed (head coach), Bilal Ahmed (assistant coach)
U13 – Masood Anwar (head coach), Aamer Atta (assistant coach)

 

[Titan24]

I think its a nice idea to shuffle the coaches of 4 regions here. Different challenge for the coaches as well as different environments for the youngsters and to learn from.

Balochistan and Sindh however remain the same with their setups.

Would be really interesting to see how Abdul Razzaq does with CP as last year he won every title with KPK.

 

[b.lesner]

I would just like to see openers this season for tests.

Usman Salahuddin needs to open for central Punjab this season and hopefully he becomes captain also. Please don't play Ahmed Shehzad and Salman Butt open with Usman Salahuddin and Ali Zaryab.

For Sind i would like to see Hamza Ghamchi open with Umar bin Yousuf (considering Sharjeel on National duty)

For Northern i would like to see Haider Ali and Nasir Nawaz

For Balochistan i would like to see Abdul Wahid Bangulzai and Imran Butt (considering Imam on National duty)

For Southern Punjab i would like to see Zeeshan Asraf and Zain Abbas

For KPK i would like to see Israrullah and Sahibazada Farhan (considering Fakhar on National duty)

 

[Titan24]

Grant Bradburn: “It is very important that we continue to upskill our coaches by providing them constructive feedback regularly, while challenging them in different environments, which we are hopeful will continue to grow our coaches to become contenders for Pakistan roles in the future.

“This will not only help us in boosting our pool of Pakistan coaching candidates, but also develop strong self-reliant players by learning from multiple coaches who are ready to take on different challenges from the early stages of their careers”.

This is one of the most important factor in the success of a domestic structure. If we look at NZ, Aus and now Eng they allow their local coaches to grow and consider them a valuable product as well which not only adds to the quality of domestic cricket but, also creates a pool of coaches for national setup if required.

There would be no excuse to have an inexperienced coach in future if they PCB opts for a local one.

 

[Shafi]

Basit Ali again? How this guy keep getting opportunities?

 

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Pre-season training and preparation camp involving performers from the recently-concluded CCA two-day tournaments 2021-22 commenced at six venues of the country on Thursday, 26 August. Also attending the camps are some of leading performers from the 2020-21 season.

The camps will run until 30 August, following which the selectors will finalise their squads for the 15-match Cricket Associations T20, which will be held from 15-22 September, and the National T20, which will be staged from 25 September-13 October.

While the camps will provide the cricketers with another opportunity to impress their coaches and get in the reckoning for the season ahead, it will be a chance for the coaches to look at the larger pool of players that will assist them in their strategies, including team selections.

Along with these players, those cricketers, who have been in contention and have remained part of the Cricket Association squads in the previous seasons, have also been invited for the camps.

The Cricket Association camps have commenced at the following centres:

Balochistan – Bugti Cricket Stadium, Quetta
Central Punjab – LCCA Ground, Lahore
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Abbottabad Cricket Stadium
Northern – Northern’s Home of Cricket, Islamabad
Sindh – Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, Karachi
Southern Punjab – Multan Cricket Stadium

The following players will attend the CA pre-season training and preparation camps:

Balochistan Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdul Nasir, Adnan Akmal, Akhtar Shah, Ali Rafiq, Atif Jabbar, Azeem Dar, Azizullah, Dawood Khan, Hayat Ullah, Israr Ahmed, Mohammad, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Talha, Nazar Hussain, Rameez Raja jnr, Salahuddin, Shehzad Tareen, Taimur Khan, Usama Mir, Zainullah

Players invited from the CCA Tournament - Abdul Hanan, Abdul Mutalib, Abdul Nasir, Abid Ali Mengal, Adnan Iqbal, Aftab Ahmad, Aqib Junaid, Bakhtiar Ahmed Shah, Dawood Khan, Ehsan Ullah, Elahi Bux, Fahad Hussain, Faheem Younis, Hidayatullah, Kaleemullah, Mohammad Javed, Muhammad Ibrahim Snr, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Shahid, Najeeb Ullah, Nasir Ali, Nasir Khan, Nizam Uddin, Obaid Ullah Jri, Qutub Ud Din, Rasool Bakhsh, Salim Mal, Sana Ullah, Shoaib Ahmed, Syed Ahmed Shah, Syed Zain Ullah, Syed Zainullah, Usama Khalil, Zubair Khan

Central Punjab Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abubakar Khan, Ali Manzoor, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Fahad Usman, Farhan Khan, Haseeb-ur- Rehman, Mohammad Faiq, Nisar Ahmed, Noman Anwar, Salman Fayyaz, Shahid Nawaz, Zohaib Amanat, Zubair Khan

Players invited from the CCA tournament - Abdul Ghaffar, Ali Hamza Snr, Anas Mehmood, Asad Ali Jnr, Asad Raza, Gohar Hafeez Butt, Haider Ali, Hamza Akbar, Hassan Mehmood, Ihrsan Ali, Jahanazaib Naveed, Kashif Jawed, M Abuzar Ghaffari, M Ahsan, M Tabraz, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Huraira, Mudassar Riaz, Muhammad Abdul Samad, Muhammad Abubakar, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Irfan Jnr, Muhammad Nauman Butt, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Umair Riaz, Muhammad Waheed, Sadaqat Ali, Shahzaib Bhatti, Sharukh Ali, Sohaib Ullah, Usman Khalid, Yawar Bashir, Zeeshan Mushtaq

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdul Rauf, Asad Afridi, Gohar Ali, Haris Khan, Khalilullah, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Arif Shah, Mohammad Asad, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Khayyam, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Naeem Snr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Umar Burki, Nabi Gul, Nasir Faraz, Salman Khan Jnr, Samiullah Jnr, Waqar Ahmad

Players invited from the CCA tournament - Aitizaz Habib Khan, Arslan Sajjad, Asif Ali, Farhan Khan, Fawad Malook, Fazlur Rehman, Haroon Khan, Hasnain Ali Shah, Imtiaz Khan, Junaid Khan Afridi, Jahanzaib Khan, Khayyam Khan, M Amir Azmat, Mahmood, Mamoon Khan, Mashal Khan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Ibrahim (Kohat), Muhammad Ibrahim (Swabi), Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Wasim Khan, Nizar Ali, Noor Sahib, Sajjad Ali, Saqib Jameel, Sarmad Khattak, Syad Fahad Shah, Waseem Akhtar, Yasir Khan, Zeshan Tahir

Northern Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Amad Butt, Babar Khaliq, Hasan Raza, Mohammad Aamir Shah, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Naveed Malik, Nihal Mansoor, Raja Farhan, Raja Farzan Khan, Raza Hassan , Sadaf Hussain, Shiraz Khan , Syed Tauseeq Shah, Taimur Khan, Umar Waheed, Zaid Alam, Zaman Khan

Players invited from the CCA Tournament - Abdul Rashid Minhas, Abdul Shakoor, Adil Shabbir Mirza, Ajab Khan, Aqib Liaqat, Badr Ud Din, Hamza Arshad, Hamza Majeed, Javed Khan, Kashif Ali, M Hussain, M Rehan Arif, M. Hammad Khan, M.Jibran, Malik Aswad, Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Faisal, Nadeem Sikander, Naqash Basharat, Naqi Raza, Noman Khalid, Qazi Arbqan, Raheel Wakeel, Rohaan Qadri, Saad Khan, Sarmad Hameed, Shahab Ur Rehman, Shahid Ahmed, Shoiab Amir, Syed Aqib Shah, Talha Qureshi, Tanvir Abbass Shah

Sindh Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdullah Mukaddam, Adeel Malik, Amir Ali, Ashar Qureshi, Azizullah, Ghulam Mudassar, Ibtisam Sheikh, Jahid Ali, Mohammad Waqas, Muhammad Makki, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Ruman Raees, Shahzar Muhammad, SM Tahami, Waleed Ahmed

Players from the CCA tournament - Aamir Brohi, Aashir Ahmed Siddiqui, Ahsan Sultan, Ali Shah, Asif Mehmood, Bilal Irshad, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Hamza Ghanchi, Hassan Mohsin, Imtiaz Leghari, Israr ul Haq, Jahanzaib Sultan, Junaid Ilyas, Kashif Khan, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Asad malik, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Shahid Mihrani, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro, Nadir Shah, Rao Sajjid Ali, Raza Mahar, Rehman Ghani, Saddam Hussain, Shahzar Hasan Khan, Syed haider Abbas Zaidi, Usman Khan, Zafar Ali

Southern Punjab Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Ahmar Ashfaq, Asif Fawad, Bilawal Bhatti, Hamza Akbar, Haris Bashir, Haris Javed, Mehboob Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Irfan (Lahore), Mohammad Irfan Jnr (Nankana Sahib), Mohammad Irfan Snr, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Sadaif Mehdi, Yousaf Babar, Zohaib Afridi

Players from the CCA tournament - Abdul Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Abdullah Hamdani, Afraseem Hussain, Ali Husnain, Ali Majid, Ali Umer, Ammar Ali, Faizan Zafar, Farhan Sarfaraz, Humayun Altaf, Jahanzaib Khan, Jawad Hussain, Kaleem Ullah, Khubaib Ahmad, M. Sharoon Siraj, Mansoor Ali, Moin Ud Din, Mughira Shoaib, Muhammad Jahangir, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Rameez, Muhammad Shahriyar, Muhammad Sudais, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Umar Fraz, Muhammad Zahir Siddiq, Rizwan Haider, Shahbaz Khan, Usman Liaqat, Waleed Iqbal, Waqar Hussain, Waqar Ul Hasan, Waseem Mahmood, Yousuf Babar, Zain Ul Abdeen, Zia Ul Haq

 

[mastimasti]

It's crazy that a country with 200 million people only have 6 first class teams.

 

[Bewal Express]

It's crazy that a country with 200 million people only have 6 first class teams.

12 teams

 

[mastimasti]

12 teams

I thought there were only 6 teams in the FC tournament?

 

[b.lesner]

No Faisal Akram?

 

[Bewal Express]

I thought there were only 6 teams in the FC tournament?

They are both FC as far as I know

 

[b.lesner]

They are both FC as far as I know

No 2nd xi is grade 2 so it doesn't have FC status

 

[b.lesner]

Pre-season training and preparation camp involving performers from the recently-concluded CCA two-day tournaments 2021-22 commenced at six venues of the country on Thursday, 26 August. Also attending the camps are some of leading performers from the 2020-21 season.

The camps will run until 30 August, following which the selectors will finalise their squads for the 15-match Cricket Associations T20, which will be held from 15-22 September, and the National T20, which will be staged from 25 September-13 October.

While the camps will provide the cricketers with another opportunity to impress their coaches and get in the reckoning for the season ahead, it will be a chance for the coaches to look at the larger pool of players that will assist them in their strategies, including team selections.

Along with these players, those cricketers, who have been in contention and have remained part of the Cricket Association squads in the previous seasons, have also been invited for the camps.

The Cricket Association camps have commenced at the following centres:

Balochistan – Bugti Cricket Stadium, Quetta
Central Punjab – LCCA Ground, Lahore
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Abbottabad Cricket Stadium
Northern – Northern’s Home of Cricket, Islamabad
Sindh – Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, Karachi
Southern Punjab – Multan Cricket Stadium

The following players will attend the CA pre-season training and preparation camps:

Balochistan Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdul Nasir, Adnan Akmal, Akhtar Shah, Ali Rafiq, Atif Jabbar, Azeem Dar, Azizullah, Dawood Khan, Hayat Ullah, Israr Ahmed, Mohammad, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Talha, Nazar Hussain, Rameez Raja jnr, Salahuddin, Shehzad Tareen, Taimur Khan, Usama Mir, Zainullah

Players invited from the CCA Tournament - Abdul Hanan, Abdul Mutalib, Abdul Nasir, Abid Ali Mengal, Adnan Iqbal, Aftab Ahmad, Aqib Junaid, Bakhtiar Ahmed Shah, Dawood Khan, Ehsan Ullah, Elahi Bux, Fahad Hussain, Faheem Younis, Hidayatullah, Kaleemullah, Mohammad Javed, Muhammad Ibrahim Snr, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Shahid, Najeeb Ullah, Nasir Ali, Nasir Khan, Nizam Uddin, Obaid Ullah Jri, Qutub Ud Din, Rasool Bakhsh, Salim Mal, Sana Ullah, Shoaib Ahmed, Syed Ahmed Shah, Syed Zain Ullah, Syed Zainullah, Usama Khalil, Zubair Khan

Central Punjab Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abubakar Khan, Ali Manzoor, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Fahad Usman, Farhan Khan, Haseeb-ur- Rehman, Mohammad Faiq, Nisar Ahmed, Noman Anwar, Salman Fayyaz, Shahid Nawaz, Zohaib Amanat, Zubair Khan

Players invited from the CCA tournament - Abdul Ghaffar, Ali Hamza Snr, Anas Mehmood, Asad Ali Jnr, Asad Raza, Gohar Hafeez Butt, Haider Ali, Hamza Akbar, Hassan Mehmood, Ihrsan Ali, Jahanazaib Naveed, Kashif Jawed, M Abuzar Ghaffari, M Ahsan, M Tabraz, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Huraira, Mudassar Riaz, Muhammad Abdul Samad, Muhammad Abubakar, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Irfan Jnr, Muhammad Nauman Butt, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Umair Riaz, Muhammad Waheed, Sadaqat Ali, Shahzaib Bhatti, Sharukh Ali, Sohaib Ullah, Usman Khalid, Yawar Bashir, Zeeshan Mushtaq

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdul Rauf, Asad Afridi, Gohar Ali, Haris Khan, Khalilullah, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Arif Shah, Mohammad Asad, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Khayyam, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Naeem Snr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Umar Burki, Nabi Gul, Nasir Faraz, Salman Khan Jnr, Samiullah Jnr, Waqar Ahmad

Players invited from the CCA tournament - Aitizaz Habib Khan, Arslan Sajjad, Asif Ali, Farhan Khan, Fawad Malook, Fazlur Rehman, Haroon Khan, Hasnain Ali Shah, Imtiaz Khan, Junaid Khan Afridi, Jahanzaib Khan, Khayyam Khan, M Amir Azmat, Mahmood, Mamoon Khan, Mashal Khan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Ibrahim (Kohat), Muhammad Ibrahim (Swabi), Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Wasim Khan, Nizar Ali, Noor Sahib, Sajjad Ali, Saqib Jameel, Sarmad Khattak, Syad Fahad Shah, Waseem Akhtar, Yasir Khan, Zeshan Tahir

Northern Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Amad Butt, Babar Khaliq, Hasan Raza, Mohammad Aamir Shah, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Naveed Malik, Nihal Mansoor, Raja Farhan, Raja Farzan Khan, Raza Hassan , Sadaf Hussain, Shiraz Khan , Syed Tauseeq Shah, Taimur Khan, Umar Waheed, Zaid Alam, Zaman Khan

Players invited from the CCA Tournament - Abdul Rashid Minhas, Abdul Shakoor, Adil Shabbir Mirza, Ajab Khan, Aqib Liaqat, Badr Ud Din, Hamza Arshad, Hamza Majeed, Javed Khan, Kashif Ali, M Hussain, M Rehan Arif, M. Hammad Khan, M.Jibran, Malik Aswad, Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Faisal, Nadeem Sikander, Naqash Basharat, Naqi Raza, Noman Khalid, Qazi Arbqan, Raheel Wakeel, Rohaan Qadri, Saad Khan, Sarmad Hameed, Shahab Ur Rehman, Shahid Ahmed, Shoiab Amir, Syed Aqib Shah, Talha Qureshi, Tanvir Abbass Shah

Sindh Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Abdullah Mukaddam, Adeel Malik, Amir Ali, Ashar Qureshi, Azizullah, Ghulam Mudassar, Ibtisam Sheikh, Jahid Ali, Mohammad Waqas, Muhammad Makki, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Ruman Raees, Shahzar Muhammad, SM Tahami, Waleed Ahmed

Players from the CCA tournament - Aamir Brohi, Aashir Ahmed Siddiqui, Ahsan Sultan, Ali Shah, Asif Mehmood, Bilal Irshad, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Hamza Ghanchi, Hassan Mohsin, Imtiaz Leghari, Israr ul Haq, Jahanzaib Sultan, Junaid Ilyas, Kashif Khan, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Asad malik, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Shahid Mihrani, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro, Nadir Shah, Rao Sajjid Ali, Raza Mahar, Rehman Ghani, Saddam Hussain, Shahzar Hasan Khan, Syed haider Abbas Zaidi, Usman Khan, Zafar Ali

Southern Punjab Cricket Association

Players invited from the previous season - Ahmar Ashfaq, Asif Fawad, Bilawal Bhatti, Hamza Akbar, Haris Bashir, Haris Javed, Mehboob Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Irfan (Lahore), Mohammad Irfan Jnr (Nankana Sahib), Mohammad Irfan Snr, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Sadaif Mehdi, Yousaf Babar, Zohaib Afridi

Players from the CCA tournament - Abdul Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Abdullah Hamdani, Afraseem Hussain, Ali Husnain, Ali Majid, Ali Umer, Ammar Ali, Faizan Zafar, Farhan Sarfaraz, Humayun Altaf, Jahanzaib Khan, Jawad Hussain, Kaleem Ullah, Khubaib Ahmad, M. Sharoon Siraj, Mansoor Ali, Moin Ud Din, Mughira Shoaib, Muhammad Jahangir, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Rameez, Muhammad Shahriyar, Muhammad Sudais, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Umar Fraz, Muhammad Zahir Siddiq, Rizwan Haider, Shahbaz Khan, Usman Liaqat, Waleed Iqbal, Waqar Hussain, Waqar Ul Hasan, Waseem Mahmood, Yousuf Babar, Zain Ul Abdeen, Zia Ul Haq

Any Baloch cricketer to look out for?

I Remember Nasir khan from the list he is from Loralai i remember he scored 102 i think against Sialkot in national t20 if i remember correctly and he was top run scorer in U-19 during when Babar azam was 13th in list of U-19 cricket run scorers.

 

[Titan24]

Any Baloch cricketer to look out for?

I Remember Nasir khan from the list he is from Loralai i remember he scored 102 i think against Sialkot in national t20 if i remember correctly and he was top run scorer in U-19 during when Babar azam was 13th in list of U-19 cricket run scorers.

18 years old Abdul Bangalzai, not in the camp but played for Balochistan in last season. Currently with the Pak U19 team as well and will probably play in 2022 U19 WC. Bismillah Khan is already an established player at domestic level (again not in the camp but, will be in the squad unless some other region drafts him). Abdul Nasir in the players called from CCA, an offie who can bat as well and represented QG in two seasons. Akhtar Shah 19 years old fast bowler who represented Pak U19 and Balochistan and mainly Balochistan 2nd xi last season is in the players called from last season.

These are to mention some, there must be more from the CCA tournament. Its a camp to have look at the players before finalizing the squads of the regions.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Credit to the PCB for sorting out the schedule in advance.

In the past, the fixtures used to be announced at the last minute which caused a lot of problems for players.

The same should start happening for International calender. Maybe it hasn't been due where exactly matches will be played (Pakistan or UAE) but going forward, if the plan is to play in Pakisktan then they should set it in advance as such and put tickets on sale as early as possible for maximum attendance. Too often, you just see the scheduled dates come out 1-2 weeks before the tour begins which is absolutely nuts.

 

[Bewal Express]

PCB confirms schedule of 266-match 2021-22 domestic season

• Season to commence with the T20 tournaments, followed by red-ball versions of the game before culminating with 50-over Pakistan Cup

• Cricket Associations to field two sides each in the U16 and U19 competitions as the PCB aims to provide maximum exposure and opportunities to future stars; U13 event returns

• 2021-22 season matches to be held in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Muridke, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura and Sialkot

• “With the amount of international cricket across all three formats scheduled in the 2021-22 season and beyond, the upcoming domestic season will prove to be a pathway for all those aspiring to serve Pakistan cricket and making a name at the international level,” says Director – High Performance, Nadeem Khan

Lahore, 9 August 2021:

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the schedule of 2021-22 domestic cricket season in which it will hold 10 tournaments, comprising 266 matches. In the 2020-21 season, the PCB had organised 220 matches in nine tournaments to become the only cricket board to deliver a complete domestic schedule.

Domestic competitions in the 2021-22 season are separate to the home international matches against New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia, and the HBL Pakistan Super League, which will be held between September 2021 and March 2022.

Not added to the 2021-22 domestic matches are the ongoing two-day CCA tournament matches, which commenced on 16 July and will conclude on 22 August, and the CCA U19 tournament that will begin on 1 September. The two tournaments are designed to provide opportunities to the outstanding performers to graduate to the Cricket Association sides for the senior and pathway competitions in the PCB Domestic Season 2021-22.

The additional matches in the forthcoming domestic circuit have been added in pathways cricket for which the PCB has allowed the six Cricket Associations to field two sides each in the U16 and U19 tournaments.

This means 12 sides will feature in the 62-match National U19 three-day championship and One-Day Cup, which will run side by side, from 3 October to 12 November in Gujranwala, Islamabad, Muridke, Rawalpindi and Sialkot.

Another 12 sides will take part in the 31-match National U16 Cup from 8 to 19 March 2022 with Rawalpindi hosting the single-league competition.

The National U13 One-Day Cup has returned to the national circuit after missing out last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. This single-league event will be held in Faisalabad from 8 to 18 February 2022.

Director High Performance, Nadeem Khan: “For the 2021-22 age-group cricket season, each Cricket Association will be allowed to field two U16 and U19 sides so that we can increase the pool of players at the grassroots level with a focus on providing more opportunities and exposure to our next generation of cricketers.

“This strategy is aligned to the Cricket Associations planning of reviving clubs, schools and universities cricket within their jurisdictions with the best players getting opportunities to express their talent in national tournaments.

“In the U16 and U19 competitions, the players will be provided the same environment as in senior cricket which will help in their overall development as professional cricketers.”

The 2021-22 season will kick-off with the eight-day Cricket Associations T20 tournament on 15 September in which the six second XI Cricket Association sides will go head to head in the shortest format of the game in Quetta.

The National T20, featuring country’s best shortest format players, will be held from 25 September to 13 October. Eighteen first round matches will be held in Multan, while the remaining 15 matches, including the two semi-finals and the final, will be held in Lahore.

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, a jewel in the crown of Pakistan’s domestic events, will commence on 20 October. The first half of the 10-round single-league competition will be held in Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore. The event will then move to Karachi where it will culminate with the five-day final from 29 December.

The three-day double-league Cricket Associations Championship for second XIs will be held from 28 September to 14 November, while the 50-over single-league Cricket Associations Challenge for second XIs will be played from 19 to 27 November. Both the tournaments will be held in Faisalabad, Lahore and Sheikhupura.

Curtains will fall on the 2021-22 season in Lahore on 30 March 2022 with the final of the Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament, which will get underway on 25 February and will be played on a double-league format. The other two event venues will be Faisalabad and Multan.

Nadeem Khan: “We are excited to confirm a quality-based and competitive cricket season, which will not only test the skills, technique and fitness of professional cricketers but will help the selectors and coaches identify top performers for their inclusion in the national framework.

“With the amount of international cricket across all three formats scheduled in the 2021-22 season and beyond, the upcoming season will prove to be a pathway for all those aspiring to serve Pakistan cricket and making a name at the international level.

“This, like the previous season, will be a tough one that will test the cricketers to their limits. But that’s exactly what we want. We want to see our domestic system produce mentally and physically tough players who can perform in any condition against any opposition.

“Most of the first XI matches will be televised and promoted digitally, meaning no performance can be ignored or overlooked.

“Like the previous season, the PCB will not only create playing opportunities for these players but will also provide them quality playing facilities as well as international standard lodging and boarding so they can produce their best performances. If we want our domestic system to be robust, competitive and valued, then we need to make sure we cater for all these basic requirements, which in the past have fallen through the cracks.”

Details on the tournament schedule, squads and match official appointments will be released in the lead up to the events.

Schedule (subject to any late changes):

First XI competitions

National T20 (six teams, 33 matches) – 25 September-13 October
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (six teams, 31 matches) – 20 October-29 December
Pakistan Cup (six teams, 33 matches) – 25 February-30 March 2022

Second XI competitions

Cricket Associations T20 (six teams, 15 matches) – 15-22 September
Cricket Associations Championship (three-day) (six teams, 30 matches) – 28 September-14 November
Cricket Associations Challenge (50 overs) (six teams, 15 matches) – 19-27 November

Pathway competitions

National U19 Championship (three-day) and Cup (one-Day) (12 teams, 62 matches) - (3 October--12 November)
National U16 Cup (One-Day) (12 teams, 31 matches) – 8-19 March 2022
National U13 Cup (One-Day) (16 matches) – 8-18 February 2022

Not enough 4 day games for the 1st X1s

 

[ElRaja]

Not enough 4 day games for the 1st X1s

the national t20 cup should be run concurrently on saturday with 4 day games from monday to thursday withs season extended to 15 games for each team (play each other 3 times).

either that or organise some A-cricket 4 day games.

 

[Bewal Express]

the national t20 cup should be run concurrently on saturday with 4 day games from monday to thursday withs season extended to 15 games for each team (play each other 3 times).

either that or organise some A-cricket 4 day games.

Some good ideas

 

[MenInG]

The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced coaches for the 42 sides across six Cricket Associations for the 266-match 2021-22 domestic season.

The appointments have been made after carrying out a 360-degree comprehensive performance review process, keeping in view the needs of the upcoming players across all rungs of the game and to further upskill the coaches by challenging them in different environments. A number of coaches who had favourable performance assessments are rewarded with promotions, while some coaches have been awarded the opportunity to step up to head coaching at various levels.

The coaches were primarily assessed around two key objectives

• Putting their team in contention to win
• Development of players

After leading Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to all three titles – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, National T20 Cup and Pakistan Cup – in the 2020-21 season, former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been tasked with leading the coaching staff of Central Punjab’s First XI, which includes former Pakistan internationals Akram Raza and Humayun Farhat – both promoted to First XI from Central Punjab’s Second XI coaching set-up – as assistant and fielding coaches.

Shahid Anwar, who coached Central Punjab First XI in the last season, has been appointed as the head coach of Southern Punjab First XI. His staff includes Aizaz Cheema and Irfan Fazil as assistant and fielding coaches.

For the 2021-22 domestic season, Abdul Rehman has moved to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after heading the Southern Punjab coaching staff. The seasoned coach is joined by Riffatullah Mohmand and Muhammad Siddiq as his assistant and fielding coaches.

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr is appointed as the head coach of Northern’s First XI team. Ijaz, a former international batter with more than 13,000 runs and 171 scalps in first-class cricket, has coached Central Punjab First XI in the 2019-20 domestic season. He is joined by former Pakistan fast bowler Samiullah Niazi, who was the assistant coach of Central Punjab First XI last season, and Fahad Akram, who earns promotion to Northern First XI after serving as assistant coach of the Cricket Association’s U19 team last season, as a fielding coach.

Former Pakistan batters Basit Ali and Faisal Iqbal will continue in their roles as head coaches of Sindh and Balochistan First XI teams.

At Sindh, Mohammad Masroor replaces Iqbal Imam, who moves to Southern Punjab Second XI as a head coach, as the assistant coach and Hanif Malik, last season’s Sindh U19 assistant coach, has earned a promotion and will be the fielding coach of the First XI team.

Balochistan’s assistant coach, along with the head coach of Southern Punjab’s U19 and U16 sides, will be appointed following a merit-based, robust recruitment process. Hussain Khosa will continue as Balochistan First XI’s fielding coach.

The 360-degree review process was carried out by Grant Bradburn, the head of high performance coaching at the National High Performance Centre, following which he submitted his recommendations to Director – High Performance, which were subsequently approved by the Chief Executive.

Grant Bradburn: “It is very important that we continue to upskill our coaches by providing them constructive feedback regularly, while challenging them in different environments, which we are hopeful will continue to grow our coaches to become contenders for Pakistan roles in the future.

“This will not only help us in boosting our pool of Pakistan coaching candidates, but also develop strong self-reliant players by learning from multiple coaches who are ready to take on different challenges from the early stages of their careers.

“Abdul Razzaq had a fantastic debut season as a head coach and as such he has been asked to take up the coaching role of the Central Punjab’s side. This move will bring new challenges for Razzaq and I have no doubts that he will embrace them.

“The same logic was behind our decision to appoint Shahid Anwar and Abdul Rehman, who are the two experienced, valuable assets in our coach pathway, with the Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sides, respectively. Under the guidance of Shahid, Central Punjab scripted one of the most incredible tales in first-class cricket by staging an epic comeback in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to share the silverware with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Under Rehman, Southern Punjab played the final of the National T20 Cup after putting up a miraculous run-chase in the semi-final and he had been with the side for two years.

“Basit Ali and Faisal Iqbal coached the First XI teams for the first time in the last season and have been given another season with Sindh and Balochistan as they continue to build their sides. We remain invested in supporting them, while they establish themselves as coaches who can create a winning environment, while exposing our players to rich learning.”

Director – High Performance Nadeem Khan: “I want to congratulate everyone who has been appointed as a coach for what promises to be an exciting and action-packed 2021-22 domestic cricket season. These merit-based appointed have been made after considering the demands of our ever-evolving sport.

“Many coaches have earned promotions based on their performances in the 2020-21 season. As it is the case for the cricketers, this set-up also provides a clear pathway to the coaches to graduate to the top-level as we continue to strive to develop a strong pool of coaching staff.

“This year, there is also an increase in the number of coaches at the domestic level with every Cricket Association fielding two U19 and U16 teams. This move will continue to generate opportunities for former cricketers, after we appointed coaches for the 93 City Cricket Association teams, to remain attached to the game by taking up coaching roles, which is in harmony with our objective to create more and more employment opportunities for our former cricketers.

“To further challenge our coaches at the top-level, we have shuffled the First XI coaching panel. As it was promised last year that the PCB will continue to benefit from Ijaz Ahmed Jnr’s vast experience, he has returned to First XI coaching set-up as the head coach of Northern after that position was vacated by Muhammad Wasim following his appointment as the chief selector of our national men’s side.

“I am hopeful that these changes will further enhance the quality of cricket at top-tier and we will continue to expand and strengthen our pool of coaches.”

The team managers will be announced in due course.

Cricket Association coaches (2021-22 domestic season)

Balochistan

First XI – Faisal Iqbal (head coach), To be appointed (assistant coach), Hussain Khosa (fielding coach)
Second XI – Habib Baloch (head coach), Shoaib Khan (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Aslam Sheikh (head coach), Mazhar Deenari (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Hussain Khosa (head coach), Aqil Baloch (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Raj Hans (head coach), Sher Hassan Jogazai (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Shoaib Khan (head coach), Qamar din (assistant coach)
U13 – Aman ullah Dehpal (head coach), Barkat Ali (assistant coach)

Central Punjab

First XI – Abdul Razzaq (head coach), Akram Raza (assistant coach), Humayun Farhat (fielding coach)
Second XI – Wasim Haider (head coach), Aamir Sajjad (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Humayun Farhat (head coach), Khurram Shehzad (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Muhammad Ashraf (head coach), Ashraf Ali (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Muhammad Ashraf (head coach), Intikhab Alam (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Humayun Farhat (head coach), Mansoor Amjad (assistant coach)
U13 – Khurram Shehzad (head coach), Faisal Khan (assistant coach)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

First XI – Abdul Rehman (head coach), Riffatullah Mohmand (assistant coach), Muhammad Siddiq (fielding coach)
Second XI – Aftab Khan (head coach), Muhammad Aslam Qureshi (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Saqib Faqir (head coach), Muhammad Siddiq (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Sajid Shah (head coach), Shoaib Khan (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Muhammad Siddiq (head coach), Saqib Faqir (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Jamaluddin (head coach), Waqar Ahmed (assistant coach)
U13 – Waqar Ahmed (head coach), Ahmed Said (assistant coach)

Northern

First XI – Ijaz Ahmed Jnr (head coach), Sami Ullah Niazi (assistant coach), Fahad Akram (fielding coach)
Second XI – Fahad Masood (head coach), Afaq Raheem (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Hafiz Majeed (head coach), Fahad Akram (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Kamran Khan (head coach), Jawad Hameed Haq (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Saeed Anwar Jnr (head coach), Tahir Mehmood (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Raheel Majeed (head coach), Hafiz Majeed (assistant coach)
U13 – Mujahid Hameed (head coach), Haseeb Azam (assistant coach)

Sindh

First XI – Basit Ali (head coach), Mohammad Masroor (assistant coach), Hanif Malik (fielding coach)
Second XI – Ghulam Ali Ansari (head coach), Zafar Iqbal (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Azam Khan (head coach), Hanif Malik (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – Tahir Mehmood (head coach), Syed Mohtashim Ali (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Zafar Iqbal (head coach), Asim Rizvi (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – Saeed Bin Nasir (head coach), Naeem Tayyeb (assistant coach)
U13 – Rizwan Qureshi (head coach), Abid Ali Qureshi (assistant coach)


Southern Punjab

First XI – Shahid Anwar (head coach), Aizaz Cheema (assistant coach), Irfan Fazil (fielding coach)
Second XI – Syed Iqbal Imam (head coach), Zahoor Elahi (assistant coach)
U19 Red – Bilal Ahmed (head coach), Azhar Shafiq (assistant coach)
U19 Blue – To be appointed (head coach), Irfan Fazil (assistant coach)
U16 Red – Zulfiqar Babar (head coach), Rehan Rafiq (assistant coach)
U16 Blue – To be appointed (head coach), Bilal Ahmed (assistant coach)
U13 – Masood Anwar (head coach), Aamer Atta (assistant coach)

Question marks over the coaching courses taken by Pakistan cricketers are rising as many individuals with suspicious qualifications are affiliated with different teams and are part of the country’s current cricket system.

According to details, a doctor in England had given coaching courses to several Pakistani cricketers for monetary benefits in the past. These courses were not recognised by the current Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) but during the tenure of Director National Cricket Academies Mudassar Nazar, many of these suspicious courses were approved in order to fast-track former cricketers into the coaching setup. Many individuals benefited from the move and are still enjoying roles in domestic teams.

Recently, the National Cricket Academy was renamed the National High Performance Center (NHPC) and Nadeem Khan replaced Mudassar Nazar as the director. Sources have claimed that the Director of the NHPC, Nadeem, had failed a level-three course in 2012 after not submitting an assignment.

Meanwhile, Samiullah Niazi had failed the second assignment of a level-two course and could not succeed in a second attempt either. He is currently occupying a coaching role in the Northern Association first XI.

Abdul Rehman does not have extensive experience in first-class cricket but was appointed as the head coach of Peshawar due to his level-four coaching credentials.

On the other hand, Abdul Razzaq holds a level-two coaching qualification and occupies the head coach position in the Central Punjab first XI.

Level-four coaching qualification holder and former cricketer Wasim Haider, meanwhile, was given the charge of a second XI side.

https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/n...coaching-courses-taken-by-pakistan-cricketers

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab squads for the U19 City Cricket Association 50-over Tournament 2021-22.

The tournament in the jurisdictions of Central Punjab, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab will begin on 5 September, while the event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will get under way from 7 September. As regards the Balochistan event, age verification process of the players is ongoing and the squads along with the event schedule will be announced following the completion of the age verification process.

The 50-over tournament has been designed to provide budding youngsters with an opportunity to not only impress the selectors for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup West Indies 2022, but also earn their nod for the PCB U19 three-day and one-day Championships 2021-22. The two domestic events will be played from 3 October to 12 November.

The sides have been selected through a robust and merit-based open trials system, which were conducted by the national junior selection committee, national selectors and second XI head coaches. All the trials were filmed by the team analysts and took place in the presence of independent Cricket Association observers.

As per the ICC’s eligibility criteria for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup West Indies 2022, players born on or after 1 September 2002 will be eligible to get selected.

The U19 50-over tournament is a continuation of the CCA two-day tournament, which were held across the country with an aim to provide the talented youngsters with a chance to shine in the pre-season tournaments. These events were organised by the PCB, taking into consideration that limited cricket activity at grassroots and CCA-level were held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Like the CCA two-day tournament, the U19 50-over competition matches will be covered digitally.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

When is the announcement of the other squads?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Absolute joke. Few weeks from start of National T20. No cricketer knows if he is picked or what team he will be picked by. Rubbish!

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

I think the teams have already been picked. It’s just not public information as of yet.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I think the teams have already been picked. It’s just not public information as of yet.

Yep bags of time just now before everything kicks off

 

[MenInG]

Cricket Association squads for 2021-22 season announced

• Local player representation in Balochistan’s squad increased to 55pc

Lahore, 4 September 2021:

The six Cricket Association squads for the 2021-22 domestic season have been unveiled. Each squad was selected by the head coach, chairperson and chief executive of the respective Cricket Association in the presence of national men’s chief selector Muhammad Wasim, Nadeem Khan, High Performance Director, Junaid Zia, Domestic Cricket General Manager and chief executives of the other Cricket Associations as observers.

Each Cricket Association squad comprises 40 players – 32 of which will be awarded domestic contracts, to be announced in due course – along with 10 additional players. Every Cricket Association will name 16 players ahead of the First XI and Second XI tournaments, and these players can be transferred between the two teams.

While majority of players from the 2020-21 domestic season were retained, the gaps in each of the six sides were plugged with top performers of the City Cricket Association tournaments, after head coaches had a close look at them in the pre-season training camps that were held last week at each of the six Cricket Associations.

The selected players are:

Balochistan – Aftab Ahmed (Loralai), Fahad Hussain (Jaffarabad), Mohammad Idrees (Quetta), Mohammad Javed (Pishin), Sana Ullah (Loralai), Shoaib Ahmed (Lasbela), Syed Zainullah (Pishin) and Tariq Jameel (Loralai)

Central Punjab – Asad Ali Jnr (Hafizabad), Gohar Hafeez Butt, Haider Ali (both Lahore), Mohammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Mohammad Tabraiz (Sialkot), Mohammad Waheed (Lahore) and Mudassar Riaz (Faisalabad)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Aitzaz Habib Khan (Mardan), Farhan Khan (Mohmand), Khayyam Khan (Swabi), Mashal Khan (Haripur), Mohammad Ibrahim (Swabi), Mohammad Tahir (Bannu), Niaz Khan (Swat) and Yasir Khan (Bannu)

Northern – Aqib Liaqat (Poonch), Asad Raza (Faisalabad), Hamza Arshad, Kashif Ali (both Rawalpindi), Sadaqat Ali (Faisalabad), Sarmad Hameed (Jhelum) and Zaman Khan (Mirpur)

Sindh – Asif Mehmood (Hyderabad), Imtiaz Leghari (Khairpur), Junaid Ilyas, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Mohammad Afzal, Mohammad Shahid Mihrani (all four Karachi), Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro (Sukkur) and Usman Khan (Karachi)

Southern Punjab – Ali Majid (Khanewal), Humayun Altaf (Lodhran), Kaleem Ullah (Layyah), Mohammad Sharoon Siraj (Sahiwal), Mohammad Jahangir (DG Khan), Mohammad Shahriyar and Mohammad Sudais (both Muzzafargarh) and Moin-ud-Din (Bahawalpur)

This move is in line with the PCB’s policy of incentivising and rewarding top performers at each rung of domestic cricket and setting a clear pathway for graduation to the next level.

The head coaches of the six Cricket Associations, who served as lead selectors of their sides, retained the core players, following which the remaining players were sent to a selection pool from where they were picked by other teams.

Balochistan’s squad includes 55 per cent local players, which is a jump by 10 per cent from the last season as the PCB continues its efforts to develop the game in the province and provide opportunities to the youth to establish their careers as cricketers.

In line with the promotion of the sport in the province, the PCB will commence the 2021-22 season from Quetta’s picturesque Bugti Stadium with the Cricket Associations T20 tournament starting on 15 September.

The six squads will gather at the major centres in their jurisdictions for the pre-season camp from Sunday.

Balochistan will have their camp at Quetta’s Bugti Stadium, Central Punjab’s will be conducted at LCCA Ground, Lahore, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Northern’s at House of Northern, Islamabad, Sindh’s at National Stadium, Karachi and Southern Punjab’s at Multan Cricket Stadium.

Balochistan head coach Faisal Iqbal: “The CCA tournament provided a great opportunity to me to watch the upcoming cricketers of Balochistan and it helped me in further increasing the percentage of players in the squad. Last year, we had 45 per cent local players, which has now gone up to 55 per cent, which is a great sign for Balochistan cricket. Many of these top performers will be getting opportunities in the Second XI side, so when they reach the First XI team, they are well-prepared for the challenge, and can progress to Pakistan team.”

Balochistan squad

Abdul Hanan (Killa Abdullah), Abdul Nasir (Quetta), Abdul Rehman Muzammil (Multan), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (Quetta), Aftab Ahmed (Loralai), Akbar-ur-Rehman (Karachi), Akif Javed (Kohat), Ali Waqas (Sargodha), Amad Butt (Sialkot), Awais Zia (Chakwal), Ayyaz Tassawar (Sheikhupura), Azeem Ghumman (Karachi), Bismillah Khan (Quetta), Fahad Hussain (Jaffarabad), Fahad Iqbal (Karachi), Gohar Faiz (Quetta), Gulraiz Sadaf (Vehari), Haris Sohail (Sialkot), Hayat Ullah (Peshawar), Hidayatullah (Quetta), Jalat Khan (Quetta), Junaid Khan (Swabi), Kashif Bhatti (Shaheed Benazirabad), Khurram Shehzad (Mandi Bahauddin), Mohammad Ibrahim Snr (Quetta), Mohammad Idrees (Quetta), Mohammad Javed (Pishin), Mohammad Junaid (Quetta), Mohammad Shahid (Dera Murad Jamali), Najeebullah Achakzai (Quetta), Raza-ul-Hasan (Karachi), Sana Ullah (Loralai), Shehbaz Khan (Quetta), Shoaib Ahmed (Lasbela), Syed Zainullah (Pishin), Taimur Ali (Jaffarabad), Taj Wali (Peshawar), Tariq Jameel (Loralai), Umaid Asif (Sialkot) and Zainullah (Quetta)

Additional players: Abid Ali Mengal (Naseerabad), Aqib Junaid (Lasbela), Bakhtiar Ahmed Shah (Noshki), Ehsan Ullah (Killa Abdullah), Nasir Khan (Loralai), Nazar Hussain (Quetta), Nizam Uddin (Panjgur), Salim Mal (Lasbela), Syed Ahmed Shah (Noshki) and Zubair Khan (Jaffarabad)

Central Punjab head coach Abdul Razzaq: “It will be an exciting challenge to coach Central Punjab after spending last year at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was a great move to organise a camp of the top performers of the CCA tournament as it provided a fair and equal chance to all performers to display their skills and potential in front of coaches and it helped me in selecting promising players. I am confident that we have selected a squad that can outperform other sides in the season and I am eager to work on the skills of these players who can serve Pakistan in the future.”

Central Punjab squad

Abdullah Shafiq (Sialkot), Ahmed Bashir (Lahore), Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Faisalabad), Ahmed Shehzad (Lahore), Ali Shan (Faisalabad), Ali Zaryab (Lahore), Anas Mehmood (Lahore), Asad Ali Jnr (Hafizabad), Bilal Asif (Sialkot), Bilawal Iqbal (Lahore), Ehsan Adil (Gojra), Gohar Hafeez Butt (Lahore), Haider Ali (Lahore), Haseeb-ur- Rehman (Lahore), Hussain Talat (Lahore), Junaid Ali (Lahore), Kamran Afzal (Lahore), Kamran Akmal (Lahore), Mohammad Ali (Sialkot), Mohammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore), Mohammad Imran Dogar (Lahore), Mohammad Irfan Jnr (Sheikhupura), Mohammad Saad (Lahore), Mohammad Tabraiz (Sialkot), Mohammad Waheed (Lahore), Mudassar Riaz (Faisalabad), Muhammad Akhlaq (Gujranwala), Nisar Ahmed (Lahore), Qasim Akram (Lahore), Raza Ali Dar (Lahore), Rizwan Hussain (Faisalabad), Saad Nasim (Lahore), Saif Badar (Sialkot), Shoaib Malik (Sialkot), Sohaib Ullah (Sialkot), Umar Akmal (Lahore), Wahab Riaz (Lahore), Waqas Maqsood (Faisalabad) and Zafar Gohar (Lahore)

Additional players: Abdul Ghaffar (Lahore), Abdul Samad (Faisalabad), Ali Hamza Snr (Hafizabad), Asfand Mehran (Lahore), Fahad Munir (Lahore), Irfan Khan Niazi (Mianwali), Mohammad Afzal (Kasur), Muhammad Saleem (Sheikhupura), Shahzaib Bhatti (Sialkot) and Yawar Bashir (Lahore)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa coach Abdur Rehman: “I have worked at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for 10 years and I am very excited to be returning to the players with whom I had been working after spending two years at Southern Punjab. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has maintained high standard of cricket throughout the last season as they won every First XI tournament. The region has produced exciting cricketers recently, and my philosophy of coaching here would be to enhance the skills of the youngsters and provide them opportunities so they can be fruitful for Pakistan cricket.”

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa squad

Aamer Azmat (Peshawar), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Ahmed Jamal (Abbottabad), Aitizaz Habib Khan (Mardan), Arshad Iqbal (Swabi), Ashfaq Ahmed (Charsadda), Asif Afridi (Peshawar), Farhan Khan (Mohmand), Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar), Imran Khan snr (Peshawar), Irfanullah Shah (Bannu), Israrullah (Dir Lower ), Kamran Ghulam (Peshawar), Khalid Usman (Swabi), Khayyam Khan (Swabi), Mashal Khan (Haripur), Mehran Ibrahim (Peshawar), Mohammad Abbas Afridi (Peshawar), Mohammad Amir Khan (Swat), Mohammad Arif Shah (Mardan), Mohammad Haris (Peshawar), Mohammad Ibrahim (Swabi), Mohammad Imran (Swat), Mohammad Irfan Khan (Peshawar), Mohammad Khayyam (Swabi), Mohammad Mohsin Khan (Peshawar), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (Peshawar), Mohammad Tahir (Bannu), Mohammad Wasim jnr (Peshawar), Musadiq Ahmed (Abbottabad), Nabi Gul (Nowshera), Niaz Khan (Swat), Rehan Afridi (Peshawar), Sahibzada Farhan (Peshawar), Sajid Khan (Peshawar), Sameen Gul (Peshawar), Saqib Jamil (Peshawar), Waqar Ahmad (Dir Lower), Yasir Khan (Bannu) and Zohaib Khan (Peshawar)

Additional players: Arslan Sajjad (Abbottabad), Fazal-ur-Rehman (Kurram), Haris Khan (Charsadda) Junaid Khan Afridi (Khyber), Mahmood (Kurram), Mohammad Asad (Swabi), Mohammad Bilal (Mardan), Mohammad Wasim Khan (Bannu), Syed Fahad Shah (Mansehra) and Zeeshan Tahir (Dir Lower)

Northern head coach Ijaz Ahmed Jnr: “Northern is rich of cricketing talent and it has produced some wonderful cricketers over the years. I am delighted to be coaching them for the upcoming season. We have been able to put together a well-balanced side for the upcoming season by keeping both red and white ball specialist players in the side. The camp of the CCA performers helped us in identification of young players in the region and it played a crucial role in helping me in having a close look at the upcoming cricketers, some of whom are selected for the 2021-22 season.”

Northern squad

Aamer Jamal (Islamabad), Ali Imran (Islamabad), Ali Sarfraz (Islamabad), Aqib Liaqat (Poonch), Asad Raza (Faisalabad), Asif Ali (Faisalabad), Ather Mehmood (Gujranwala), Faizan Riaz (Islamabad), Farhan Shafiq (Islamabad), Haider Ali (Attock), Hammad Azam (Attock), Hamza Arshad (Rawalpindi), Imad Wasim (Islamabad), Jamal Anwar (Rawalpindi), Kashif Ali (Rawalpindi), Kashif Iqbal (Karachi), Mohammad Amir (Lahore), Mohammad Huraira (Sialkot), Mubasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Munir Riaz (Rawalpindi), Musa Khan (Rawalpindi), Nasir Nawaz (Rawalpindi), Raza Hassan (Sialkot), Rohail Nazir (Islamabad), Sadaqat Ali (Faisalabad), Salman Irshad (Poonch), Sarmad Bhatti (Islamabad), Sarmad Hameed (Jhelum), Shadab Majeed (Mirpur), Sohail Akhter (Haripur), Sohail Tanvir (Rawalpindi), Taimur Sultan (Sargodha), Umair Masood (Rawalpindi), Umar Amin (Rawalpindi), Umar Waheed (Rawalpindi), Usman Khan Shinwari (Khyber Agency), Waqas Ahmed (Sialkot), Zaman Khan (Mirpur), Zeeshan Malik (Rawalpindi) and Ziad Khan (Rawalpindi)

Additional players: Badr-ud-Din (Attock), Hasan Raza (Mirpur), Javed Khan (Muzaffarabad), Mohammad Aamer (Islamabad), Mohammad Ismail Khan (Rawalpindi), Naqi Raza (Rawalpindi), Shahid Ahmed (Mirpur), Shiraz Khan (Attock), Syed Aqib Shah (Rawalpindi) and Zaid Alam (Lahore)

Sindh head coach Basit Ali: “The thought-process while putting together this squad was to fill in the gaps from the last season. We have strengthened our fast bowling and spin bowling departments as we have brought on board Zahid Mahmood and picked up young fast bowlers from the pre-training camp of the CCA top performers. My focus was to build a side which can turn around our red ball fortunes as we finished last in the last year’s first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.”

Sindh squad

Ahsan Ali (Karachi), Ammad Alam (Karachi), Anwar Ali (Karachi), Arish Ali Khan (Karachi), Asad Shafiq (Karachi), Ashiq Ali (Karachi), Asif Mehmood (Hyderabad), Danish Aziz (Karachi), Ghulam Mudassar (Karachi), Hassan Mohsin (Karachi), Ibrar Ahmed (Karachi), Imtiaz Leghari (Khairpur), Jahanzaib Sultan (Karachi), Jahid Ali (Karachi), Junaid Ilyas (Karachi), Khurram Manzoor (Karachi), Khuzaima Bin Tanveer (Karachi), Mir Hamza (Karachi), Mohammad Afzal (Karachi), Mohammad Asghar (Karachi), Mohammad Hasan (Karachi), Mohammad Shahid Mihrani (Karachi), Mohammad Suleman (Mirpurkhas), Mohammad Taha (Karachi), Mohammad Umar (Karachi), Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro (Sukkur), Omair Bin Yousuf (Karachi), Rameez Aziz (Karachi), Saad Ali (Karachi), Saad Khan (Hyderabad), Saifullah Bangash (Karachi), Saim Ayub (Karachi), Saud Shakeel (Karachi), Shan Masood (Karachi), Sharjeel Khan (Hyderabad), Sohail Khan (Karachi), Syed Faraz Ali (Karachi), Tabish Khan (Karachi), Usman Khan (Karachi) and Zahid Mahmood (Dadu)

Additional players: Aamir Brohi (Larkana), Aashir Ahmed Siddiqui (Karachi), Amir Ali (Dadu), Daniyal Hussain Rajput (Hyderabad), Mohammad Ali Khan (Karachi), Mohammad Asad Malik (Hyderabad), Mohammad Makki (Karachi), Rumann Raees/ Tariq Khan (Karachi), Shahzar Hasan Khan (Karachi) and Shehzar Mohammad (Karachi)

Southern Punjab head coach Shahid Anwar: “It is another great challenge of my coaching career to move to Southern Punjab. The Southern Punjab region is full of rich talent. We have developed squad keeping in mind that we have to build teams with the right combination of youth and experienced cricketers.”

Southern Punjab squad

Aamer Yamin (Multan), Ahsan Baig (Multan), Ali Majid (Khanewal), Ali Shafiq (Sialkot), Ali Usman (Vehari), Dilbar Hussain (Faisalabad), Hassan Khan (Karachi), Humayun Altaf (Lodhran), Imran Rafiq (D.G Khan), Kaleem Ullah (Layyah), Khushdil Shah (Bannu), M. Sharoon Siraj (Sahiwal), Maqbool Ahmed (Sahiwal), Mohammad Abbas (Sialkot), Mohammad Azam Khan (Karachi), Mohammad Ilyas (Peshawar), Mohammad Irfan (SLA) (Lahore), Mohammad Junaid (Muzaffarghar), Mohammad Shahriyar (Muzzafargarh), Mohammad Sudais (Muzzafargarh), Mohammad Umair (Bahawalpur), Moin-ud-Din (Bahwalpur), Muhammad Imran (Khanewal), Mukhtar Ahmed (Sialkot), Naseem Shah (Lahore), Naved Yasin (Vehari), Rahat Ali (Multan), Rameez Alam (Sahiwal), Salahuddin (Lahore), Salman Ali Agha (Lahore), Sohaib Maqsood (Multan), Tayyab Tahir (Lahore), Umar Khan (Rawalpindi), Umar Siddiq Khan (Lahore), Usman Salahuddin (Lahore), Waqar Hussain (Okara), Yousaf Babar (Multan), Zain Abbas (Khanewal), Zeeshan Ashraf (Okara) and Zia ul Haq (Vehari)

Additional players: Abdullah Hamdani (Muzzafargarh), Abdul Rehman (Bahawalnagar), Anas Mustafa (Lahore), Faizan Zafar (Layyah), Hamza Akbar (Lahore), Mohammad Basit (D.I.Khan), Mohammad Jahangir (DG Khan), Shahbaz Khan (Lodhran), Usman Liaqat (Sahiwal) and Waseem Mehmood (Bahawalnagar

 

[Last Monetarist]

Why are there no national team players in these squads? Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Fawad Alam et al.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Why are there no national team players in these squads? Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Fawad Alam et al.

Same absolutely outraged by this, this was a good chance for players to get some practise before the Bangladesh tour.

 

[anonymous_guy]

maybe make it like psl with play off and eliminator, so teams play 10 matches in main comp, and up to 3 extra in post season.

so the better teams end up playing at least 12 matches a season, and you have a few more high pressure games.

altho imo you should have 1 match at home, 1 away, and 1 neutral, for 15 total games. not many players can play a full season and with covid bubbles lots of fringe squad players dont get any test or FC cricket in a two month season.

Why are there no national team players in these squads? Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Fawad Alam et al.

Same absolutely outraged by this, this was a good chance for players to get some practise before the Bangladesh tour.

Calm down.

Chances are that these are the list of regional players only who will be eligible for regional cricket association contracts.

If you look closely anyone with a NATIONAL CONTRACT isn't included, which basically means that players with National contracts will be a part of the regional team as per their availability (when they are free from national duty).

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Calm down.

Chances are that these are the list of regional players only who will be eligible for regional cricket association contracts.

If you look closely anyone with a NATIONAL CONTRACT isn't included, which basically means that players with National contracts will be a part of the regional team as per their availability (when they are free from national duty).

Guys like Imran Butt and Abid should’ve been playing this given their poor form.

The test players are free, next test tour is in November/December. Could’ve played a handful of games.

 

[anonymous_guy]

Same absolutely outraged by this, this was a good chance for players to get some practise before the Bangladesh tour.

Guys like Imran Butt and Abid should’ve been playing this given their poor form.

The test players are free, next test tour is in November/December. Could’ve played a handful of games.

They will play.

 

[b.lesner]

Lots of Players are missing like Sadaf Hussain, the left arm chinaman Faisal Akram, Haider Ali Khan (karachi guy) , syed tauseek shah, Shahzaib Ahmed Khan and many more

 

[MenInG]

PCB have clarified that: All centrally contracted players will be made part of the final squads

 

[MenInG]

Lots of Players are missing like Sadaf Hussain, the left arm chinaman Faisal Akram, Haider Ali Khan (karachi guy) , syed tauseek shah, Shahzaib Ahmed Khan and many more

How many players will they include!

Six sides only so this was bound to happen

 

[kazc]

Can't see Shahnawaz Dahani anywhere, is he picked or not?

 

[MenInG]

Can't see Shahnawaz Dahani anywhere, is he picked or not?

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...ist-2021-22-announced&p=11284673#post11284673

PCB have stated that all those with central contracts will be part of the final squads - Dahani is one of them.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

PCB have clarified that: All centrally contracted players will be made part of the final squads

Are we to assume that these players will be part of their regular respective sides or is change likely?

 

[Last Monetarist]

Same absolutely outraged by this, this was a good chance for players to get some practise before the Bangladesh tour.

I find it a bit mystifying that they have not named the international test players as part of any squad, it's probably a ruse to save some money but I can't see why the international players would cede to that proposition.

It sends a wrong signal also to suggest that test players can somehow opt in and out of first-class matches. There are no international commitments for a while, these players should be regular members of their regional teams.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I find it a bit mystifying that they have not named the international test players as part of any squad, it's probably a ruse to save some money but I can't see why the international players would cede to that proposition.

It sends a wrong signal also to suggest that test players can somehow opt in and out of first-class matches. There are no international commitments for a while, these players should be regular members of their regional teams.

Absolutely.

Imran Butt and Abid Ali with their poor form can use the practise plus it gives others the chance to continue their good form and to add to boot it gives time to get used to the kookaburra ball.

 

[MenInG]

Thirteen Balochistan CCA U19 squads for 50-over tournament named

• Balochistan-leg to commence from 9 September; squads and tournament schedule available here

• As per the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022 age criteria, players born on or after 1 September 2002 have been selected

Lahore, 6 September 2021:

Thirteen City Cricket Association sides of the Balochistan Cricket Association were announced today for the U19 City Cricket Association 50-over Tournament 2021-22, which will be held in the Balochistan province from 9 to 23 September.

The tournaments in Central Punjab, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab are underway from 5 September, while the event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will get underway from 7 September.

The Balochistan event is commencing after the conclusion of the age verification process of the players. As per the ICC’s eligibility criteria for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup West Indies 2022, players born on or after 1 September 2002 will be eligible for selection.

The 50-over tournament has been designed to provide budding youngsters with an opportunity to not only impress the selectors for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup West Indies 2022, but also earn their nod for the National U19 Championship (three-day event) and National U19 Cup (one-day tournament). The two domestic events will be played from 3 October to 12 November.

The sides have been selected through a robust and merit-based open trials system, which were conducted by the national junior selection committee, national selectors and second XI head coaches. All the trials were filmed by the team analysts and took place in the presence of independent Cricket Association observers.

The U19 50-over tournament is a continuation of the CCA two-day tournament, which were held across the country with an aim to provide the talented youngsters with a chance to shine in the pre-season events. These events were organised by the PCB, taking into consideration that limited cricket activity at grassroots and CCA-level was held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Like the CCA two-day tournament, the U19 50-over competition matches are covered digitally.

 

[OMB]

Squads for Cricket Associations T20 Cup announced

• Event schedule available below

• PCB to provide match reports

• Urdu version of the media release is attached

Lahore, 8 September 2021:

The head coaches of the six Cricket Associations in consultation with second XI coaches have finalised the Second XI teams for the Cricket Associations T20 Cup, which begins on 15 September at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta.

Defending champions Central Punjab, led by Saif Badar, will begin their campaign against Faraz Ali’s Sindh on the opening day of the tournament.

Jalat Khan will lead Balochistan, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern will be led by Zohaib Khan and Umar Masood, respectively. Southern Punjab will be captained by Umar Siddique.

Fifteen matches will be played across eight days in the single-league competition and the team which tops the table will be declared winners.

The six teams will undergo Covid-19 rapid antigen test upon arrival on 11 September at a local hotel in Quetta.

The squads and event schedule:

Balochistan 2nd XI – Jalat Khan (captain), Awais Zia, Abdul Hanan, Abdul Nasir, Aftab Ahmed, Fahad Hussain, Fahad Iqbal, Gohar Faiz, Gulraiz Sadaf (WK), Hidayat Ullah (WK), M. Ibrahim Snr, M.Junaid, Mohammad Shahid, Najeeb Ullah Achakzai, Syed Zainullah and Taj Wali

Central Punjab 2nd XI - Saif Badar (captain), Ahmed Abdullah Safi, Ali Shan, Asad Ali Jnr, Gohar Hafeez, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Junaid Ali, Kamran Afzal, M Faizan, M Irfan Jnr, Mudassar Riaz, Muhammad Imran Dogar, Muhammad Tabriaz Butt, Nisar Ahmed, Sohaib Ullah and Umar Akmal

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2nd XI - Zohaib Khan (captain), Abbas Afridi, Ahmed Jamal, Aitizaz Habib, Amir Azmat, Maaz Khan, Mishal Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Nabi Gul, Niaz Khan, Sajjad Ali, Saqib Jamil, Syed Arif Shah, Tahir Khan and Yasir Khan

Northern 2nd XI - Umair Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Ali Imran, Aqib Liaqat, Asad Raza, Ather Mehmood, Mubasir Khan, Munir Riaz, Nasir Nawaz, Raza Hassan, Sadaqat Ali, Salman Irshad, Sarmad Bhatti, Taimoor Sultan, Zaman Khan and Zeeshan Malik

Sindh 2nd XI - Faraz Ali (captain), Ammad Alam, Arish Ali Khan, Asif Mehmood, Ghulam Mudassir, Imtiaz Laghari, Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Afzal (WK), Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Umar, Rameez Aziz, Saad Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahid Meerani, Umair bin Yousuf (VC) and Usman Khan

Southern Punjab 2nd XI - Umar Siddique (captain), Ahsan Baig, Ali Majid, Ali Shafique, Dilbar Hussain, Hassan Khan, Humayun Altaf, Kaleem Ullah, M Shahryar, M Sudais, Moinuddin, Mukhtar Ahmed, Shahroon Siraj, Tayyab Tahir, Umar Khan and Yousuf Babar

Cricket Associations T20 schedule (all matches at Bugti Stadium in Quetta):

15 Sep - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Central Punjab v Sindh

16 Sep – Northern v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Sindh

17 Sep – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Central Punjab

18 Sep – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab

19 Sep – Northern v Sindh; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab

20 Sep – Balochistan v Northern; Sindh v Southern Punjab

21 Sep – Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Balochistan v Southern Punjab

22 Sep – Northern v Central Punjab

 

[MenInG]

The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the schedule of six senior events, which will be played in the Pakistan Domestic Season 2021-22.

Quetta’s Bugti Stadium will host the season opening Cricket Associations T20 from 15 September, while curtains will fall at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore with the final of the Pakistan Cup on 30 March 2022.

Apart from these two senior tournaments, the PCB will stage the National T20, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Cricket Associations Championship and Cricket Associations Challenge. This means there will be 157 matches in the period from 15 September and 30 March, making 2021-22 a mouth-watering, exciting and competitive season of domestic cricket.

The details and schedule of the pathways cricket, including the U13, U16 and U19 tournaments, will be announced in due course.

The participants who are either fully vaccinated or have received their first jabs will be eligible to participate in the season. Each participant will undergo first PCR test at his place of residence three days prior to travel and will confine themselves to their homes until their scheduled travel.

The PCB will conduct the second PCR test at the central station, subject to first negative test.

During the tournament, Rapid Antigen tests will be carried out after every five days or when a team travels to a different destination, while random RT-PCR tests will be conducted at select events.

Any participant, who tests positive in Antigen test will be isolated immediately and undergo a RT-PCR. If the test result is positive, then he will be quarantined for 10 days.

At team hotels, the players will be allowed to visit designated areas with mask wearing and social distancing mandatory.

Detailed PCB Covid-19 Protocols have been shared with the team managers who, with the support of the team physiotherapist, will be responsible for the implementation.

Meanwhile, the PCB has also confirmed umpire and match referee panels for the senior events. The Elite match officials will be involved in the National T20, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Pakistan Cup, while the match officials in the Supplementary Panel will officiate Cricket Associations T20, Cricket Associations Championship and Cricket Associations Challenge matches.

The Elite Match Referees for the 2021-22 season include Ali Naqvi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Anees, Mohammad Iqbal Sheikh, Mohammad Javed Malik and Nadeem Arshad, while the Elite Umpires are: Aftab Hussain Gillani, Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, Faisal Khan Afridi, Ghaffar Kazmi, Imran Jawed, Nasir Hussain Snr, Qaiser Waheed, Rashid Riaz Waqar, Saqib Khan, Shozab Raza, Syed Imtiaz Iqbal, Waleed Yaqub and Zameer Haider.

Match referees in the Supplementary Panel are Ahmer Saeed, Aleem Khan Moosa, Ali Gohar, Aziz ur Rehman, Kamran Chaudhry, Khalid Jamshed, Mohammad Aslam and Tanveer Afzal, while the Supplementary Umpires Panel comprise Abdul Moqeet, Ahmed Shahab, Alay Haider, Aslam Bareach, Farooq Ali Khan, Ghulam Sarwar, Kashif Sohail, Khalid Mehmood Snr, Majid Hussain, Mir Dad, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Sajid, Tariq Rasheed and Zulfiqar Jan.

SCHEDULE OF SENIOR EVENTS 2021-22 (subject to any late changes)

Cricket Associations T20 (all matches at Bugti Stadium, Quetta)

15 Sep - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Central Punjab v Sindh
16 Sep - Northern v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Sindh
17 Sep - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Central Punjab
18 Sep - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab
19 Sep - Northern v Sindh; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab
20 Sep - Balochistan v Northern; Sindh v Southern Punjab
21 Sep - Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Balochistan v Southern Punjab
22 Sep - Northern v Central Punjab

National T20 (Matches from 25 Sep-3 Oct at the Multan Cricket Stadium; matches from 6-13 Oct at the Gaddafi Stadium)

25 Sep - Balochistan v Northern; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab
26 Sep - Balochistan v Southern Punjab; Northern v Sindh
27 Sep - Balochistan v Central Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh
28 Sep - Northern v Central Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab
29 Sep - Sindh v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
30 Sep - Balochistan v Sindh; Northern v Southern Punjab
1 Oct - Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab
2 Oct - Central Punjab v Sindh; Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3 Oct - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab; Balochistan v Northern
6 Oct - Balochistan v Central Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh
7 Oct - Northern v Sindh; Balochistan v Southern Punjab
8 Oct - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab; Northern v Central Punjab
9 Oct - Sindh v Southern Punjab; Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
10 Oct - Northern v Southern Punjab; Central Punjab v Sindh
11 Oct - Central Punjab v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Sindh
12 Oct - 1st semifinal (1 v 4); 2nd semi-final (2 v 3)
13 Oct - Final

Cricket Associations Championship (three-day)

28-30 Sep - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Central Punjab v Sindh, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Southern Punjab v Northern, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura
3-5 Oct - Northern v Balochistan, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Sindh v Southern Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore
8-10 Oct - Balochistan v Central Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Northern v Sindh, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Southern Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
13-15 Oct - Balochistan v Southern Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Sindh v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Central Punjab v Northern, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad
18-20 Oct - Sindh v Balochistan, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura
23-25 Oct - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Balochistan, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Sindh v Central Punjab, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Northern v Southern Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura
28-30 Oct - Southern Punjab v Balochistan, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Northern v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore
2-4 Nov - Central Punjab v Balochistan, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Sindh v Northern, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura
7-9 Nov - Balochistan v Northern, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Southern Punjab v Sindh, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Central Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, LCCA Ground, Lahore
12-14 Nov - Balochistan v Sindh, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Southern Punjab v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

20-23 Oct - Balochistan v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
27-30 Oct - Balochistan v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Central Punjab v Northern, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
3-6 Nov - Balochistan v Central Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Northern v Sindhm Multan Cricket Stadium; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
10-13 Nov - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Central Punjab v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Northern v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
17-20 Nov - Northern v Balochistan, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Southern Punjab v Sindh, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Central Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
24-27 Nov - Sindh v Balochistan, UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; Southern Punjab v Central Punjab, SBP Sports Complex, Karachi; Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, NBP Sports Complex, Karachi
30Nov 3 Dec - Southern Punjab v Balochistan, UBL Sports Complex; Sindh v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, SBP Sports Complex; Northern v Central Punjab, NBP Sports Complex
6-9 Dec - Central Punjab v Balochistan, NBP Sports Complex; Sindh v Northern, UBL Sports Complex; Southern Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, SBP Sports Complex
12-15 Dec - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Balochistan, UBL Sports Complex; Sindh v Central Punjab, SBP Sports Complex; Southern Punjab v Northern, NBP Sports Complex
18-21 Dec - Balochistan v Northern, SBP Sports Complex; Sindh v Southern Punjab, NBP Sports Complex; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab, UBL Sports Complex
25-29 Dec - Final National Stadium Karachi

Cricket Associations Challenge (50-over)

19 Nov - Balochistan v Northern, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Southern Punjab v Sindh, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore
21 Nov - Balochistan v Southern Punjab, Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Northern v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore
23 Nov - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Central Punjab v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Northern v Southern Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore
25 Nov - Balochistan v Sindh, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
27 Nov - Balochistan v Central Punjab, LCCA Ground, Lahore; Northern v Sindh, Rana Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

Pakistan Cup

25 Feb - Balochistan v Northern, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Southern Punjab v Sindh, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
28 Feb - Balochistan v Southern Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Multan Cricket Stadium, Northern v Central Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
3 Mar - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Multan Cricket Stadium, Central Punjab v Sindh, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Northern v Southern Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
6 Mar - Balochistan v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern, Multan Cricket Stadium
9 Mar - Balochistan v Central Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Northern v Sindh, Multan Cricket Stadium; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
12 Mar Balochistan v Sindh, Multan Cricket Stadium; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
15 Mar - Balochistan v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Northern v Central Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
18 Mar - Balochistan v Central Punjab, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Northern v Sindh, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium
21 Mar - Balochistan v Northern, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Southern Punjab v Sindh. Multan Cricket Stadium; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
24 Mar - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Central Punjab v Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Northern v Southern Punjab, Multan Cricket Stadium
27 Mar - 1st semi-final, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
28 Mar - 2nd semi-final, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
30 Mar - Final , Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

 

[MenInG]

The six Cricket Association Second XI sides will feature in the opening event of the 2021-22 domestic season with the Cricket Associations T20 Tournament beginning on Wednesday.

The single-league tournament will be played at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta from 15 to 22 September. Two matches will be played on each day other than the final day of the tournament. The first match will start at 0930 while the second match will begin at 1330.

The eight-day tournament will provide a perfect opportunity to budding youngsters to showcase their talent and get a chance to feature in the forthcoming National T20 Cup (First XI) to be played in Multan and Lahore from 25 September to 13 October.

Another incentive for cricketers who have domestic contracts is the increase of PKR 100,000 in monthly retainers. The announcement was made by recently elected Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja in a press conference in Lahore on Monday.

Central Punjab who won the Cricket Associations T20 last year will be looking to defend the title under Saif Badar when they take on Faraz Ali’s Sindh on the opening day.

The captains of the participating teams expressed their delight over Chairman PCB’s monthly retainer increase announcement and talked about their preparations and combinations ahead of the tournament.

Jalat Khan, Balochistan 2nd XI: “We had good practice sessions before the tournament. Our squad is balanced with good utility players in the side, but we will rely on our bowlers to restrict the opposing teams to help us do well in the tournament.

“Chairman PCB’s announcement for increase in monthly-retainers for cricketers with domestic contracts will create a good healthy competition among the players to do well.”

Saif Badar, Central Punjab 2nd XI: “The incentive announced by the Chairman PCB is really great for us, this will help us stay motivated and become more focused towards the game. The preparations for the tournament is really good, the players have worked really hard in the practice sessions and we are looking to play fearless game and defend our title.

“Our combination is good, covering all bases of batting and bowling departments. We have three all-rounders in our team which are very vital for us in the T20 format.”

Zohaib Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2nd XI: “The increase in monthly-retainers announced for cricketers with domestic contracts will help players to work more on their fitness to compete at the international level.

“The players at our region play attacking cricket so we are looking forward to play our brand of cricket and win this tournament.

“Our combination for the tournament is good with mixture of senior and young players in the squad. We have some young players who will be playing for the first time in this tournament and they have showed some great skill work in the camp.”

Umair Masood, Northern 2nd XI: “The players had good practice sessions in the camp organised before the start of the season. We have a young squad as compared to other teams in the tournament and the players are really excited to perform to their best.”

Faraz Ali, Sindh 2nd XI: “The increase in retainership is a pleasant surprise for us before the start of the season. It will motivate the players to do well and they will grab this opportunity with both hands.

“We have been working hard in the pre-season camp especially in the T20 format to get ourselves ready in time for the T20 tournament.”

Umar Siddique, Southern Punjab 2nd XI: “The increase in monthly-retainers is quite satisfying for the players to go out and express themselves in the ground. The preparation for the tournament is good, we had played some practice games in our pre-season camp and the players are eager to perform when the tournament resumes.”

The squads and event schedule:

Balochistan 2nd XI – Jalat Khan (captain), Awais Zia, Abdul Hanan, Abdul Nasir, Aftab Ahmed, Fahad Hussain, Fahad Iqbal, Gohar Faiz, Gulraiz Sadaf (WK), Hidayat Ullah (WK), M. Ibrahim Snr, M.Junaid, Mohammad Shahid, Najeeb Ullah Achakzai, Syed Zainullah and Taj Wali

Central Punjab 2nd XI - Saif Badar (captain), Ahmed Abdullah Safi, Ali Shan, Asad Ali Jnr, Gohar Hafeez, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Junaid Ali, Kamran Afzal, M Faizan, M Irfan Jnr, Mudassar Riaz, Muhammad Imran Dogar, Muhammad Tabriaz Butt, Nisar Ahmed, Sohaib Ullah and Umar Akmal

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2nd XI - Zohaib Khan (captain), Abbas Afridi, Ahmed Jamal, Aitizaz Habib, Amir Azmat, Maaz Khan, Mishal Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Nabi Gul, Niaz Khan, Sajjad Ali, Saqib Jamil, Syed Arif Shah, Tahir Khan and Yasir Khan

Northern 2nd XI - Umair Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Ali Imran, Aqib Liaqat, Asad Raza, Ather Mehmood, Mubasir Khan, Munir Riaz, Nasir Nawaz, Raza Hassan, Sadaqat Ali, Salman Irshad, Sarmad Bhatti, Taimoor Sultan, Zaman Khan and Zeeshan Malik

Sindh 2nd XI - Faraz Ali (captain), Ammad Alam, Arish Ali Khan, Asif Mehmood, Ghulam Mudassir, Imtiaz Laghari, Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Afzal (WK), Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Umar, Rameez Aziz, Saad Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahid Meerani, Umair bin Yousuf (VC) and Usman Khan

Southern Punjab 2nd XI - Umar Siddique (captain), Ahsan Baig, Ali Majid, Ali Shafique, Dilbar Hussain, Hassan Khan, Humayun Altaf, Kaleem Ullah, M Shahryar, M Sudais, Moinuddin, Mukhtar Ahmed, Shahroon Siraj, Tayyab Tahir, Umar Khan and Yousuf Babar

Cricket Associations T20 schedule (all matches at Bugti Stadium in Quetta):

15 Sep - Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Central Punjab v Sindh

16 Sep – Northern v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Sindh

17 Sep – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Southern Punjab; Balochistan v Central Punjab

18 Sep – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh; Central Punjab v Southern Punjab

19 Sep – Northern v Sindh; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Central Punjab

20 Sep – Balochistan v Northern; Sindh v Southern Punjab

21 Sep – Northern v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Balochistan v Southern Punjab

22 Sep – Northern v Central Punjab

 

[b.lesner]

Captains of 6 association are very important and should be 6 young players groomed for future like if Rizwan and Babar are on national duty make Nasir Nawaz masood captain of Northern and Mubasir Khan Vice captain and Should pick right person for right format like not playing Imam andd Shan type players in t20.

 

[MenInG]

As the Pakistan Cricket Board continues its efforts to strengthen grassroots cricket, it has completed the second phase of club registration in which 3,822 clubs have registered the player data.

As many as 844 clubs falling under the jurisdiction of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association have provided the player data – which is the most from any of the six CAs. They are followed by Central Punjab CA (788 clubs), Sindh CA (670 clubs), Southern Punjab CA (517 clubs), Balochistan (512 clubs) and Northern CA (491 clubs).

Separately, 200 clubs will submit the requisite data when the club registration will resume early next year.

 

[Artaxerxes]

School cricket must be strengthened.In England,Australia,NZ and S Africa have excellent school cricket.Even Sri Lanka have a good school system.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

KPK’s future is bright.

 

[MenInG]

Lahore, 14 November 2021: Sindh were declared the winners of the Cricket Associations Championship after convincingly beating Balochistan by 10 wickets in their tenth-round match and topping the table with 34 points. The win also means they successfully retained the title.

Earlier, Sindh had also won the Cricket Associations T20 Cup held in Quetta in September.

Sindh had started the tenth and final round second on the table with 25 points, eight points behind Central Punjab.

Central Punjab had played out a drawn game against Southern Punjab at the LCCA Ground in Lahore and ended-up with 25 points from 10 matches.

At Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad, resuming their second innings with a deficit of 151 runs, Balochistan were bowled out for 159 with Sindh’s left-arm spinner Arish Ali Khan taking five for 64. He ended-up with match figures of eight for 144. Right-arm fast Asif Mehmood took three for 32.

In reply, Sindh chased down the nine-run target in the second over without losing any wicket.

At the Rana Naved Academy in Sheikhupura, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa played out a drawn game against Northern. Resuming their first innings on 333 for four, Northern managed to score 364 for four in 83 overs. Ziad Khan returned undefeated on 152, while Jamal Anwar remained unbeaten on 66.

In return, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in their second innings were 244 for six in 72 overs when stumps were drawn. Aitzaz Habib top-scored with a 144-ball 86, hitting 12 fours. He was supported by Mohammad Bilal who scored 76. The pair added 102 runs for the third wicket.

Northern’s Farhan Shafiq, Kashif Ali and Mehran Mumtaz bagged two wickets apiece.

At LCCA Ground in Lahore, Central Punjab played out a drawn game against Southern Punjab. Resuming their first innings on the overnight score of 285 for seven, Central Punjab were bowled out for 330 in the 79th over.

With 57 runs lead, Southern Punjab were 256 for five in 61.2 overs in their second innings when stumps were drawn. Mohammad Umair top-scored with 83 off 113 balls, laced with nine fours and one six. Sharoon Siraj scored 88-ball 62, while Hamayun Altaf contributed 54 off 75 balls.

Central Punjab’s Kamran Afzal picked three for 57.

Scores in Brief:

Sindh beat Balochistan by 10 wickets at Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad

Balochistan 285-9, 83 overs (Azeem Ghumman 93, Fahad Iqbal 50; Arish Ali Khan 3-80, Ashiq Ali 3-86, Danish Aziz 2-57) and 159 all out, 55.4 overs (Shahbaz Khan 25; Arish Ali Khan 5-64, Asif Mehmood 3-32)

Sindh 436 all out, 81.5 overs (Saim Ayub 101, Usman Khan 95, Syed Faraz Ali 90, Rameez Aziz 52 not out, Saifullah Bangash 43; Aftab Ahmed 6-101, Tariq Jameel 2-94) and 9-0, 1.5 overs

Match drawn between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Northern at Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 273 all out, 70 overs (Mehran Ibrahim 125 not out, Mohammad Bilal 52, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 37; Kashif Ali 5-40, Mehran Mumtaz 5-87) and 244-6, 72 overs (Aitzaz Habib 86, Mohammad Bilal 76; Kashif Ali 2-39, Farhan Shafiq 2-54, Mehran Mumtaz 2-69)

Northern 364-4, 83 overs (Ziad Khan 152 not out, Zaid Alam 82, Jamal Anwar 66 not out; Aitzaz Habib 2-69, Farhan Khan 2-92)

Match drawn between Central Punjab v Southern Punjab at LCCA Ground, Lahore

Southern Punjab 387-8, 83 overs (Maqbool Ahmed 124, Mukhtar Ahmed 117, Moinuddin 63; Kamran Afzal 3-155, Mohammad Waheed 2-50, Sohaibullah 2-63)

Central Punjab 330 all out, 78.3 overs (Imran Dogar 103, Abdul Sammad 62; Mohammad Irfan 6-105, Umar Khan 2-54)

 

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Lahore, 19 November 2021: Balochistan, Central Punjab and Sindh recorded victories in the first round of the Cricket Associations Challenge that began on Friday at three cities of Punjab.

At Rana Naved Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura, Sindh’s Saim Ayub century led his side to a seven-wicket win over Southern Punjab. After being put into bat, Southern Punjab were dismissed for 199 in the 43rd over. Opening batter Mukhtar Ahmed top-scored with a 76-ball 40, hitting four fours. Sharoon Siraj and Umar Khan scored 36 runs each.

For Sindh, Asif Mehmood and Danish Aziz picked three wickets apiece.

In reply, Sindh chased down the target in the 28th over for the loss of three wickets. Saim’s 100 came off 79 balls, which included 13 fours and two sixes. Mohammad Taha returned undefeated on a 61-ball 65, which included nine fours. The pair added 139 runs for the second wicket.

Southern Punjab’s Mohammad Umair bagged two wickets for 32.

At Saeed Ajmal Academy in Faisalabad, Balochistan beat Northern by 22 runs. After being put into bat, Balochistan scored 252 for nine in 45 overs. Captain Ali Waqas top-scored with a 85-ball 73, smashing six fours and two sixes. He knitted 108 runs for the second wicket with Aqib Junaid (32, 63b, three fours). Zainullah struck three sixes during his knock of 39 from 30 balls faced.

Northern’s Salman Irshad took two wickets for 55.

In reply, Zaid Alam’s hundred went in vain as Northern were bowled out for 230 in the 45th over. Opening batter Zaid top-scored with a 108-ball 109, hitting eight fours and six sixes. Taimoor Sultan contributed 39 off 33, hitting six fours and one six.

For Balochistan, Saleem Mal grabbed four wickets for 37, while Mohammad Ibrahim Snr and Mohammad Shahid picked two wickets apiece.

Half-centuries from Abdul Samad and Rizwan Hussain guided Central Punjab to a 75-run win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at LCCA Ground in Lahore. Central Punjab scored 290 for seven after being put into bat. Rizwan top-scored with 90-ball 87, laced with five fours and two sixes. Opening batter Samad contributed a quick-fire 55 off 49 balls, which included six fours and one six. Samad’s opening partner Gauhar Hafeez scored 44 off 54, laced with four fours and one six. The opening pair added 92 runs.

For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aamer Azmat picked three wickets for 30 from six overs, while Mohammad Sarwar Afridi bagged two wickets for 53.

In reply, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were dismissed for 215 in the 4oth over. Fazal-ur-Rehman top-scored with 70 off 79 balls, hitting seven fours and three sixes. Aamer, while batting, scored 43-ball 47, hitting one four and four sixes.

For Central Punjab, Fahad Munir, Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Faizan and Sohaibullah picked two wickets each.

Scores in brief:

Balochistan beat Northern by 22 runs at Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad

Balochistan 252-9, 45 overs (Ali Waqas 73, Zainullah 39, Aqib Junaid 32; Salman Irshad 2-55)

Northern 230 all out, 44.3 overs (Zaid Alam 109, Taimoor Sultan 39; Saleem Mal 4-37, Mohammad Shahid 2-31, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 2-55)

Sindh beat Southern Punjab by seven wickets at Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura

Southern Punjab 199 all out, 42.1 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 40, Sharoon Siraj 36, Umar Khan 36, Moinuddin 32; Danish Aziz 3-28, Asif Mehmood 3-45)

Sindh 200-3, 27.4 overs (Saim Ayub 100, Mohammad Taha 65 not out; Mohammad Umair 2-32)

Central Punjab beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 75 runs at LCCA Ground, Lahore

Central Punjab 290-7, 45 overs (Rizwan Hussain 87, Abdul Samad 55, Gohar Hafeez 44, Kamran Afzal 34 not out, Mohammad Irfan Khan 30; Aamer Azmat 3-30, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 2-53)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 215 all out, 39.1 overs (Fazal-ur-Rehman 70, Aamir Azmat 47, Atizaz Habib 34 not out, Zohaib Khan 31; Fahad Munir 2-20, Kamran Afzal 2-33, Mohammad Faizan 2-36, Sohaibullah 2-38)

 

[MenInG]

Karachi, 28 November 2021: Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa registered contrasting wins on day-four of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2021-22 sixth-round matches in Karachi. Central Punjab thumped Southern Punjab by an innings and 56 runs while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won a closely fought encounter against Northern by four wickets.

Central Punjab recorded their first win of the ongoing season as they defeated the table-toppers heading into the sixth-round Southern Punjab by a massive margin at the State Bank of Pakistan Stadium Karachi. The match was live streamed on PCB’s YouTube channel.

Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 105 for five, Southern Punjab were dismissed for 175 in 47.3 overs. Yousuf Babar who was unbeaten on 30 when play began fell for 47.

All-rounder Aamer Yamin who took a five-wicket haul in Central Punjab’s lone innings hammered a quickfire 32 off 16 balls (four fours, one six) but failed to take his side past an innings defeat.

Pacer Bilawal Iqbal took five wickets for 23 runs, the 10th five-fer of his first-class career, Mohammad Ali and Nasir Ahmed took three and two wickets each as the pace bowlers dominated the proceedings.

Central Punjab collected 26 points while Southern Punjab had to be content with four.

Over at the National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chased down 223 runs in the final hour of play against Northern to also record their first win of the season. Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 240 for six, Northern were bowled out for 256, setting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a 223-run chase.

Northern batters could only add 16 runs on the fourth morning, left-arm-spinner Asif Afridi took three wickets while pacers Irfanullah Shah, Arshad Iqbal and Sameen Gul two wickets each for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

After a 60-run first-wicket stand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crashed to 149 for five as Northern fought back. Nabi Gul (34 not out, 69 balls, four fours) and captain Khalid Usman (16 not out, 16 balls, three fours) took the team past the target. Ashfaq Ahmed top-scored with 45 (75 balls, two fours), opener Musadiq Ahmed scored 35 off 36 balls (six fours).

Zaid Alam and Raza Hassan took two wickets each for Northern.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa collected 23 points while Northern tallied six points from the match.

Scores in brief:

Central Punjab beat Southern Punjab by an innings and 56 runs –State Bank of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi

Southern Punjab 228 all out, 77 overs (Umar Siddiq 85, Salman Ali Agha 61, Waqas Maqsood 4-52, Muhammad Ali 4-57) and 175 all out, 47.3 overs (Yousuf Babar 47, Aamer Yamin 32; Bilawal Iqbal 5-23, Mohammad Ali 3-40, Nisar Ahmed 2-49)

Central Punjab 459 all out, 116.4 overs (Rizwan Hussain 253, Muhammad Saad 61, Nisar Ahmed 54; Aamer Yamin 5-122, Muhammad Imran 2-74)

Match points: Central Punjab - 26, Southern Punjab - four.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Northern by four wickets – National Bank of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi

Northern 250 all out, 83.4 overs (Mubasir Khan 96, Muhammad Huraira 70; Arshad Iqbal 2-38, Sameen Gul 2-41) and 256 all out, 78.2 overs (Umar Amin 110, Mubasir Khan 52; Asif Afridi 3-60, Irfanullah Shah 2-33, Arshad Iqbal 2-49)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 284 all out, 93.4 overs (Adil Amin 128 not out, Asif Afridi 62; Kashif Ali 5-45, Zaid Alam 3-34) and 225 for 6, 60.5 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 45, Musadiq Ahmed 35, Nabi Gul 34 not out; Zaid Alam 2-29, Raza Hasan 2-62)

Match points: Northern - six, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - 23.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

It’s weird not seeing Saim Ayub in later stages of the associate tournament. Don’t know what happened there.

 

[ChTab]

Pakistan Domestic Season 2021/2022

I was looking at the schedule of the domestic season & I was surprised to see that after the final of the QEA trophy which ends on 29th December, there won't be any other domestic tournament until the Pakistan Cup which starts on 25th Feb.

Pakistan NT is not busy at all during this time. It would have been better if PCB would have arranged 2 or 3 FC games with the top performers of the QEA trophy along with the shaheen players vs the National Team.

Pakistan XI:
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam(c)
5. Fawad Alam
6. M Rizwan(wk)
7. Faheem Ashraf
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan
11. Shaheen Shah

Shaheens XI:

1. M Huraira
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Haider Ali
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Ifthikhar Ahmed (c)
7. No Idea (wk)
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Sameen Gul or any spinner
10. Haris Rauf
11. Naseem Shah

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

There's going to be PSL between this gap. The international all-format players are on a break which is a good thing for them.

 

[shamaan]

Shaheen XI

7. Rohail Nazir.

 

[Shariq7]

I was looking at the schedule of the domestic season & I was surprised to see that after the final of the QEA trophy which ends on 29th December, there won't be any other domestic tournament until the Pakistan Cup which starts on 25th Feb.

Pakistan NT is not busy at all during this time. It would have been better if PCB would have arranged 2 or 3 FC games with the top performers of the QEA trophy along with the shaheen players vs the National Team.

Pakistan XI:
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam(c)
5. Fawad Alam
6. M Rizwan(wk)
7. Faheem Ashraf
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan
11. Shaheen Shah

Shaheens XI:

1. M Huraira
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Haider Ali
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Ifthikhar Ahmed (c)
7. No Idea (wk)
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Sameen Gul or any spinner
10. Haris Rauf
11. Naseem Shah

This is an excellent idea. Maybe a 3-match series can be held every year after the conclusion of the QA trophy final. The PCB could give these matches FC status and should be able to market these matches as AllStar Finals or some such along the lines of MLB or NBA etc.

 

[ChTab]

There's going to be PSL between this gap. The international all-format players are on a break which is a good thing for them.

Even the PSL is one month away, they could have easily arranged 2 or 3 four day games at one stadium.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I was looking at the schedule of the domestic season & I was surprised to see that after the final of the QEA trophy which ends on 29th December, there won't be any other domestic tournament until the Pakistan Cup which starts on 25th Feb.

Pakistan NT is not busy at all during this time. It would have been better if PCB would have arranged 2 or 3 FC games with the top performers of the QEA trophy along with the shaheen players vs the National Team.

Pakistan XI:
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam(c)
5. Fawad Alam
6. M Rizwan(wk)
7. Faheem Ashraf
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan
11. Shaheen Shah

Shaheens XI:

1. M Huraira
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Haider Ali
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Ifthikhar Ahmed (c)
7. No Idea (wk)
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Sameen Gul or any spinner
10. Haris Rauf
11. Naseem Shah

Although a great idea i would say let them rest, but maybe we can have a month long camp prior to the Australia home series in March.

 

[Nasty Naz]

I was looking at the schedule of the domestic season & I was surprised to see that after the final of the QEA trophy which ends on 29th December, there won't be any other domestic tournament until the Pakistan Cup which starts on 25th Feb.

Pakistan NT is not busy at all during this time. It would have been better if PCB would have arranged 2 or 3 FC games with the top performers of the QEA trophy along with the shaheen players vs the National Team.

Pakistan XI:
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Azhar Ali
4. Babar Azam(c)
5. Fawad Alam
6. M Rizwan(wk)
7. Faheem Ashraf
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Sajid Khan
11. Shaheen Shah

Shaheens XI:

1. M Huraira
2. Sahibzada Farhan
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Haider Ali
5. Kamran Ghulam
6. Ifthikhar Ahmed (c)
7. No Idea (wk)
8. M Nawaz/ Shahdab Khan
9. Sameen Gul or any spinner
10. Haris Rauf
11. Naseem Shah

The players need some rest, especially the first choice players who always play non stop without rest. PSL is going to start within a month and basically right after that, a long tour with Australia is set to begin.

It's a nice idea but the rest is more important at this point and I want them to be fully rested to hopefully annihilate Australia. It's sickening watching Australia trash Pakistan around all the time like a total minnow. However, I will say if they rested Babar/Rizwan/Shaheen/Hasan and picked additional fill-ins with those guys, it could still work and be pretty fun to watch. Those guys have simply played way too much. Rizwan has played a lot too and wicketkeeping takes a toll. I don't want to see him burnout.

I believe Rauf & Shadab are in BBL as well so they would be excluded as well.

After the Australia tour, they'll have some more rest before a long and jam packed season kicks off with very important England/NZ tours along with Asia Cup + WC.

 

[ChTab]

The players need some rest, especially the first choice players who always play non stop without rest. PSL is going to start within a month and basically right after that, a long tour with Australia is set to begin.

Yes, all-format players need some rest & PCB should have been more sensible & dropped all-format players in meaningless T20's vs Ban & WI. PSL is a month away & frankly, it's a very mediocre tournament & all these stupid leagues are just another type of vacation so there's no need for a whole month off before the start of the league.

It's a nice idea but the rest is more important at this point and I want them to be fully rested to hopefully annihilate Australia. It's sickening watching Australia trash Pakistan around all the time like a total minnow. However, I will say if they rested Babar/Rizwan/Shaheen/Hasan and picked additional fill-ins with those guys, it could still work and be pretty fun to watch. Those guys have simply played way too much. Rizwan has played a lot too and wicketkeeping takes a toll. I don't want to see him burnout.

I really want Australia to visit Pakistan but it's extremely unlikely that they will send their team to Pakistan, even if by some miracle they decide to send their team it will be a "D" team & Pakistan on home turf will likely thrash them. Frankly, I don't see this series happening as Aus will refuse to tour Pakistan & Pakistan doesn't have any backup plan ready in case Aus really decided to pull out of the tour.

I believe Rauf & Shadab are in BBL as well so they would be excluded as well.

If PCB had decided to use this month then these players would have been available.

 

[MenInG]

Although Covid-19 pandemic continued to affect sport events around the globe, the Pakistan Cricket Board successfully delivered 267 matches in 10 tournaments in the 2021 calendar year. These include Pakistan Cup 2021, HBL PSL 6, Cricket Associations T20, National T20, Cricket Associations Championship, National U19 Championship, National U19 Cup, Cricket Associations Challenge, Pakistan Women’s Cup and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had a stellar calendar year when they swept the Pakistan Cup, National T20 and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy titles. Sindh dominated the Cricket Association tournaments by winning the 50-over, T20 and three-day tournaments, while Southern Punjab U19 Whites and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues shared the pathway event titles.

Multan Sultans lifted the glittering HBL Pakistan Super League trophy in Abu Dhabi, whereas PCB Challengers retained the PCB Pakistan Women’s Cup crown.

At the start of the year in January, the 33-match Pakistan Cup was held across three Karachi venues. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lifted the trophy with a seven-wicket win over Central Punjab at the State Bank Stadium. Central Punjab’s Tayyab Tahir was the top run-getter, scoring 666 from 12 matches at 60.55. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Asif Afridi topped the bowling charts with 25 scalps from 12 outings in the tournament.

PCB marquee event, the HBL Pakistan Super League, commenced in Karachi but was postponed after 14 matches before the remaining 20 matches were held in Abu Dhabi. Multan Sultans, led by Mohammad Rizwan, won their maiden title, beating Peshawar Zalmi by 47 runs.

Pakistan’s all-format captain and Karachi Kings’ linchpin Babar Azam topped the batting charts, scoring 554 runs from 11 matches at 69.25. Young sensation right-arm fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani representing Multan Sultans took 20 wickets from 11 matches.

Quetta’s Bugti Stadium hosted the 15-match Cricket Associations T20 tournament from 15 September to 22 September. Sindh, with four wins in five matches, won the competition.

Right-handed batter Aamer Azmat representing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa scored 242 runs from four matches and remained the top run-getter in the tournament. The 20-year old Zaman Khan from Northern topped the bowling charts, taking nine wickets from three matches.

The National T20 was held in Rawalpindi and Lahore from 23 September to 13 October. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Central Punjab by seven wickets at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to lift the trophy.

The right-handed batter Sahibzada Farhan representing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the top run-getter, scoring 447 from 12 matches at 40.64. In the bowling charts, Imran Khan Snr from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa topped the table with 16 wickets from 12 matches.

Cricket Associations Championship (three-day event) was held across different venues of Punjab from 29 September to 14 November. The 30-match tournament was won by Sindh after topping the points table with 34 points.

Balochistan’s right-handed batter Muhammad Azeem Ghumman topped the batting charts, scoring 890 runs from 10 matches. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Zohaib Khan took 30 wickets from nine matches, registering two five-wicket hauls in an innings.

The 15-match Cricket Associations Challenge was held in three Punjab cities and was won by Sindh. In the batting department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Aamer Azmat was the top run-getter with 335 runs from five matches at 67. In the bowling department, Central Punjab’s Mohammad Irfan Jnr took nine wickets from five outings and remained top wicket-taker in the tournament.

In pathway cricket, 12-team National U19 Championship (three-day event) was held from 10 October to 19 November in different parts of the country. The four-day final, which was staged at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, was won by Southern Punjab U19 Whites, who defeated Central Punjab U19 Blues by two wickets.

Southern Punjab Whites’ Mohammad Shehzad topped the batting charts, scoring 829 from six matches at 92.11. Right-arm off-spinner Arham Nawab representing Central Punjab U19 Blues grabbed 30 wickets from six matches.

The National U19 Cup was held from 14 October to 14 November at different parts of the country. The final was staged at the Pindi Cricket Stadium and was won by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues who defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites by 43 runs.

Central Punjab U19 Whites’ Azan Awais remained top run-getter, scoring 313 from five matches at 78.25. Sindh U19 Blues’ Khawaja Mohammad Hafeez bagged 16 wickets from five outings in the tournament, with one five-wicket haul in an innings.

The Pakistan Women’s Cup was staged from 9 September to 21 September in Karachi. The day-night final was won by PCB Challengers who defeated PCB Blasters by 68 runs at the National Stadium in Karachi.

Aliya Riaz representing PCB Dynamites scored 364 from seven matches at 60.67. The right-arm off-spinner Nida Dar from PCB Blasters topped the bowling charts, taking 14 wickets from seven outings.

The 31-match Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2021-22 was hosted in different parts of the country from 20 October to 29 December. The pink-ball final, held at the National Stadium in Karachi, was won by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who defeated Northern by 169 runs.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s captain Iftikhar Ahmed for his all-round performance (102 and 25, two wickets) was declared the player of the match. In the batting charts, Northern’s Mohammad Huraira was the top run-getter, scoring 986 from 11 matches at 58. In the bowling charts, Southern Punjab’s left-arm spinner Ali Usman picked 43 wickets from nine matches, registering two five-wicket hauls in an innings.

 

[MenInG]

Good work PCB.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Wonder when the new season will start.

 

[MenInG]

Three-day-long domestic cricket season 2021-22 review concluded on Wednesday with a day-long seminar involving the 24 head and assistant coaches of the six Cricket Association sides, Pakistan men’s national team’s head, batting and assistant coach and national selector Muhammad Wasim.

High Performance Director Nadeem Khan spoke to the participants in the first-half of the seminar and made a presentation on players tracking system.

The player tracking system has been in use for the last two seasons and is aimed to evaluate a player’s performance in an analytical manner with allocation of points.

Nadeem’s interactive presentation was followed by an extensive evaluation and review session which was conducted by the head coach of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team Saqlain Mushtaq. Chief selector Muhammad Wasim also spoke to the participants about the goals and objectives of domestic cricket and how the selection and playing strategies need to be in sync with the Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s needs and requirements.

On Monday and Tuesday, the 24 coaches were individually interviewed by a three-member committee that comprised Shahid Mahboob (Head Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre Karachi) and NHPC coaches Umar Rasheed and Sajjad Akbar.

Director High Performance Nadeem Khan: “We have been making extensive reviews at the end of the domestic cricket season in the last two years. This year’s review seminar was once again focused on a comprehensive debrief of the season in the presence of all 24 head and assistant coaches, Pakistan men’s team’s head, assistant and batting coach and the chief selector.

“We carefully reviewed the player profiling process that we introduced to the system two years ago. Player profiling helps us in determining a player’s performance, progress and shortcomings. Each player’s profile is built from the age-group level, the coach speaks to the players and agrees with them on what all is expected of them both on and off the field and how they can progress in their cricket careers.

“Over the last two years, we have succeeded in developing a robust players profiling system that has helped us immensely in tracking players in all aspects of their development. At the seminar, we discussed on the ways and means of further improving the system and how it can serve us well in the forthcoming domestic and international cricket season. I am pleased that we also had the men’s team’s coaches and chief selector present as the aim of domestic cricket is to work closely and in alignment with the aims, objectives, targets and goals of Pakistan’s national men’s cricket team.”

Saqlain Mushtaq, Pakistan men’s national cricket team head coach: “This was a very fruitful and rewarding session for us as we all reiterated our aim of taking Pakistan cricket to the top in all three formats. We identified areas of improvement, discussed the method and brand of cricket we want to play at the domestic and international level and how we needed all stakeholders to be aligned to our ultimate goal.

“Our collective aim is to make Pakistan dominate at the international level and to achieve this we have identified a set of benchmarks. Through constant reminder, aggressive style of play and strategy we can surely achieve anything and everything and I am pleased that the coaches at the domestic level as well as our relevant stakeholders are focused and determined and want to produce players that become world beaters.”

Muhammad Wasim, Pakistan men’s chief selector: “Domestic cricket around the world is run in lines of the requirements at the international level to ensure that the gap between the two is as minimum as possible. In the last two years, we have delivered hugely competitive cricket seasons which have helped in improving both the pool of players as well as performance of the national side. We have been able to develop a quality-based domestic system with the reduced number of players which have helped narrow the gap between domestic and international cricket.

“Each year we have made robust reviews and have aimed to identify areas of improvement collectively so that all of us remain aligned. These reviews are extremely helpful in not only reviewing a cricket season but also in planning for the next cricket season and setting new targets and objectives for the coaches.”

Abdul Rehman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa head coach: “This assessment process helps the coaches review their own performances and evaluate where they stand in terms of the delivery of their goals and objectives while preparing for the season ahead. These workshops and seminars are held in a cordial atmosphere where all participants provide their feedback in a candid manner.

“This year too we have had detailed discussions which were aimed to identify areas of improvement and alignment of our collective goals and objectives. As we now start our preparations for the next domestic season, this review will help us figure out our plans, short and long term objectives with the ultimate aim of making a healthy and significant contribution to the further improvement of Pakistan cricket.

 

[daytrader]

U19 City Cricket Association tournament schedule announced

• Tournament provides opportunities to teenagers to impress selectors and coaches ahead of the inaugural Pakistan Junior League

Lahore, 2 May 2022:

Ninety-three sides will be in action across the country in the U19 City Cricket Association Tournament 2022-23 from 21 May to 4 June. The 50-over tournament has been designed to provide young players with an opportunity to not only impress the selectors for the upcoming PCB U19 three-day and one-day tournaments, but it will provide them a chance to feature in the inaugural Pakistan Junior League which is all set to take place in Lahore from 1 to 15 October.

According to the event format, each City Cricket Association, depending on the number of cities in that association, will be split into groups with each Cricket Association to ultimately have a champion.

Balochistan comprise 13 City Cricket Associations, Central Punjab 16, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 19, Northern 11, Sindh 17 and Southern Punjab 14. However, and as per past practice, the three Lahore Zones will have two sides each, which takes the grand total of sides participating in the tournament to 93.

Balochistan, Northern and Southern Punjab CCAs have been split into three groups each. The three table toppers will compete in a triangular series and the side with most points will be adjudged winner.

Teams in Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh will be divided into four groups each. Each Cricket Associations’ group leaders will play knockout rounds to determine a champion side.

The tournament will be covered digitally and with the live scores available on CricHQ.

The squads of all the 93 sides will be announced in due course.