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Lahore Qalandars, Pakistan Super League’s most avidly followed franchise, and Jazz, telecom giant, have announced the 2nd Edition of The Jazz Rising Stars initiative across Punjab, this time adding in AJK. Jazz Rising Stars got a massive response in its inaugural year, garnering over 113,000 aspiring cricketers from across Punjab, with the aim to make this year even bigger.

This project has been initiated to further the development of grass roots cricket in the country by providing youth a platform to further hone and showcase their skills. Lahore Qalandars and Jazz wish to transform the local cricketing landscape in the coming months through this development program. In the 2nd Edition of Jazz Rising Stars, the horizon expands as Qalandars in addition to Punjab also aim to capture the untapped Azad Jammu & Kashmir by conducting the talent hunt in Kashmir as well as the Punjab.

Shahbaz Maqsood, Director Marketing Jazz said: “Jazz Rising Stars, the award winning movement that changed the lives of many and showcased our grass-root cricketing talent to the world, is back with its Season 2. Despite the blistering summer heat, Jazz Rising Stars Season 1 superseded its expected footfall of 40,000 to a record breaking 111,300 registered participants, making it the largest cricket talent hunt of the world. It discovered unique talent like ambidextrous fast bowler Yasir Jan, launched the careers of aspiring cricketers, Usman Qadir, Saif Badar, Mohammad Irfan and Ghulam Mudassar, won prestigious awards and brought international acclaim to Pakistan. I feel proud that Jazz and Lahore Qalandars took the initiative last year and I'm excited about an even bigger Season 2.”

Atif Rana, CEO Lahore Qalandars, explained: 'The aspiring cricketers will not have to seek nationalities of developed cricketing nations for opportunities. All they have to do is to come to Qalandars and we will give them chances at competitive level,'

Chairman of the Lahore Qalandars, Mr. Fawad Rana, recognizing Jazz’s contribution along with his own management team’s, went on to say, “We are a nation with a unique and proud heritage. We have a relentless, fearless zest for life and an abundance of talented youth. Qalandars along with our partners, the PCB, Jazz, and media partners, have created this platform for this youth to make its mark – to excel and showcase their talents across Pakistan and to the rest of the world through this PDP and Sydney tour. Our beloved Kashmir has been added to the PDP for the very reason this very reason – you are our family and a part of us. This is your opportunity and platform as much as anyone else’s.”

Director of Cricket Operations Aqib Javed added: “The tremendous talent we discovered last year has been the biggest pay-off for me and our Qalandars team. I am sure the interest has only multiplied this time around, with a proven track record of transparency and fulfilling promises. This time too I hope to find the rarest gems our nation has to offer and help them explore their highest potential.

The Jazz Rising Stars can be divided in to three stages and targets seven major cities of Punjab, namely, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Layyah, Bahawalpur and Azad Jammu & Kashmir’s Mirpur and Muzaffarabad.

During the first stage, a talent hunt will be conducted in each of the cities. At the end of the two day trial, 16 players will be shortlisted from each city. In the second stage, a tournament will take place, where the city-wise teams made up of the 16 shortlisted players will go head to head for the Jazz Rising Stars Trophy in Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium and concluding at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. 15 best players will visit Sydney for a tri series vs Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixer. Four of the best performing players at the tournament’s conclusion will be given the opportunity to join the official Lahore Qalandars squad for PSL 2018.

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I believe, it's T20 tournament. I understand LQ is a T20 franchise, but ideally this tournament should have been 2 innings matches, at least 50 overs match. Tough to identify emerging talent with 4 overs bowling, batsmen as well.
 
Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir – 27th August, 2017: Lahore Qalandars, Pakistan Super League’s most avidly followed franchise, and Jazz, telecom giant, announced the 2nd Edition of The Jazz Rising Stars initiative across Punjab, this time adding in AJK on 19th August. Jazz Rising Stars got a massive response in its inaugural year, garnering over 113,000 aspiring cricketers from across Punjab, with the aim to make this year even bigger. The horizon expands as Qalandars in addition to Punjab also aim to capture the untapped Azad Jammu & Kashmir by conducting the talent hunt in Kashmir as well as the Punjab.

27th August 2017, an historic first day of Jazz Rising Stars in the untapped area of Azad Jammu & Kashmir as for the first time ever in Kashmir, something of this magnitude is happening. Quaid-E-Azam Stadium in Mirpur, Kashmir looks a revived and a breathing-again stadium with thousands of individuals showing up at a stadium covered in colorful branding with 20+ coaches ready to extract the best talent of Kashmir. It is perhaps a momentous day in the history of Azad Jammu & Kashmir because the unearthed and unnoticed talent of Kashmir is finally going to be given a platform to follow their dreams.

Mirpur was one of the most heavily registered areas and the outpouring of emotions in the attendance has been overwhelming. The arrangements are perfect in the sense that the security is very tight making the environment safe for everyone while the coaches have been assigned different sectors to cover and the management team is extremely active in assisting, helping and supporting all the functions.

After the 2-day trials in Mirpur, the next talent-hunt location will be Muzaffarabad on the 30th and 31st of August before Eid-break followed by Rawalpindi on the 4th and 5th of September.
 
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Good initiative which, if done properly, can only benefit Pakistan cricket. Good to see most of the PSL franchises investing in grassroots.
 
Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir – 29th August, 2017: Lahore Qalandars, Pakistan Super League’s most avidly followed franchise, and Jazz, telecom giant, announced the 2nd Edition of The Jazz Rising Stars initiative across Punjab, this time adding in AJK with the announcement on 19th August.

The first stop of Jazz Rising Stars was Mirpur, Azad Kashmir where trials were conducted on the 27th and 28th August. Being one of the most heavily registered areas and majority of registrations showing up over a span of 2 days to test their mettle; 26 professional coaches took trials of the individuals and shortlisted 400 players on the first day. The second day, 28th August began with more players turning up for the talent hunt and the list of players selected players got shortened to 100 players and in the final stages of the talent hunt, 45 players were shortlisted and finally, to the joy of the young talent, 20 players were selected from those 45 who will be travelling to Muzaffarabad to participate in the final stage of Kashmir’s selection.

After the 2-day trials in Mirpur, the Coaches plus management have arrived in Muzaffarabad where the talent-hunt in Kashmir is expected to continue on 30th and 31st of August to enthrall and attract aspiring cricketers from Muzaffarabad and linked regions in the beautiful Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium before Eid-break followed by Rawalpindi on the 4th and 5th of September.
 
Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir – 31st August, 2017: Last year, Lahore Qalandars and Jazz launched this program to provide a never-before given platform to the youth of Pakistan. Lahore Qalandars conducted open Cricket trials in 8 Cities from the province of Punjab to extract talent from every street and every corner of the area with absolutely no restriction or bar. 15 selected players got the opportunity to play in Australia in a tri-series against Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers and 4 players were chosen for the Lahore Qalandars’ PSL 2017 squad. This year, Jazz and Lahore Qalandars have once again collaborated to bring the 2nd Edition of Jazz Rising Stars not just in Punjab but also in Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
The first stop of Jazz Rising Stars was Mirpur, Azad Kashmir where over 15,000 participants tried their luck in the talent-hunt program. Amongst these 20 players were picked and were taken to Muzaffarabad for the 2nd phase of Kashmir trials for the final selection. Additionally, thousands of participants came to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Haider Khan in Muzaffarabad said:

“Cricket is like a National game in Pakistan, about 80,000 registrations came from Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and knowing these children will get the opportunity to play in Australia and other International countries; I can only thank Lahore Qalandars for this opportunity and for bringing Azad Jammu & Kashmir to mainstream and introduce us to the world”

Tremendous talent was unearthed from the untapped area of Kashmir and the response was overwhelming. In Muzaffarabad, over 19,000 participants showed up for the trials. From the final participants, 60 were shortlisted including the 20 from Mirpur, and from these 60, the final 16 were selected before Jazz Rising Stars wrapped up for Eid-break. The next stop of Jazz Rising Stars will be Rawalpindi on 4th and 5th of September.

List of selected players from Azad Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Sohail Akhter
2. Malik Aswad
3. Ahmed Abbasi
4. M. Irfan
5. M. Mubashir
6. Hassan Raza
7. M. Yasir
8. Owais Butt
9. Salman Arshad
10. Fahad
11. Shadab
12. Usama
13. M. Bilal
14. Danyal
15. Shayan
16. Tayyab
17. Ayyan
 
Good to see Hasan Raza finally get the opportunity to showcase his batting skills; if he is indeed the same one that represented Pak U-19 in 2014.
 
Rawalpindi – 5th September, 2017: Lahore Qalandars and Jazz have once again collaborated to bring the 2nd Edition of Jazz Rising Stars in Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Following a brilliant turnout in Kashmir, Qalandars moved to Rawalpindi on 4th and 5th September after Eid-break.

The first day in Rawalpindi was a terrific experience and the turnout was massive as Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium experienced an even bigger number than the thousands witnessed in Kashmir on the previous days. Pakistan Cricket team and Lahore Qalandars star, Yasir Shah also visited the trials extending his support to the Jazz Rising Stars initiative, and saw over the young-talent showcasing their skills. Having the wonderful and motivating personality of Yasir on the field, talking to young players individually, giving them tips, tricks and his cheerful presence only motivated the participants even more who upped their work ethic during the trials to make a bigger impression.

The response in Rawalpindi was overwhelming as great talent was unearthed in this city despite beginning on a holiday. The selection process remained the same, as participants were shortlisted on the first day, and carried forward to the second-day where the players were further trimmed until finally, the best squad was selected to represent the Rawalpindi Rising Stars team. The next stop for Qalandars would be Sargodha on 7th and 8th September.
 
Sargodha – 8th September, 2017: The 2nd Edition of Jazz Rising Stars kicked off with a terrific response having conducted the brilliant talent hunt in Mirpur, Muzaffarabad & Rawalpindi, Qalandars now moved towards the traditional city of Sargodha in Punjab.

Despite the hot & humid weather, participants turned out in full flow showcasing their energetic personalities. The turn-out was huge as 13,500 players participated in the beautiful Sargodha Cricket Stadium. The motivation and drive of participants was such that one of the individuals came to Sargodha all the way from England to participate in Jazz Rising Stars Trial phase. The stadium was equally crowded inside and outside the stadium as massive numbers waited outside for their opportunity to showcase their skill in front of the panel of coaches led by Director Cricket Operations, Aqib Javed.

Sargodha’s response was extremely encouraging during the two days despite the difficult weather and the same selection process was observed by the participants as thousands was cut down to hundreds on day one and shortlisted further on day two leading up to the final squad selection. The next stop for Qalandars would be the city of Layyah on the 10th and 11th of September.

List of Selected players from Sargodha:
1. Nisar Afridi - Left Hand Batsman
2. Malik Bilal – Right Hand Batsman
3. Mustafa Abbas – Right Hand Batsman
4. M. Asim – Right Hand Batsman
5. Mohsin Nadeem – Left Hand Batsman
6. M. Taimoor – Right Hand Batsman
7. Ateeq Ur Rehman – Right Hand Batsman
8. Khurram – Right Arm Fast Bowler
9. Mamooon-ur-Riaz – Right Arm Fast Bowler
10. Zakir Ullah – Right Arm Fast Bowler
11. M. Shahzair – Right Arm Fast Bowler
12. Rana Kashif – Left Arm Spin Bowler
13. Raja Farhan – Right Arm Spin Bowler
14. S. Azan – Right Arm Spin Bowler
15. Rana Shahzaib – Wicket Keeper
16. Ameer Hamza – Right Arm Fast Bowler
 
Layyah– 11th September, 2017: Second edition of Jazz Rising Stars continues to draw massive participation numbers as a result of Lahore Qalandars & Jazz conducting the unique talent hunt in Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi & Sargodha. The latest location for Qalandars was the cultural city of Layyah.
After a clear first day of trials, heavy rain was witnessed during the night but as soon as the pitches dried out with the late start, the trials resumed on the second day. The response from Layyah was overwhelming as around 7,500 participants turned out to show skill, potential and talent. The talent from Layyah was outstanding as two local Layyah boys were observed bowling at a speed of 130+. Layyah was an untapped area but showcased some extremely talented and skilled players under the watchful eyes of Aqib Javed and professional coaches.

The Jazz Rising Stars team is now headed to their 6th stop at Bahawalpur on 13th and 14th September to continue the hunt for the best talent in the country.

List of Selected players from Layyah:
1. Mirwas Khan – Right Hand Batsman
2. Aqib Javaid – Left Hand Batsman
3. Mudasir Nagi – Left Hand Batsman
4. Skanar Khan – Right Hand Batsman
5. M. Usman – Right Hand Batsman
6. M. Nadeem – Right Hand Batsman
7. Ahmar Ishfaq – Right Hand Batsman
8. Ahmer Ejaz – Right Arm Spin Bowler
9. Kamran Afzal – Left Arm Spin Bowler
10. Haider Ali – Left Arm Spin Bowler
11. Waqar Hussain – Wicket Keeper
12. Kaleem Ullah – Right Arm Fast Bowler
13. Ghulam Rahman – Right Arm Fast Bowler
14. M. Usman Muneer– Right Arm Fast Bowler
15. Salman Saleem – Left Arm Fast Bowler
16. Afraseem – Right Arm Fast Bowler

Reserve:
17. Ali Raza – Right Arm Fast Bowler
 
What is the use of these trials when they will continue to select a line up where Tanvir comes at 7?
 
mak36 said:
Are you talking about Sohail Tanvir? He is not even in the squad.
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I assume he means the Lahore Qalandars side.

Anyway, talent hunts like these are hardly going to result in a fully developed cricketer being discovered who is immediately added in the squad and starts producing results. It's an initiative that will bear fruit in the long-term.
 
Abdullah719 said:
I assume he means the Lahore Qalandars side.

Anyway, talent hunts like these are hardly going to result in a fully developed cricketer being discovered who is immediately added in the squad and starts producing results. It's an initiative that will bear fruit in the long-term.
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Oh yes, that would make sense.

Agree with the part in bold- it's about identifying raw talent. The chances will come in time. Although I must admit I was disappointed Saif wasn't give a game in the previous PSL. Hopefully he will play in the next edition.
 
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Bahawalpur– 14th September, 2017: Jazz and Lahore Qalandars have been extracting a strong response in the second edition of Jazz Rising Stars. The unique talent hunt has already been conducted in Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha & Layyah in the previous days. The Qalandars team moved onto the city of Bahawalpur.
Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur was all set on 13th and 14th September to witness a historic talent hunt enabled by the combination of Lahore Qalandars and Jazz. Having consistently been harboring great numbers in the previous cities, Bahawalpur added to the mass participation with a number of 10,435 players turning up to show their talent. The team of professional and experienced coaches led by Director Cricket Operations, Aqib Javed were impressed with the talent and skill on show in Bahawalpur as several players impressed and showed great promise in all cricketing areas.

Bahawalpur’s response was terrific at the end of two hard-working days for the management as they will now move onto their next stop in Lahore where the trials will be conducted in the infamous Gaddafi Stadium on 16th and 17th of September.

List of Selected players from Bahawalpur:
1. Rafay Ahmed - Right Hand Batsman
2. Sharoon Siraj – Right Hand Batsman
3. M. Aimr Mir – Right Hand Batsman
4. Shafqat Ali – Right Hand Batsman
5. M. Ilyas – Left Hand Batsman
6. Shahrukh Ali – Right Hand Batsman
7. Adeel Khalid– Left Arm Spin Bowler
8. M. Arsalan – Right Arm Spin Bowler
9. Fahad Hussain – Left Arm Spin Bowler
10. Hamad-ud-din – Right Arm Fast Bowler
11. M. Zayab – Right Arm Fast Bowler
12. Ali Raza – Right Arm Fast Bowler
13. Ahmad Hassan – Left Arm Fast Bowler
14. Irfan Liaqat – Right Arm Fast Bowler
15. Jahanzaib – Wicket Keeper
16. Hafiz Ilyas – Right Hand Batsman
 
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Why is the Gadaffi stadium infamous?
 
I really hope we can find one 150kph+ bowler from all these camps

I always find such talent hunt camps as pointless but if we are gonna see a real speedster again its going to be from such camps
 
Rafay Ahmed is not a new name. He went to Australia with them last year. Are they just recycling old names?

Also, how is it none of the players they are selecting are seam bowling all-rounders?
 
Lahore– 17th September, 2017: The second season of Jazz Rising Stars by Lahore Qalandars & Jazz kicked off with terrific response across Azad Jammu & Kashmir along with Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Bahawalpur & Layyah as the Qalandars team now moved towards the home of Qalandars in Lahore.
Gaddafi Stadium, having witnessed a terrific Pakistan-WorldX1 match on the previous night continued to become the venue of massive happenings recently as Qalandars kicked off the Lahore trials on 16th of September. The unique talent hunt program had seen big numbers across the previous cities but the numbers in Lahore were inspiring as over 26,000 participants turned up in the beautiful Gaddafi Stadium across two days. The bigger motivation for the youngsters to showcase their talent was the fact that cricketers like Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Wahab Riaz and Umar Akmal turned up to observe the historical talent hunt program and endorsed the program showering praises for the initiative to provide a platform to the talented youth. The presence of these cricketing stars added to the work-ethic of the participants and provided them with motivation. Lahore does not have shortage of talent as extremely skilled young cricketers turned up on both days in abundance. Five young bowlers were verified to have bowled at over 85 miles per hour and seemed an exciting prospect in the upcoming tournament for the Lahore Rising Stars team.

The response from Lahore was unbelievable as Gaddafi Stadium was flooded with aspiring young cricketers across two days as Director Cricket Operations Aqib Javed headed the panel of professional coaches. The next stop of Qalandars is the city of Gujranwala on 19th and 20th September.

List of Selected players from Lahore:
1. Waqas Ali – Right Hand Batsman
2. M. Sudais – Left Hand Batsman
3. Gohar Hafeez- Left Hand Batsman
4. Junaid Ali- Right Hand Batsman
5. Hamza Nazar – Right Hand Batsman
6. Waqas Ali – Right Hand Batsman
7. M. Ishaq – Left Hand Batsman
8. Ameer Hamza – Wicket Keeper
9. M. Umer – Right Arm Fast Bowler
10. Ahmed Danial – Right Arm Fast Bowler
11. M. Salman – Left Arm Fast Bowler
12. M. Bilawal – Left Arm Fast Bowler
13. M. Adeel Khan – Right Arm Fast Bowler
14. Sheraz Afzal – Right Arm Spin
15. M. Ahmed – Left Arm Spin
16. Jahanzaib Javed – Left Arm Spin
Reserves:
17. Shahbaz Javed – Right Hand Batsman
18. Tariq Nawaz- Right Hand Batsman
 
Abdullah719 said:
Lahore– 17th September, 2017: The second season of Jazz Rising Stars by Lahore Qalandars & Jazz kicked off with terrific response across Azad Jammu & Kashmir along with Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Bahawalpur & Layyah as the Qalandars team now moved towards the home of Qalandars in Lahore.
Gaddafi Stadium, having witnessed a terrific Pakistan-WorldX1 match on the previous night continued to become the venue of massive happenings recently as Qalandars kicked off the Lahore trials on 16th of September. The unique talent hunt program had seen big numbers across the previous cities but the numbers in Lahore were inspiring as over 26,000 participants turned up in the beautiful Gaddafi Stadium across two days. The bigger motivation for the youngsters to showcase their talent was the fact that cricketers like Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Wahab Riaz and Umar Akmal turned up to observe the historical talent hunt program and endorsed the program showering praises for the initiative to provide a platform to the talented youth. The presence of these cricketing stars added to the work-ethic of the participants and provided them with motivation. Lahore does not have shortage of talent as extremely skilled young cricketers turned up on both days in abundance. Five young bowlers were verified to have bowled at over 85 miles per hour and seemed an exciting prospect in the upcoming tournament for the Lahore Rising Stars team.

The response from Lahore was unbelievable as Gaddafi Stadium was flooded with aspiring young cricketers across two days as Director Cricket Operations Aqib Javed headed the panel of professional coaches. The next stop of Qalandars is the city of Gujranwala on 19th and 20th September.

List of Selected players from Lahore:
1. Waqas Ali – Right Hand Batsman
2. M. Sudais – Left Hand Batsman
3. Gohar Hafeez- Left Hand Batsman
4. Junaid Ali- Right Hand Batsman
5. Hamza Nazar – Right Hand Batsman
6. Waqas Ali – Right Hand Batsman
7. M. Ishaq – Left Hand Batsman
8. Ameer Hamza – Wicket Keeper
9. M. Umer – Right Arm Fast Bowler
10. Ahmed Danial – Right Arm Fast Bowler
11. M. Salman – Left Arm Fast Bowler
12. M. Bilawal – Left Arm Fast Bowler
13. M. Adeel Khan – Right Arm Fast Bowler
14. Sheraz Afzal – Right Arm Spin
15. M. Ahmed – Left Arm Spin
16. Jahanzaib Javed – Left Arm Spin
Reserves:
17. Shahbaz Javed – Right Hand Batsman
18. Tariq Nawaz- Right Hand Batsman
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Do all-rounders simply not exist?
 
Chief Destroyer said:
Some of them will be allrounders just not listed as such. Camps are short so they don't really get to see their full capabilities.
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True, but given the national team needs some seam bowling all-rounders I hoped these talent hunts would have made this a priority. Perhaps I am expecting too much, though.
 
did any of the guys from last years camp play in this PSL 2017?
 
Not a fan of Lahore Qalandars in PSL as I support Quetta but they are doing a fantastic job going in cities and identifying talent. Heard its pretty merit based selection.

Aqib is an underrated guy.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
yep beautiful venue. Kashmiris needed this.
Also they went to Muzaffarabad and had trials.

Afaq Raheem is the last player from Kashmir who was international class. Lets see whose the next.
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List of selected players from Azad Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Sohail Akhter
2. Malik Aswad
3. Ahmed Abbasi
4. M. Irfan
5. M. Mubashir
6. Hassan Raza
7. M. Yasir
8. Owais Butt
9. Salman Arshad
10. Fahad
11. Shadab
12. Usama
13. M. Bilal
14. Danyal
15. Shayan
16. Tayyab
17. Ayyan

Hassan Raza, the batsman who played in the u19 WC, is in this list. Do you rate him?

Also according to Aqib, Salman Arshad is likely to make the PSL squad.
 
mak36 said:
List of selected players from Azad Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Sohail Akhter
2. Malik Aswad
3. Ahmed Abbasi
4. M. Irfan
5. M. Mubashir
6. Hassan Raza
7. M. Yasir
8. Owais Butt
9. Salman Arshad
10. Fahad
11. Shadab
12. Usama
13. M. Bilal
14. Danyal
15. Shayan
16. Tayyab
17. Ayyan

Hassan Raza, the batsman who played in the u19 WC, is in this list. Do you rate him?

Also according to Aqib, Salman Arshad is likely to make the PSL squad.
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Yar no idea about Hassan Raza. Haven't seen him bat.

From last year I like Saif, Rafay, Irfan, Ehtesham, Ghulam.

These 5 can play for Pakistan in future. Irfan can be our third test seamer (Ambrose like tall bowler which we need as a foil to Amir and Hasan) while Ehtesham i think is more suited to LOIs.
 
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Irfan already used to play domestic cricket before the PSl so he wasn't exactly a find as such
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There is no such discovery as most of the guys played domestic, club or regional/national u-19 in past. Atleast they are giving them a platform otherwise teams are filled with same old faces which we are seeing in t20 tournaments from last 5-10 years.
 
Haris Rauf has been recorded to have bowled at 92.3 mph.

He is from Gujranwala and is 22 years young. :danny
 
The most favorite franchise of Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars, is all set to revive Cricket in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. Not only that, LQ is bringing a complete package of “cricketainment” for the people of Azad Kashmir, offering them entertainment and opportunity to win surprise gifts on sidelines of action-packed Cricket matches.

After conclusion of trials at different cities by Lahore Qalandars in collaboration with Jazz for Jazz Rising Stars, the stage is set for the mega Jazz Rising Stars tournament between the teams of eight cities formed following open trials at different venues.
Trials were also conducted in Kashmir with an overwhelming response. Around 15,000 appeared at Mirpur and over 19,000 came in Muzaffarabad showing their eagerness to become a Qalandar.

For them, it was first of kind opportunity.

Similar trials were held at 7 other venues in Punjab as well which led to formation of 8 teams. The selected teams of 8 cities will be in action for Lahore Qalandars’ Jazz Rising Stars tournament, to be played in Muzaffarabad and Lahore.

The picturesque stadium in Muzaffarabad will host matches of group A.

During the tournament, Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium will become a hub of festivity in Kashmir. Qalandars invite people join the party and enjoy the beautiful game of cricket. Because, along with the cricket action, the Lahore Qalandars has more in bag to offer. The fans will have opportunity to win surprise gifts, which include – but not limited to - Motorbikes, Cars, PSL Tickets, Mobile phones, LQ jerseys, Helmets and many other prizes.

The Qalandars have also contributed towards upgradation of the Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium before the Jazz Rising Stars tournament. The unconditional support from Azad Jammu & Kashmir Government has been exemplary.

The aim behind bringing the Rising Stars talent hunt program to Kashmir was to provide equal opportunity to the players of Kashmir as they never got any such opportunity before. Lahore Qalandars’ vision to bring happiness to Kashmir is unrivalled.

‘’We want to provide happiness to the nation and Kashmir needed this initiative. The aim is to give people of Azad Jammu & Kashmir; something to smile about. And mission is not limited to select and elevate talent from this area but we will also bring festivity to Kashmir.” C.E.O Lahore Qalandars, Atif Rana said.

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Fantasy said:
Haris Rauf has been recorded to have bowled at 92.3 mph.

He is from Gujranwala and is 22 years young. :danny
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He played in that Islamabad United tournament under Raees' captaincy, apparently he's very athletic in the field as well.
 
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Faisalabad, 23rd September 2017: PSL’s beloved franchise Lahore Qalandars continued their astonishing talent-hunt program moving towards their final spot to the city of Faisalabad. The response throughout Jazz Rising Stars talent hunt phase was outstanding as massive numbers turned out but Faisalabad did not disappoint as over 22,400 participants turned up to give trials and make a case for their talent.

Director Cricket Operations Aqib Javed lead his panel of coaches at yet another extremely amassed crowd in Faisalabad working extremely hard to spot unique-talents which the Qalandars are well known for now.

“It has been a thrilling response from Faisalabad and our aim remains the same to create a platform and a path for all talented individuals and make dreams come true” said C.E.O Atif Rana

Lahore Qalandars sign off from the trials-phase with brilliant two days in Faisalabad as they now move onto the tournament phase which begins on 26th September in the beautiful Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium in Azad Jammu & Kashmir as something of this magnitude happens in AJK for the first time.

List of Selected players from Faisalabad:
1. Usaid – Right Hand Batsman
2. A. Farzan – Left Hand Batsman
3. Hassaan – Right Hand Batsman
4. Ahmad Sultan – Left Hand Batsman
5. Noman Anwar – Right Hand Batsman
6. Hassan Sardar- Right Hand Batsman
7. Shafaqat Ullah – Right Hand Batsman
8. Jahanzaib – Wicket Keeper
9. Afaq Afridi – Right Arm Fast
10. Nisar Ahmad – Right Arm Fast
11. Ehtisham Sultan – Right Arm Fast
12. Mudassar Riaz – Right Arm Fast
13. Nazim Hussain – Right Arm Spin
14. Arslan Rasool
15. Ghulam Rabbani – Left Arm Spin
16. Rao Daniyal – Left Arm Spin
 
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Selection of Nauman Anwar as a "rising star" is a little odd given he has already played in the PSL (for KK) and has even represented Pakistan.

Happy to see Ehtisham Sultan and Mudassar Riaz picked again- heard good things about them from LQ's tour of Australia.
 
mak36 said:
Selection of Nauman Anwar as a "rising star" is a little odd given he has already played in the PSL (for KK) and has even represented Pakistan.

Happy to see Ehtisham Sultan and Mudassar Riaz picked again- heard good things about them from LQ's tour of Australia.
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Kamran Ghulam, I believe, is also apart of a rising stars team- Rawalpindi I think...
 
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] do you have the list of players selected from (i) Rawalpindi and (ii) Gujranwala respectively?
 
Ellipsism said:
Kamran Ghulam, I believe, is also apart of a rising stars team- Rawalpindi I think...
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The one who played for Islamabad United in PSL 1? It was harsh of them to drop him, although I suppose it paid dividends with Shadab! He is a good prospect , but he seems to have really fallen down the pecking order as he wasn't even picked for the National t20 cup this year. For this reason, I don't mind him being picked as a "rising star" (even though he has played PSL before).

As for Nauman, someone needs to get into his head and bring the Nauman of old back. By the way, I just noticed he played for LQ in the "Emirates Airline Twenty20 Trophy", which was held in March.

Scorecard here: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...ire-Group-A-emirates-airline-twenty20-trophy/

So he is definitely on their radar- wouldn't be surprised if he featured for them in PSL 3. If so, he needs to make the most of this second opportunity.
 
mak36 said:
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] do you have the list of players selected from (i) Rawalpindi and (ii) Gujranwala respectively?
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Nope.

All the information that has been added to this thread is via direct press releases from LQ. Seems that they forgot to send out the squads from those two trials.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Nope.

All the information that has been added to this thread is via direct press releases from LQ. Seems that they forgot to send out the squads from those two trials.
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Not to worry. Must have been an oversight. :najam
 
JAZZ RISING STARS GET OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AS 160,000 PARTICIPATIONS ARE WITNESSED IN THE TALENT HUNT

Lahore: The first phase of Jazz Rising Stars program by PSL’s favorite franchise Lahore Qalandars, received overwhelming response from the aspiring Qalandars and total footfall at all venues collectively touched around 160,000.
The coaching panel of Lahore Qalandars conducted trials at 9 cities, including two at Azad Kashmir, to complete the formation of eight teams for the Jazz Rising Stars tournament and 159,935 players appeared in the trials, out of 303,940 registered aspirants.
Here’s the breakup of the participation at each venue:

Here’s the breakup of the participation at each venue:
City Registration Trials participation
Layyah 10,483 Over 7500
Bahawalpur 22,116 Over 10,435
Lahore 36,034 Over 26,000
Faisalabad 38,177 Over 22,000
Gujranwala 29,623 Over 23,000
Sargodha 22,606 Over 13,500
AJK 86,462 Over 34,000
Rawalpindi 58,439 Over 23,500
TOTAL 303,940 Over 159,000
 
Geo Super will be broadcasting the tournament.
 
I'm a big LQ fan but i guess these valiant efforts may not yield anything. They cant find batsmen, wicketkeepers and fielders from the streets simply because they cant judge them in 3-4 balls. The only thing they could find is raw pace which they could polish. They did the same trails last year but couldn't find a single player to play PSL. I know Yasir Jan is a special talent but if he is not allowed to ball from both arms in a single match then whats the usage? from left arm his pace is 130 which is ordinary. Lets hope he could become a good right arm bowler.
 
hailian said:
I'm a big LQ fan but i guess these valiant efforts may not yield anything. They cant find batsmen, wicketkeepers and fielders from the streets simply because they cant judge them in 3-4 balls. The only thing they could find is raw pace which they could polish. They did the same trails last year but couldn't find a single player to play PSL. I know Yasir Jan is a special talent but if he is not allowed to ball from both arms in a single match then whats the usage? from left arm his pace is 130 which is ordinary. Lets hope he could become a good right arm bowler.
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Jan is barely 130 km/h with his right arm.

He was only signed on the basis of having the ability to bowl with both hands. He's club level with both hands, no pace and no swing. Having watched him bowl in the nets in Australia I can assure you he would unlikely make a standard domestic team in Pakistan, he's that rubbish.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Nope.

All the information that has been added to this thread is via direct press releases from LQ. Seems that they forgot to send out the squads from those two trials.
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They have uploaded team photos on twitter so that may give us a better idea.

Zeeshan Malik is playing for Rawalpindi, so it does look like players are turning up to both IU's and LQ's tournaments!

Also, according to the scorecard Ruhail Nazir is also playing for Pindi. I know he was playing for Karachi Whites in the PCB's 3 day inter-regional competition (u-19) but they were recently knocked out right? If so, that would explain his availability for this.
 
Ameer hamza is looking very good prospect .The pitch is dead and have low bounce but he is getting good carry from the wicket
 
Ellipsism said:
And the outfield, there's puffs of dust ploughing up each time the fielders move.
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True- that will happen over time.

I know these pitches are difficult but these batsmen need reminding it's a t20 and not a test!
 
DO NOT ask for or POST ANY LINKS to any news channel etc in this thread.
 
Excellent diving catch from Ameer Hamza in the outfield. He's looked impressive so far- seems like a "proper" athlete.

Just as I type he uproots the batsman's stumps but it might be a no ball.

Edit: it's given out, but it was mighty close to a front foot no ball.
 
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Farhan's action has some similarities with Yasir Shah's. Difference is Farhan looks like he actually has a decent googly.
 
Don't know the guy who bowled the last over, looked impressive though. Also, Haris Rauf going to bowl in the next innings. Last see the 92mph guy
 
Bilal Malik is obviously copying Cornwall's diet. He's huge. I don't care how hard he hits it, it's ridiculous he is playing. Completely the wrong message.
 
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