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Squads and Schedule for Pakistan Cup announced

Multan, December 09, 2022 (PPI-OT):After the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the action moves on to the white-ball List A tournament Pakistan Cup, which is all set to commence from Saturday, 10 December in Karachi.

The PCB today confirmed 15-player squads of six Cricket Associations teams for Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season 2022-23 and the squads are available here. The tournament provides an opportunity to players to get a chance to feature for Pakistan Men’s side that is scheduled to play a white-ball series against New Zealand next month in Karachi.

The tournament will be held on a double-league basis and Balochistan led by Yasir Shah will look to defend the title when they take on Umar Amin-led Northern at the NBP Sports Complex in Karachi. Pakistan international Aamir Yamin will captain Central Punjab, while Khalid Usman will lead Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Omair Bin Yousaf will lead Sindh whereas Test fast bowler Hasan Ali has been handed the captaincy reins of Southern Punjab.

The PCB will live-stream group stage matches scheduled at the State Bank Sports Complex in Karachi. The semi-finals and final at the National Bank Cricket Arena will be broadcast live on PTV Sports.

The tournament carries over PKR 9 million in prize money. The tournament winners will bag PKR5million, while the runners-up will receive PKR2.5million.

Meanwhile, Cricket Associations Challenge (one-day event) will also start from 10 December. Sindh – the defending champions will play Southern Punjab at the TMC Ground in Karachi. Balochistan will take on Northern at the KCCA Stadium, while Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will meet at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

The squads of Cricket Associations are available here.

Pakistan Cup 2022-23 squads:

Balochistan:

Yasir Shah (Captain), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ali Waqas, Ammad Butt, Aqif Javed, Bismillah Khan, Haris Sohail, Haseebullah, Hussain Talat, Imran Butt, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Junaid, Nasir Khan and Sajjad Ali

Central Punjab:

Aamir Yamin (Captain), Ahmed Shahzad, Ali Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti, Hunain Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Junaid Ali, Mohammad Faizan, Qasim Akram, Rizwan Hussain, Saif Badar, Tayyab Tahir, Usama Mir, Waqas Maqsood and Zafar Gohar

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

Adil Amin, Amir Azmat, Ihsanullah, Imran Khan Sr., Kamran Ghulam, Khalid Usman (Captain), Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Sarwar Afridi, Niaz Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Sajid Khan and Waqar Ahmed

Northern:

Umar Amin (Captain), Aamir Jamal, Athar Mehmood, Haider Ali, Kashif Ali, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Huraira, Muhammad Musa, Rohail Nazir, Umar Akmal, Umer Khan, Umer Waheed, Usman Khan Shinwari and Zeeshan Malik

Sindh:

Omair Bin Yousaf (Captain), Afnan Khan, Aliyan Mehmood, Asif Mahmood, Danish Aziz, Habibullah, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Umar, Saad Khan, Saifullah Bangash, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sharjeel Khan and Sohail Khan

Southern Punjab:

Hasan Ali (Captain), Ali Majid, Arafat Minhas, Hassan Khan, Imran Rafiq, Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Ilyas, Sameen Gul, Sharoon Siraj, Tahir Hussain, Umer Siddque, Usman Qadir, Usman Salahuddin, Zain Abbas and Zeeshan Ashraf

Cricket Associations Challenge 2022-23 squads

Balochistan:

Abdul Hanan, Aftab Ahmed, Ayaz Tasawar, Azeem Ghuman, Basit Ali, Gohar Faiz, Hazrat Wali, Jalat Khan, Kabir Raj, Muhammad Ibrahim Sr., Muhammad Shahid, Najeeb Achakzai, Shoaib Ahmed, Taj Wali and Zubair Mengal

Central Punjab:

Abdul Samad, Abid Ali, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Zaryab, Ali Asfand, Ali Shan (WK), Arham Nawab, Bilawal Iqbal, Imran Dogar, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Saad, Muhammad Waleed, Nisar Ahmed, Sohaib ullah and Umaid Asif

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

Abbas Afridi, Ahmed Khan, Aitizaz Habib, Arshad Ullah, Farhan Khan, Haseeb Khan, Irfan Ullah Shah, Israr Ullah, Maaz Ahmed Sadaqat, Maaz Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Mohsin, Nabi Gul, Rehan Afridi and Zeeshan Ahmed

Northern:

Abidullah, Ali Imran, Aqib Liaquat, Farhan Shafiq, Hammad Khan, Hassan Raza, Munir Riaz, Nasir Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Shadab Majeed, Sufiyan Maqim, Taimoor Khan, Umair Masood, Waqas Ahmed and Syed Aqib Shah

Sindh:

Ammad Alam, Arish Ali Khan, Ghulam Mudassar, Haseeb ur Rehman, Hassan Mohsin, Jahanzaib Sultan, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Taha, Mustafa Nasir, Rameez Aziz, Rizwan Mehmood, Saad Baig, Shahid Mirani, Wahaj Riaz and Waleed Azeem

Southern Punjab:

Ahmed Hasan, Ameer Maviya, Faisal Akram, Majid Ali, Moinuddin, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Jahangir, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Sadaqar, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Sudais, Muhammad Umair, Rameez Alam, Waqar Hussain and Yousaf Babar

For more information, contact:
Media Manager,
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-5717231-4
Fax: +92-42-5711860
Website: www.pcb.com.pk

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Final Day report FCCU Badminton and Table Tennis Championship 2022 

Lahore, December 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):

Mr. Zeeshan Mufti wins FCCU Open Intramural Table Tennis Championship 2022

FCCU Table Tennis Championship was organized by The Department of University Health and Physical Education and Sports Society, started from 14th October 2022. The Table Tennis Championship concluded on 21st October 2022, Mr. Arman Ahmed (Head of Campus Life and Wellness) was the Chief Guest and distributed the prizes among the winners and promised to continue the support of university sports.

Mr. Zeeshan Mufti won the Championship Trophy, Mr. Hamza Bilal got Runner-up trophy.

Matches

Played Between

Winner

1st Semi-final

Mr. Zeeshan Mufti Vs Mr. Farzam Zafar Yab

Mr. Zeeshan Mufti

2nd Semi-final

Mr. Hamza Bilal Vs Mr. Sohaib Imran

Mr. Hamza Bilal

Final Match

Mr. Hamza Bilal Vs Mr. Zeeshan Mufti

Mr. Zeeshan Mufti

Mr. Talha Tariq wins FCCU Open Intramural Badminton Championship 2022

FCCU Badminton Championship was organized by The Department of University Health and Physical Education and Sports Society, started from 14th October 2022. The Badminton Championship concluded on 31st October 2022, Mr. Arman Ahmed (Head of Campus Life and Wellness) was the Chief Guest and distributed the prizes among the winners and promised to continue the support of university sports.

He also visited and appreciated Volleyball (female) teams for friendly matches between FCCU and UMT.

Mr. Talha Tariq won the Championship Trophy, Mr. Usman Ghani got Runner-up trophy.

The results of the Badminton championship are as follows:

Matches

Played Between

Winner

1st Semi-final

Mr. Usman Ghani Vs Mr. Talha Noman

Mr. Usman Ghani

2nd Semi-final

Mr. Talha Tariq Vs Mr. Awab Haider

Mr. Talha Tariq

Final Match

Mr. Talha Tariq Vs Mr. Usman Ghani

Mr. Talha Tariq

For more information, contact:
Forman Christian College
Ferozpur Road, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99231581-8
Fax: +92-42-99230703
E-Mail: contact@fccollege.edu.pk
Website: www.fccollege.edu.pk

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Aroob Shah to lead Pakistan in ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup

Lahore, December 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan international and Sindh’s Aroob Shah will lead Pakistan in the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup which will be played from 14 to 29 January 2023 in South Africa.

Women’s selector Asmavia Iqbal announced a 15-player squad and five reserves players. These players were selected after their performances in this year’s Women U19 T20 Tournament held at Lahore Country Club in Muridke from 13 to 22 August.

Later, the top performers of the six-team tournament had undergone two skills and training camps staged at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre, Multan in September and at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, Karachi in November.

To further assess their fitness and skills, the U19 players had also featured in the first phase of T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament held at Lahore’s LCCA Ground from 26 November to 2 December. The players were part of Team Conquerors, one of the three participating teams in the event.

Aroob Shah, who has featured for Pakistan in two ODIs and five T20Is, will have the services of hard hitting right-handed batters Eyman Fatima and Shawaal Zulfiqar.

Besides the duo, Aroob who herself is a leg-spinner, will have promising spinners in the likes of Rida Aslam (left-arm spinner), Quratulain Ahsen (leg-spinner), Anosha Nasir (off-spinner) and Mahnoor Aftab (off-spinner). The squad also includes four fast bowlers in Areesha Noor, Haleema Azeem Dar, Haniah Ahmer and Zaib-un-Nisa.

As per the ICC’s eligibility criteria for the event, players born on or after 1 September 2003 have been selected.

Chief Selector Asmavia Iqbal: “I want to congratulate the 15 players who have made into the squad for the inaugural U19 event. I remain confident that this side has the capability and potential to do well in the mega event. These players were selected after a rigorous and robust process and I want to congratulate the coaches who have worked tirelessly hard on the skills of the players to get them ready for the event.

“The tournament will also help us to increase our pool of players which will ultimately help in forming a strong and more competitive squad at the senior level.”

Squad (in alphabetical order):

Aroob Shah (Captain) (Sindh), Aliza Khan (Sindh), Anosha Nasir (Sindh), Areesha Noor (Central Punjab), Eyman Fatima (Central Punjab), Haleema Azeem Dar (Central Punjab), Haniah Ahmer (Sindh), Laiba Nasir (Central Punjab), Mahnoor Aftab (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Quratulain Ahsen (Central Punjab), Rida Aslam (Central Punjab), Shawaal Zulfiqar (Central Punjab), Warda Yousaf (Central Punjab), Zaib-un-Nisa (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Zamina Tahir (Central Punjab)

Reserves: Aqsa Yousaf (Southern Punjab), Dina Razvi (Sindh), Maham Anees (Northern), Muskan Abid (Central Punjab) and Tahzeeb Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Support staff: Aisha Jalil (Manager), Mohsin Kamal (Head coach), Muhammad Kamran Hussain (Assistant coach), Saboor Ahmad (Strength and Conditioning coach), Muhammad Usman Shahid (Analyst), Rabia Siddiq (Physiotherapist) and Dr Hafiz Salman Asif (Team Doctor).

Schedule of Pakistan’s matches at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup South Africa 2023:

15 January – vs Rwanda, Potchefstroom

17 January – vs England, Potchefstroom

19 January – vs Zimbabwe, Potchefstroom

For more information, contact:
Media Manager,
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-5717231-4
Fax: +92-42-5711860
Website: www.pcb.com.pk

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Labuschagne regains top spot in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings 

Dubai, December 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne has overtaken England’s Joe Root to grab the top spot for batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after becoming just the eighth player to score a double-century and a century in the same Test.

Labuschagne, who was just two points behind Root before the two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Tests completed over the past week, now enjoys a healthy lead at the top even as Root has slipped to fourth place – behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam.

Labuschagne scores of 204 and 104 not out in the first Test against the West Indies in Perth have earned him 50 rating points and he leads compatriot Smith by 42 rating points. Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 position after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries against New Zealand.

Smith himself has gained two slots after contributing to the win with unbeaten scores of 200 and 20, along with Labuschagne registering the fifth instance of two Australians scoring double-centuries in the same Test. Smith’s tally of 893 rating points is his highest since January 2021.

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon has moved up one place to 15th among bowlers after an eight-wicket haul that helped complete a 164-run victory and consolidate his team’s top position in the WTC points table.

For the West Indies, Captain Kraigg Brathwaite is back in the top 20 after scores of 64 and 110 in the Perth Test while Kyle Mayers has progressed to 41st in the bowlers’ rankings.

England’s epic 74-run win in the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi reflects in the rankings for their batters as well as the seam bowling pair of James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, who finished with five wickets each in the match.

Centurions Zak Crawley (up two places to 46th), Harry Brook (up 90 places to 70th), Ben Duckett (re-entered at 127th place) and Ollie Pope (up two rating points) have all gained in the weekly update as have Anderson (up two places to third) and Robinson (up seven places to a career-best eighth).

Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique (up five places to 15th) and Imam-ul-Haque (up 12 places to 38th) have attained career-best rankings after slamming centuries in the first innings and figuring in a 225-run stand.

Naseem Shah has progressed five places to 54th with five wickets in the match while other fast bowler Zahid Mahmood’s six-wicket haul helps him enter the rankings in 109th position.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, India’s Shreyas Iyer has moved up seven places to joint-20th after scores of 24 in the first match of their ongoing series against Bangladesh and 49 in the preceding final match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against New Zealand.

Charith Asalanka of Sri Lanka (up three places to 34th), Lokesh Rahul of India (up four places to 35th) and Afghanistan’s Najeebullah Zadran (up four places to 41st) are among the others to progress in the rankings for ODI batters.

Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has gained four slots to reach sixth in the ODI bowlers’ rankings after grabbing four for 37 in the last match of their Super League series against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has hopped seven places to reach ninth among bowlers after his five-wicket haul against India while Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj are in joint-26th position. New Zealand seamer Tim Southee (up five places to 29th) and India’s Shardul Thakur (up nine places to 42nd) have also progressed.

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com

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West Indies penalised for slow over-rate in first ODI against England 

Dubai, December 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):The West Indies have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the first ODI of their ICC Women’s Championship series in Antigua on Sunday. Denavon Hayles of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after the West Indies were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Captain Hayley Matthews pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Jacqueline Williams and Leslie Reifer, and third umpire Nigel Duguid levelled the charge.

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com

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Punjab School Cricket Championship final on Wednesday

Lahore, December 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Punjab School Cricket Championship 2022 will conclude on Wednesday with Lahore’s Dar-e-Arqam taking on Faisalabad’s Divisional Public School in the final at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The 40-over match will be broadcast live on PTV Sports and will be live-streamed on PCB YouTube channel. The toss will take place at 0930, while the first ball will be bowled at 1000.

The winning team will receive PKR 0.3 million, while the runner-up will get PKR0.2million. The Punjab School Cricket Championship 2022 began in the second week of September in which 7,920 players had featured and 881 matches were held during the course of three months.

For more information, contact:
Media Manager,
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-5717231-4
Fax: +92-42-5711860
Website: www.pcb.com.pk