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Lahore, June 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Ninety-three sides will be in action across the country in the City Cricket Association Tournament 2022-23 from 19 June to 21 July, which will provide a pathway to around 1,800 cricketers to graduate to the Cricket Association tournaments that include first-class, non first-class three-day, 50-over and 20-over competitions.

The squads of 13 sides from Balochistan and 19 sides of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are also announced and available here. The remaining squads from four Cricket Associations will be unveiled early next week.

The CCA squads have been selected through a robust process. The performers from last year’s CCA tournament, players that have featured in last year’s CA U19 events and are not eligible to feature in future U19 tournaments have been selected. The remaining players were selected from open trials (preference to be given to performers from winter league). In Central Punjab Cricket Association, beside players’ performances in the CCA tournament, the players were also selected from two-day camp of performers of community cricket.

19 CCA teams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been divided into four pools. The matches will commence in this jurisdiction from 19 June. Balochistan comprise 13 City Cricket Associations that are divided into three Pools. They will host the matches from 20 June. Sindh consist of 17 teams which are divided into four Pools. The matches in this part of the region will begin from 21 June.

Matches in Central Punjab, Northern and Southern Punjab jurisdictions will begin after a week’s delay due to pre-monsoon rain in this part of the country. The three Cricket Associations will now hold their matches from 24 June. 19 teams from Central Punjab are split into four pools. 11 teams from Northern are divided into three pools, while 14 teams from Southern Punjab are divided into three pools.

The winners from Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh CCAs will be declared after group leaders progress to the semi-final with the top two teams playing the final. In contrast, Balochistan, Northern and Southern Punjab CCAs will be divided into three groups each with group leaders to progress to the triangular series stage and the side with most points to be adjudged as winner.

According to the event format, each match will be of two days with 100 overs to be bowled each day in six hours and 40 minutes of play with a one-hour break from 1200-1300. To encourage positive and result-oriented cricket, first innings will be limited to 75 overs per side and no bowler shall bowl more than 15 overs in an innings.

Points system for the CCA tournament 2022-23 is:

For an outright win after taking the lead in the 1st innings. – 9 points

For an outright win after conceding lead on the 1st innings (Losing team will get no points) – 6 points

For an outright win after a tie in the 1st innings (Losing team will get no points) – 6 points

In case of a drawn match, team getting 1st innings lead – 3 points

For tie where teams have completed two innings – 2 points each

A team leading in 1st innings and 2nd innings tied shall get – 5 points

For a tie in the 1st innings (No outright result or drawn) – 2 points each

Abandoned, wash out or drawn match with no 1st innings result. – 1 point each

team win with an innings Margin – 1 bonus point

Team facing follow-on and saving the match (result drawn) – 1 bonus point

Team facing follow-on and winning the match – 2 bonus points

Squads

Balochistan Cricket Association

CCA Gwadar – Abdul Hameed, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Jaleel, Abdul Waheed, Amjid Ali, Aqib Majeed, Asad Ullah, Dilshad, Hilal, Ibrahim, Imran, Mahir, Majid Ali, Naseem, Rahul Das, Saddam Hussain, Shahab Bahar, Shehzad, Shoaib and Sohail Majeed

CCA Jaffarabad – Aijaz Ahmed, Asif Ali, Aziz Ullah, Bilal Khan, Changez Khan, Dhani Bakhsh, Fahad Hussain, Hakim Ali, Hidayat Ullah, Imran Khan, Muhammad Ashraf, Najeeb Ullah, Noshad Hussain, Rameez Raja, Sajjad Ali, Sana Ullah, Sarfraz, Ubaid Ullah, Waheed Murad and Zubair Khan

CCA Khuzdar – Ayaz Ahmed, Faheem Rasheed, Faheem Younus, Fareed Ahmed, Haq Nawaz, Imran Khan, Kaleem Ullah, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Shoaib, Muneer Ahmed, Rashid Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Rizwan Ahmed, Sami Ullah, Shah Jahan, Tanveer Ahmed and Waheed Ur Rehman

CCA Killa Abdullah – Abdul Malik, Abdul Zahir, Abdullah, Ahmed Shah, Ahsan Ul Huq, Ehsan Ullah, Hafiz Abdullah Jan, Hussain Ahmed, Kamran Khan, M. Adeel Khan, Mohammad Ghous, Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Iqbal, Naqeeb Ullah, Obaid Khan Jnr, Sami Ullah, Sardar Wali, Syed Zabi Ullah and Zafar Ullah

CCA Lasbela – Abdul Rauf, Abu Huraira, Aimar Aziz, Aqib Junaid, Ghulam Muhammad, Jameel Ahmed, Mansoor Ullah, Mir Abdul Sattar, Mohammad Deen, Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Waseem, Muneer Hussain, Nabeel Hanif, Nauman Ahmed, Rashid Ali, Sajjad Ahmed, Salah Uddin, Shahzaib Khan, Shoaib Ahmed and Yasir Ali

CCA Loralai – Abdul Rasheed, Adil Patthan, Akhtar Muhammad, Aman Khan, Dawood Khan, Fazal Ur Rehman, Izhar Ullah, Jahanzaib Khan, Jan Muhammad, Latif Ullah, Mehboob Khan, Mohib Ullah, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Umar, Naseeb Ullah, Sanaullah, Shahid Khan, Zahoor Ahmed, Zia Ullah and Zia Ur Rehman

CCA Naseerabad – Abid Ali, Abid Ali Mengal, Asghar Ali, Asif Ali, Ejaz Ahmed, Fazal Ur Rehman, Ghulam Asghar, Muhammad Bakhsh, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Nasir, Naseeb Ullah, Nawab Khan, Qutub Uddin, Rasool Bakhsh, Rehmat Ulla, Saeed Ahmed, Sajid Hussain, Sajjad Ali, Shoukat Ali and Wajid Ali

CCA Noshki – Abdul Munaf, Abdul Muttalib, Abdul Rauf, Ahsan Ullah, Ali Akbar, Bakhtiyar Shah, Imran Khan, Maqsood Ahmed, Mudassir Shah, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Yaqoob, Naseeb Ullah, Riaz Ahmed, S. Ahmed Shah, Sajjad Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Shah, Syed Riaz Ahmed Shah and Zaheer Ahmed

CCA Panjgur – Abid Ali, Abid Hussain, Faqeer Jan, Ghulam Nabi, Habib Ullah, Hammal, Ilmuddin, Jasim Alim, Kamran, Khuda Reham, M.Anwar, Manzoor Ahmed, Mehmood Shah, Muslim Noor, Naveed Hussain, Rasool Jan, Sajjad Barkat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shehzad Rahim and Zia Rehman

CCA Pishin – Abdul Arshad Ali, Abdul Ghaffar, Ahsan Tareen, Barkat Ullah, Bilal Ahmed, Imran Khan, Ismail Shah, Israr Ahmad, Mirwais Khan Tareen, Mohammad Ilyas, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Rafiullah, Rameez Raja, Rooh Ullah, Salauddin, Sana Ullah, Syed Ahsan Ullah Jnr, Syed Ahsan-Ur-Rehman, Syed Hikmatullah and Syed Mahboob Shah

CCA Quetta – Anis Ur Rehman, Aurangzaib, Azizullah Mengal, Baz Muhammad, Hazrat Umer, Hazrat Wali, Jamal-Ud Din, Kabir Raj, M. Arshad, M. Ismail, M. Shehzad Tareen, M. Younas, Mohammad Ajmal, Mohammad Waheed, Nabil Ahmed, Naimat Ullah, Obaid Ullah, Sanaullah, Syed Jahangir Shah and Yahya Khan

CCA Sibi – Allah Bakhsh, Asif Khan, Faisal Ahmed, Fareed Baqi, Imdad Ali, Mashaid Anwar, Mashooq Ali, Masroor Khan, Muhammad Azam, Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Sultan, Nasir Ali, Nisar Ahmed, Rasool Bakhsh, Saddiq Ullah Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Shehbaz, Taimoor Khan, Tariq Sultan and Usama Khalil

CCA Turbat – Ayoub Basheer, Basir Aman, Basit Hussain, Diljan Irshad, Hammal Murad, Hassan Rasheed, Jahanzaib, Jahanzaib, Lal Pull, Maqbool Umaid, Mohi Ud Din, Mohsin Essa, Mudasir, Muhammad Usman, Mukhtar Ahmed, Mukhtar Badal, Mushtaq Badal, Naimat Ullah, Shahid Nizam and Uzair Ahmed

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association

CCA Abbottabad – Abdul Rehman, Adnan Haider, Fahd, Faisal Jadoon, Faizan Ilahi Hashmi, Fayyaz Khan, Gul Rehman, Hamidullah, Harris Malik, Muhammad Arsalan Sajid, Muhammad Rashid, Muhammed Abid (Wk), Muhammed Dawood, Muhd Hasnat Bajwa, Safi Ullah, Saif Ur Rehman, Shoaib Khan (Wk), Sohaib Ahmed Khan, Wajid Zaman and Zain Ishaq

CCA Bajaur – Abdul Wali, Abdullah, Fazal Yousaf, Habib Ul Bashar, Hamza Khan, Izhar Ul Haq, Kashif Adil, M Aftab Alam, Manzoor Alam, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Izaz, Muhammad Riaz Khan, Muhammad Tayyab, Naizam Uddin, Najeebullah, Rahimullah, Sami Ullah, Siraj Uddin, Tariq Jamil and Zaid Ahmad

CCA Bannu – Adnan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Ali Khan, Aziz Ullah, Fawad Khan, Ihsan Ullah, Inam Ullah, M Amir Qureshi, M Khayyam Khan, M Owais Khan, M Usama Aslam, M Waqar, Muhammad Younas, Muneeb Ullah, Salah Ud Din, Shah Faisal Khan, Shan Zaib Khan, Tahir Zaman, Waleed Khan and Waseem Ullah Khan

CCA Buner – Afsar Ahmed, Fawad Ali, Iftikhar, Ikhtiar Shah, Imran Khan (Wk), Jan Sher Khan, Kousar Khan, Mana Khan, Naik Zada, Naved Ali, Nizam Uddin, Rashid Khan, Salman Ali, Sardar Ali, Shafi Atiq, Shafqat Hussain, Shahkar Khan, Shoaib Khan, Zaffar Ali Khan and Zahid Khan

CCA Charsada – Abbas Ali, Abdul Wajid, Abdullah Zareen, Adil Khan, Akmal Khan, Aqib Raheem, Haider Ameen, Hammad Khan, Haris Ali Shah, Haris Khan, Malik Shehbaz Khan, M Haleem, M Mashal, M. Zubair, Mujataba Khan, Nizar Ali, Shehzad Khan, Umair Khan, Umair Khan and Usman Ali

CCA D.I Khan – Ahmed Asfandyar, Allah Hussain, Asad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Ayub Khan, Hunain Hafeez, Imdad Ullah, Imran Wazeer, Jahanzaeb, M Naveed Ali, M Noman, M Salman, M. Jamsheed, Muhammad Usman, Munir Ahmed, Naqeeb Ullah, Nisar Ahmed, Sohrab Khan, Tauqeer Munir and Umer Barki

CCA Haripur – Anees Azam Khan, Aqib Jamshed, Awais Tariq, Basit Ali, Fahad, Jamal Khan, Kamran Daud, Khurram Shezad Khan, Mishal Khan, Muhammad Asif (Wk), Natiq Ali, Rana Waseem, Rawal Khan, Sajjad Khan, Shakir Ullah, Shuja Ur Rehman, Syed Faizan Ali Shah, Waseem Akhtar, Wasif Khan and Zeeshan Azam

CCA Khyber – Abdul Wakeel, Asad Afridi, Imran Ullah, Inam Ullah Afridi, M Kashif, M Nisar Afridi, M Saleem Afridi, M Shakeel, M Siddique, M Umer, M Yaseen Khan, M. Anwar Afridi, Musadiq Muhammad, Saeed Khan, Saeed Ullah, Said Nazir, Sami Ullah, Saqib Khan, Usman Ali Afridi and Zubair Khan

CCA Kohat – Adil Shareef, Aqib Ur Rehman, Faisal Ameen, Fawad Arshad, Hamid Umer, Hasnain Khan, Hayyat Mehmood, Jamshid Jamal, Kashif Noor, Luqman Khan, M Hasnian, M Ibrahim, M Rohaid, M Shakeel Shah, M Sheraz, M Yaseen, Muhammad Imran, Sahal Yousaf, Sarmad Danish and Zia Ur Rehman

CCA Kurram – Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rauf, Abdul Rauf, Abubakar Siddique, Asif Hussain, Hazrat Ullah, Imran, Jedran, Karim Noor, M Ashraf, M Atif, M Kamal, M Mushtaq, M Naeem, M. Rehman, Muhammad Jamshed, Nazeer Ud Din, Sahib Ahmed, Shahid Aziz and Wahid Zaman

CCA Lower Dir – Abdullah, Asmat Ullah, Awais Ahmad, Iftikhar Hussain, Irfan Ullah Utmani, Izaz Ali, Mehran Alam, Mohammed Farooq, Mohammed Ghazan Khan, Mohammed Huzaifa, Mohammed Shabbir, Muhammed Abuzar, Muhammed Bilal, Saddam Hussain, Saeed Anwar, Shahfaisal, Suliman Khan, Zain Khan, Zeeshan Hafiz and Zeeshan Tahir

CCA Mansehra – Asim Hussain, Ahsan Shamraiz, Anwar Khan, Arjuman Yar Bakht, Arsalan Ajmal, Fahad Shah, Ghulam Hussain, Hamad Siddique, Hussain Asghar, Khizer Qadeer, Mehroz Rasheed, Mohsin Rasheed (Wk), Muhammed Ahmed, Saad Arshad, Sher Badshah, Sye Ali Shah, Syed Noor Ullah Shah, Waleed Abdullah, Zeeshan Khan and Zia Ur Rehman

CCA Mardan – Abdul Ghani, Abdullah, Abrar Ahmad, Abubakar Saddiq, Adnan Munir, Afaq Ahmad, Daniyal Ahmad, Haroon Wahid, Junaid Khan, Khalil Ullah Khan, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Sabir, Muhammad Waqas, Nadeem Khan, Nifaz Ali, Sahibzada Maazullah, Shah Faisal, Shahab and Wisal Khan

CCA Mohmand – Abdul Wajid, Adnan Khan, Afaq Ahmed, Basit Khan, Farman Ullah, Gul Faraz Khan, Haider Jamal, Hasnain Hussain, Junaid Ahmed, M Abbas, M Naveed, M. Munir, Noman Khan, Noor Jamal, Noor Sahib, Qazi Imad Ud Din, Salman Khan, Shakeel Khan, Shamas Ali and Sheraz Safi

CCA Nowshera – Bilal Khan, Dilbar Khan, Gohar Ali, Hasnain Wahab, M Alamgir, M Wali, M Wasif Nawaz, Mawia Bin Asad, Muazam Umer, Muhammad Sohail, Raheem Ullah, Raza Shah Gilani, Sahil Malik, Salman Khan, Sarmad Khatak, Syed M Sanan, Talha Roshan, Tanvir Basheer, Umer Hussain and Usman Tariq

CCA Peshawar – Aizaz Ali Shah, Azam Khan, Fawad Afridi, Hamid Mehmood, Khalid Shah, M. Amir, M. Asif Khan, M. Shahid Khan, Maaz Sadaqat, Nasir Ahmed, Raif Khan, Sajjad Ibrahim, Salman Khan, Salman Shinwari, Shahzaib, Sikandar Hayat, Ubaid Ullah, Umer Islam, Waqar Ahmed and Zubair Khan

CCA Swabi – Babar Khan, Basit Ali, Danish Sarhadi, Farhan Hussain, Fazal Nawab, Haider Ali, Haris Hayat, Haroon Khan, Inzamam Ul Haq, Jawad Ahmed, Khalid Ali, M Abubakr Khan, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Saad, Muhammad Umar, Sadat Zahir, Sudais Khan, Syed Hammad Ahmad, Umar Sadiq and Usama Khan

CCA Swat – Abdullah Shah, Abuzar Tariq, Amin Ullah, Amjad Khan, Arsalan Dost, Arshad Ali, Babar Khan, Ihtesham Ul Haq, Muhammad Aqib, Muhammad Sheraz, Muhammad Usama Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Mukhtiar Ahmad, Najeeb Ullah, Roshan Ali, Saqib Khan, Sheher Yar Zeb, Suliman Khan, Tariq Khan and Zia Ul Islam

CCA Upper Dir – Adil Amin, Adil Naz, Amir Ullah, Arshad Khan, Babar Khan, Basveer Khan, Bilal Badshah, Imrajullah, Israr Hussain, Masood Ahmed, Mehtab Ali Shah, Mohammed Sohail, Mubashar Ayub, Sajad Hussain, Salman Khan, Ubaid Ullah, Waqas Khan, Zakir Ullah, Zia Hussain and Zialullah

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

Lahore, June 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):Three wickets apiece from Ali Arshad and Huzaifa Ayub led Multan Division to a seven-wicket win over Dera Ghazi Khan in the final of the Southern Punjab-leg of the inaugural Cricket Associations Divisional U19 Tournament. The 50-over final was played at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

Earlier, on Thursday, five Cricket Associations winners were decided. Loralai-Zhob Division, Lahore Division, Hazara-Mardan Division, AJK Division and Benazirabad-MirpurKhas were crowned champions in Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern and Sindh jurisdictions respectively.

Southern Punjab Cricket Association

After being put into bat, D.G Khan Division were dismissed for 105 in the 41st over against Multan Division. Opening batter Hamza Nawaz top-scored with a 74-ball 36, hitting five fours. Spinners Ali and Huzaifa bagged three wickets each for 21 and 17 runs, respectively.

In reply, Multan Division successfully chased down the target in the 26th over for the loss of three wickets. Muhammad Uzair Mumtaz top-scored with 29 off 43 balls. He also topped the batting chart in the Southern Punjab-leg with 236 runs from four outings in the tournament. Hamza Nawaz from D.G Khan Division was second on the list, scoring 223 runs from three matches.

Muhammad Aqib Asghar representing Sahiwal Division bagged seven wickets from three matches. D.G Khan’s Muhammad Sheraz Khan took six wickets from three outings and Huzaifa Ayub representing Multan Division finished with five wickets from three matches.

Balochistan Cricket Association

Loralai-Zhob Division won the tournament beating Quetta-Rakshan Division by six wickets in the final held at the Bugti Stadium. Muhammad Uzair representing Quetta-Rakhshan Division scored 165 runs from four matches at 41.25. Muhammad Yousaf representing the champion team scored 161 runs from four outings in the tournament. Uzair’s teammate Yasir Khan scored 159 runs at 39.75.

Ejaz Ahmed representing Loralai-Zhob Division took 10 wickets from four matches. Naseerabad-Sibi Division’s Muhammad Qasim and Jahangir Khan Quetta-Rakhshan Division grabbed seven wickets apiece from three outings in the tournament.

Central Punjab Cricket Association

The Central Punjab-leg was won by Lahore Division as they beat Faisalabad Division by 21 runs in the final held at the Pak Lions Cricket Academy Ground in Lahore. Ali Zoraiz Asif representing Sargodha Division topped the batting chart, scoring 243 runs from three matches. Gujranwala-Sialkot Division’s Tayyab Arif scored 202 runs from three outings at 67.33. Obaid Shahid representing the champion team scored 193 runs from four matches.

Ameer Hassan representing Faisalabad Division bagged nine wickets from four matches. Muhammad Saria Khan from Sargodha Division, Ayub Khan from Gujranwala-Sialkot Division, Muhammad Maooz and Usman Shahid from Lahore Division grabbed eight wickets each.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association

Hazara-Mardan Division won the leg by beating Peshawar-Kohat Division by 62 runs at the KMC Ground in Peshawar. For the winning team Haseeb Khan and Muhammad Zulkifal played a pivotal role with the bat as both batters occupied the top two spots in the batting chart with 184 and 134 runs, respectively.

Muhammad Shoaib and Aimal Khan representing the champion team topped the bowling chart with 11 and 10 wickets, respectively. Muhammad Zubair from Peshawar-Kohat Division bagged nine wickets from four outings in the tournament.

Northern Cricket Association

AJK Division defeated Gilgit Baltistan Division by 10 wickets to clinch the title at the House of Northern in Islamabad. Rawalpindi’s Saad Masood with his all-round performance topped the batting and bowling charts. He scored 237 runs from three outings at 79 and bagged eight wickets. Faraz Khan representing AJK Division scored 187 runs from four matches. Gilgit Baltistan Division’s Husnain Nadeem scored 165 runs from four matches with two half-centuries.

AJK Division’s Abidullah grabbed eight wickets from four matches.

Sindh Cricket Association

Benazirabad-MirpurKhas beat Karachi Division by eight wickets at the Academy Oval of Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre in Karachi. Mirza Saad Baig, representing Karachi Division, topped the batting chart with 268 runs from four outings at 89.33. Mohammad Arbaaz Khan and Muhammad Hassan Iqbal representing the winning team occupied the second and third spot with 208 and 166 runs, respectively.

Shahzaib Aziz representing Benazirabad-MirpurKhas topped the bowling table with nine wickets from three matches. Abdul Moeez, Mohammad Umar Sherani and Syed Tayyab Hussain representing Karachi Division, Benazirabad-MirpurKhas Division and Hyderabad Division, respectively bagged seven wickets apiece.

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