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June 17, 2022June 27, 2022

ICC launches tender process for media rights starting in 2024

Dubai, June 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):The International Cricket Council will release its first Invitation To Tender (ITT) for media rights for the next cycle of ICC events starting in 2024 on Monday, 20 June. The ITT is for the Indian market only, with up to six packages available across TV only, digital only or a combination of both.

For the first time ever, men’s and women’s rights will be sold separately, and prospective partners can bid for 16 Men’s events (over 8 years) and six Women’s events (over 4 years), totalling 362* and 103* matches respectively. Interested parties will be required to submit a bid for the first four years of men’s events. However, they also have the option of bidding for an eight-year partnership.

ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: “International cricket consistently attracts huge audiences and that is driving significant interest from broadcasters for ICC events. We have more than one billion fans that passionately follow the game globally, and they will be looking forward to seeing the best players in the world competing for cricket’s most prestigious trophies.

“There has been significant growth in interest in women’s cricket over the last five years and we have made a long-term strategic commitment to accelerate that growth and unbundling the rights for our women’s events will play a huge role in that. We are looking for a broadcast partner who is excited by the role they will play in growing the women’s game and ensuring more fans than ever before can enjoy it.”

The ITT will be released on 20 June, and interested parties need to email iccmediarights2024-2031@icc-cricket.com to access the tender documents. A decision will be made by the ICC Board in September 2022. The ITTs for additional markets will be released following that.

*These numbers account for ICC senior event matches only. Men’s and Women’s Under 19 CWC/T20WC matches will form a part of the tender but are in addition to these figures.

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

June 17, 2022June 27, 2022

Multan Division crowned CA U19 divisional champions

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

June 16, 2022June 27, 2022

Athletics Educational Course – Technical Officials Education and Certification System Level-I course

Lahore, June 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):It gives me immense pleasure to apprise that Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is organizing an Athletics Educational Course (Technical Officials Education and Certification System – TOECS Level – I course) to train the local athletics officials about the rules and regulations of Athletics.

The course is scheduled from 18th -22nd June 2022 at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad. This is an approved Course from the World body of Athletics (World Athletics) and 20Technical Officials from affiliated units of AFP will participate in this Course.

It is a very positive thing for Pakistan athletics that International qualified Malaysian Lecturer Mr. Suppaih Chinatamy, is coming to Pakistan to conduct this course in the most professional manner. This course will play an important role in the smooth running of national athletics competitions in the future. Preparations for the course are in the final stages and its opening ceremony will be held on Saturday 18, June 2022.

For more information, contact:
Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)
Website: http://www.afp.com.pk/welcome.php

June 16, 2022June 27, 2022

CA Divisional U19 Tournament concludes in five jurisdictions

Lahore, June 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Five teams have been crowned champions of the inaugural Cricket Associations Divisional U19 tournament in Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern and Sindh today. The final of the Southern Punjab-leg will be played between Multan Division and D.G Khan Division at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday, 17 June.

Balochistan Cricket Association

Three wickets apiece from Ahsan Ullah and Syed Yasir Shah led Loralai-Zhob Division to a six-wicket win over Quetta-Rakshan Division in the final held at the Bugti Stadium, Quetta. Batting first, Quetta-Rakshan Division were bundled out for 137 in the 41st over.

In reply, Loralai-Zhob Division chased down the target in the 29th over for the loss of four wickets. Mohammad Siddique top-scored with a 59-ball 41, smashing four boundaries. Jahangir Khan representing Quetta-Rakshan Division bagged three wickets.

Central Punjab Cricket Association

Three wickets from Mohammad Maooz guided Lahore Division to a 21-run win over Faisalabad Division in a low-scoring match held at the Pak Lions Cricket Academy Ground in Lahore.

After being put into bat, Lahore Division were bowled out for 181 in the 47th over. Opening batter Moiz Rana top-scored with a 76-ball 43 and struck four fours and one six. Faisalabad Division’s Waqas Abbas grabbed three wickets for 30. Ahmed Bilal, Ameer Hasan and Nauman Haider picked two wickets apiece.

In reply, Faisalabad Division were bowled out for 160 in the 48th over. Umar Farooq top-scored with a 64-ball 46. Right-arm fast bowler Maooz picked up three wickets for 26, while left-arm spinner Usman Shahid accounted for two wickets for 30.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa jurisdiction, Hazara-Mardan Division won the leg by beating Peshawar-Kohat Division by 62 runs at the KMC Ground in Peshawar. Opting to bat first, Hazara-Mardan were bowled out for 144 in the 36th over. Haseeb Khan batting at number five top-scored with a 50-ball 27.

For Peshawar-Kohat Division, slow left-arm bowler Mohammad Zubair bagged four wickets for 26. He was supported by fellow left-arm spinner Shahid Khan who took three for 29 from nine overs.

In return, Peshawar-Kohat Division were skittled for 82 in the 25th over on the back of three wickets apiece from Aimal Khan and Mohammad Shoaib.

Northern Cricket Association

AJK Division defeated Gilgit Baltistan Division by 10 wickets in a low-scoring final match at the House of Northern in Islamabad. Chasing 99 to win, AJK Division’s opening pair Ali Abbas Khan (37 not out, 91b, 4x4s, 1×6)) and Faraz Khan (43 not out,78b,7x4s) achieved the target in the 28th over.

Earlier, after being put into bat Gilgit Baltistan were bowled out for 98 in the 38th over. Slow left-arm bowler Aman Aftab grabbed four wickets for seven runs in 2.4 overs.

Sindh Cricket Association

Arbaz Khan’s unbeaten 117 and Shahzaib Aziz’s four wickets guided Benazirabad-MirpurKhas Division to an eight-wicket win over Karachi Division at the Oval Ground of the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre in Karachi.

After being put into bat, Karachi Division scored 224 for eight from 50 overs. Opening batter Mirza Saad Baig top-scored with a 98-ball 101, hitting 17 fours.

For Benazirabad-MirpurKhas Division, slow left-arm Shahzaib bagged four wickets for 25 in 10 overs.

Benazirabad-MirpurKhas Division successfully chased down the target in the 46th over for the loss of two wickets. Arbaz scored an unbeaten 117 off 149, which included 14 fours and three sixes. Haroon Arshad scored 53 off 65, hitting seven fours.

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

June 15, 2022June 27, 2022

Root reclaims top position in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings

Dubai, June 15, 2022 (PPI-OT):England batter Joe Root is back at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after smashing a second successive century in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand.

Root, who had reached within striking distance of Marnus Labuschagne after the first Test, has wrested back the top spot from the Australia batter, whom he now leads by five rating points. Root is on 897 points after his knock of 176 in the first innings of the Nottingham Test, 20 less than his highest of 917 points.

Root first grabbed number one position in August 2015 and was last at the top in December 2021 before Labuschagne leapfrogged him. Root has been No.1 in Tests for 163 days so far. Steve Smith (1,506 days), Virat Kohli (469 days) and Kane Williamson (245 days) are the others to have had substantial vigils at the top in recent years.

Root’s compatriots, Player of the Match Jonny Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes have also had major gains. Bairstow’s 92-ball 136 that led the last day chase for an eventual five-wicket win, has moved up 13 places to 39th position while Stokes’s 75 not out has taken him from 27th to 22nd position.

Ollie Pope (up 22 places to 53rd) and Alex Lees (up 26 places to 86th) have also moved up the rankings for batters while seam bowler Matthew Potts has advanced 18 places to 59th after picking up three wickets in the match.

For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell’s scores of 190 and 62 not out have lifted him 33 places to a career-best 17th position while Tom Blundell’s first innings century has helped him move up four places to 31st position. Devon Conway’s innings of 46 and 52 see him inch up one slot to 23rd. Fast bowler Trent Boult is up four places to ninth.

Wednesday’s weekly rankings update sees Pakistan batters hold the top two positions in both ODIs and T20Is and a number of slow bowlers make significant progress.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings that has been updated after the third Zimbabwe versus Afghanistan match, the Pakistan versus West Indies series and the first match between Sri Lanka and Australia, the Pakistan opener has moved up to take second spot behind captain Babar Azam after a Player of the Series effort of 65, 72 and 62.

This is the first instance of Pakistan batters grabbing the top two positions in the ODI rankings.

West Indies player Shai Hope (up two places to 11th), Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi (up five places to 45th), Australia’s Marcus Stoinis (up four places to joint-50th) and Sri Lanka’s Danushka Gunathilaka (up six places to joint-50th) are the others to move up the ODI batters’ list.

Meanwhile, Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has moved up to number two and Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi to number four in the bowlers’ list led by New Zealand’s Trent Boult. Spinners Mujeebur Rahman of Afghanistan, Akeal Hosein of the West Indies, Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka and Shadab Khan of Pakistan have also moved up the rankings for bowlers.

Hazlewood has also moved back to number one in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings while Maheesh Theekshana of Sri Lanka is up 16 places to eighth in the list. Australia spinner Ashton Agar (up three places to ninth), India seamer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (up seven places to 11th) and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (up four places to 26th) are the others to gain.

The rankings for batters sees Mohammad Rizwan gain one position to reach second in the list, also led by Babar. Aaron Finch has moved up one place to fifth while India’s Ishan Kishan has galloped 68 places to reach seventh position after aggregating 164 runs in three matches against South Africa.

June 15, 2022June 27, 2022

England fined for slow over-rate in second Test against New Zealand

Dubai, June 15, 2022 (PPI-OT):England have been fined 40 percent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the second Test in Nottingham.

Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after England 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.

In addition, as per Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short. Consequently, two World Test Championship points have been deducted from England’s points total.

England captain Ben Stokes plead guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Michael Gough and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Rod Tucker and fourth umpire Martin Saggers leveled the charge.