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Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima Khawaja presides over an online meeting to review progress on sports development schemes and youth projects

Lahore, September 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima Khawaja presided over an online meeting to review progress on sports development schemes and youth projects on Friday.

The representative from all provinces, PILDAT and UNFPA participated in the online meeting. Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab Imtiaz Ahmed and Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan represented Punjab in the high-profile meeting.

Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab Imtiaz Ahmed and Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan briefed the chair about the Punjab’s sports development projects and different sports events organised under the banner Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima Khawaja appreciated the effective measures taken by Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab for the promotion of sports across the province.

Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab Imtiaz Ahmed said that Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab has approved stipends for athletes and grant in aid for Sports Associations. “Pride of Punjab Sports Awards have also been initiated to acknowledge the meritorious services of sports icons of the country”.

He said that first Youth Hostel (180 capacity) is ready and functional at Nishtar Park Sports Complex. “Punjab Youth Ambassador Programme has also been initiated and initially world snooker champion Ahsan Ramzan, tennis star Aisamul Haq, athlete Sahib-e-Asra and young record-breaking mountaineer Shehroz Kashif have been nominated Youth Ambassadors of Punjab”.

Briefing the chair, Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan said besides other effective sports promotion measures, Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab also organized a flood relief camp at Nishtar Park Sports Complex for the help of flood victims. “We organised several events such as E-Rozgaar Meetup, E-Sports Soobai Series, Punjab Talent Hunt Programme, E-Learning Centres in recent past”.

He further informed the chair that Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab has built five international standard tennis courts and Punjab’s first tennis academy adjacent to State of the Art Tennis Stadium at Nishtar Park Sports

Complex. “Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab is organizing sports events of different games regularly to provide maximum playing opportunities to talented male and female players of the province,” he added.

For more information, contact:
Sports Board Punjab
Government of the Punjab
National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99232501, +92-42-99232502
E-mail: info@punjabsportsboard.com
Website: http://sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk

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Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan and Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser dispatch Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab’s 2nd truck of relief goods for flood affectees

Lahore, September 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan and Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser, on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, dispatched Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab’s 2nd truck of relief goods for flood affectees on Monday.

Talking to the media on this occasion, Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan said that thousands of flood victims are facing multiple severe problems and they are waiting for immediate and effective relief measures from all of us. “It is our moral and national responsibility to help our flood-hit brothers and sisters. These relief goods will play a key role in the rehabilitation of these calamity-hit people,” he added.

Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan further said that the Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab will continue its relief activities for the help of flood victims in future as well.

Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser on this occasion said that following the massive floods, Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab launched the flood relief camp on the occasion of live screening of T20 Asia Cup final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on giant screen at National Hockey Stadium. “Philanthropists and other well-off segments of the society should come forward and contribute to the maximum for help of flood victims,” he elaborated.

For more information, contact:
Sports Board Punjab
Government of the Punjab
National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99232501, +92-42-99232502
E-mail: info@punjabsportsboard.com
Website: http://sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk

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ICC announces changes to Playing Conditions 

Dubai, September 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced several changes to its Playing Conditions after the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) ratified recommendations from the Sourav Ganguly-led Men’s Cricket Committee, which discussed MCC’s updated 3rd Edition of the 2017 Code of the Laws of Cricket and shared its conclusions with Women’s Cricket Committee, who endorsed the recommendations to CEC.

The main changes to the Playing Conditions that come into effect on 1 October 2022 are:

Batters returning when caught: When a batter is out Caught, the new batter will come in at the end the striker was, regardless of whether the batters crossed prior to the catch being taken.

Use of saliva to polish the ball: This prohibition has been in place for over two years in international cricket as a Covid-related temporary measure and it is considered appropriate for the ban to be made permanent.

Incoming batter ready to face the ball: An incoming batter will now be required to be ready to take strike within two minutes in Tests and ODIs, while the current threshold of ninety seconds in T20Is remains unchanged.

Striker’s right to play the ball: This is restricted so as to require some part of their bat or person to remain within the pitch. Should they venture beyond that, the umpire will call and signal Dead ball. Any ball which would force the batter to leave the pitch will also be called No ball.

Unfair movement by the fielding side: Any unfair and deliberate movement while the bowler is running in to bowl could now result in the umpire awarding five penalty runs to the batting side, in addition to a call of Dead ball.

Running out of the non-striker: The Playing Conditions follow the Laws in moving this method of effecting a Run out from the ‘Unfair Play’ section to the ‘Run out’ section.

Bowler throwing towards striker’s end before delivery: Previously, a bowler who saw the batter advancing down the wicket before entering their delivery stride, could throw the ball to attempt to Run out the striker. This practice will now be called a Dead ball.

Other major decisions: The in-match penalty introduced in T20Is in January 2022, (whereby the failure of a fielding team to bowl their overs by the scheduled cessation time leads to an additional fielder having to be brought inside the fielding circle for the remaining overs of the innings), will now also be adopted in ODI matches after the completion of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League in 2023.

It was also decided that the Playing Conditions for all Men’s and Women’s ODI and T20I matches will be amended to allow hybrid pitches to be used, if agreed by both teams. Currently, hybrid pitches can only be used in Women’s T20I matches.

All Playing Conditions will be updated to reflect these changes.

Sourav Ganguly said: “It was an honour chairing my first meeting of the ICC Cricket Committee. I was pleased with the productive contribution of the Committee members which resulted in key recommendations being made. I thank all members for their valuable input and suggestions.”

The ICC Cricket Committee: Sourav Ganguly (Chair); Ramiz Raja (Observer); Mahela Jayawardena and Roger Harper (Past Players); Daniel Vettori and VVS Laxman (Representatives of Current Players); Gary Stead (Member Team Coach Representative); Jay Shah (Full Members’ Representative); Joel Wilson (Umpires’ Representative); Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Referee); Jamie Cox (MCC Representative); Kyle Coetzer (Associate Representative); Shaun Pollock (Media Representative); Greg Barclay and Geoff Allardice (Ex Officio – ICC Chair and Chief Executive); Clive Hitchcock (Committee Secretary); David Kendix (Statistician).

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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Mandhana makes huge gains in MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Player Rankings 

Dubai, September 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):India opener Smriti Mandhana has made significant gains in the latest update to the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Player Rankings, advancing in both the ODI and T20I lists after some fine performances in England.

The left-hander, a formerly top-ranked batter in ODIs, has moved up three slots to seventh position after a match-winning 91 in the first ODI of their ICC Women’s Championship series against England, while her aggregate of 111 runs in a preceding three-T20I series has lifted her two places to a career-best second position in the shortest format.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has advanced four places to ninth position in ODIs, all-rounder Deepti Sharma has gained one slot to reach 32nd position and wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia has progressed eight places to 37th after India’s seven-wicket win in Hove on Saturday. Sharma has also progressed six places to 12th among bowlers.

For England, Emma Lamb and Sophie Ecclestone have gained three slots each and are 64th and 72nd among batters, respectively, while Charlie Dean is up to 86th in the list. Dean is also up four places to 20th among bowlers, while Kate Cross is in the top 10 after grabbing two wickets with her seam bowling.

The India-England T20I series also sees India’s Kaur (up one place to 14th among batters), new-ball bowler Renuka Singh (up three places to 10th among bowlers) and spinner Radha Yadav (up four places to 14th among bowlers) make notable gains in Tuesday’s update. All-rounders Sneha Rana and Pooja Vastrakar are in joint-41st position.

England’s Sophia Dunkley is up 12 places to 32nd after leading the run-aggregate with 115 runs in the T20I series while Alice Capsey is now 20th among batters.

Zimbabwe players Sharne Mayers (up 28 places to 39th among batters), captain Mary-Anne Musonda (up 10 places to 50th among batters) and Precious Marange (up 24 places to 34th among bowlers), who are featuring in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi, have also moved up the rankings.

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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Review of the National T20 2022-23 

Lahore, September 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23 ended last night in front of a packed Multan Cricket Stadium with the Saud Shakeel-led Sindh winning the title for the first time beating defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by eight wickets in the final on Monday evening.

Below are some of the highlights of the tournament at two venues – Rawalpindi and Multan.

Maiden title for Sindh

Sindh under the young leadership of Pakistan’s international Saud made a remarkable turnaround to clinch the title. After losing half of their six matches played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in the Rawalpindi leg, Sindh went on to win two of their remaining four matches at the Multan Cricket Stadium to qualify for the semi-final.

Multan turned into a happy hunting venue for Sindh, as they won both encounters against the two-time winners Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – one in the group stage and second in an all-important final on Monday evening. They had lost to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Rawalpindi by six wickets.

Saim Ayub – a star in the making

The 20-year old left-handed opening batter Saim Ayub has emerged as a start after being a consistent part of the PCB organised age-group camps and tournaments in recent years. He featured for Karachi U16 against Peshawar U16 in the PCB-PEPSI Stars U16 One-Day Tournament 2016-17. He went on to score 271 runs from nine outings in the tournament which included two half-centuries at a strike rate of 109.72.

In 2018, Saim went on to feature in a bilateral series for Pakistan U16 against Australia U16 and topped the batting charts with 225 runs from five 50-over matches which included one century and a half-century. He went on to feature in U19 tournaments and from there made his HBL PSL debut in 2021 edition for Quetta Gladiators.

In the Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23, Sindh’s Saim was declared the player of the tournament – scoring 416 runs from 12 matches at a stunning strike rate of 155.22. He hit 19 sixes and smashed 48 fours – the most by any batter in the tournament.

Age is just a number for Sohail Khan

The 38-year old Sohail Khan – who has represented Pakistan in 27 international matches (nine Tests, 13 ODIs, and five T20Is) was the most prolific bowler in the tournament. The right-arm fast bowler was named the best bowler of the tournament as he accounted for 21 batters from 10 matches. His four for 18 in the final – which included the prized scalp of Sahibzada Farhan (four off two) – the top run getter of the tournament set the platform for Sindh last night.

Consistency from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan – was a driving force behind his team’s title win in the last edition with 447 runs at an average of 40.63 and a strike-rate of 132.24 which also included three 50s. In this edition, the right-handed opener was awarded the best batter of the tournament with 429 runs from 12 matches at a strike rate of 132.41. The 27-year old batter scored one century and one half-century, with the help of 16 sixes and 42 fours.

Salman Ali Agha picks five-for with his off-spin

Southern Punjab’s captain Salman Ali Agha did well with the ball, he took five for 10 against Central Punjab – the only five-for in the tournament. Central Punjab were bowled out for paltry 79 in 14.3 overs chasing 166 to win in the eighth fixture of the tournament at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Highest partnership between Northern’s Mohammad Huraira and Nasir Nawaz

The highest partnership of the tournament came from Northern’s young duo of Mohammad Huraira and Nasir Nawaz. The pair knitted a 132-run partnership for the opening wicket off 82 balls. The 20-year old Huraira struck 13 fours and one six during his 52-ball 86, while the 24-year old Nasir smashed two fours and as many sixes in his knock of 35-ball 47. It was also the highest aggregate match, a total of 379 runs were scored, and Sindh fell short of the target by one run.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa score the highest total; Central Punjab score the lowest total

The runner-ups of this edition Khyber Pakhtunkhwa scored 201 for five against Balochistan – Highest score of the tournament. The record was made at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in the 15th fixture where Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Balochistan by 27 runs.

Central Punjab registered the lowest score of the tournament when they were bowled out for 79 in 14.3 overs against Southern Punjab in pursuit of a 166-run target.

Sindh’s Asif Mehmood hat-trick against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sindh’s right-arm fast Asif Mehmood accomplished a hat-trick against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when he sent Niaz Khan (six off two), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (14 off nine) and Mohammad Imran (first ball duck) back to the pavilion to claim his and tournament’s only hat-trick in the 20th over of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s batting.

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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Prof. Dr. Cameron Petrie, Senior Specialist in South Asian Archeology at the University of Cambridge UK visited IUB 

Bahawalpur, September 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):Directorate of Public Relations, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur Prof. Dr. Cameron Petrie, a senior specialist in South Asian Archeology at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, has said that the efforts of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur to discover the traces of the Hakra civilization, which are thousands of years old, are valuable. Prof. Dr. Cameron Petrie recently visited the Islamia University of Bahawalpur on the invitation of Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob. Archaeologist Afifa Khan was also with him on this occasion.

During the visit, the distinguished guests discussed on issues like history, anthropology, archeology, architecture, Pakistan Studies, tourism with Vice Chancellor, Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Prof. Dr. Shazia Anjum, Director of Cultural Heritage Research Center, Dr. Khalil Ahmed, Department of Archaeology, faculty members Waqar Mushtaq and Moazzam Durrani.

On this occasion, he also reviewed in detail the digitization of the special campaign and cultural project for the discovery of Hakra Civilization in Cholistan by the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and assured all possible support from Cambridge University. It is noteworthy that the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has a license from the government for archaeological excavations in Cholistan, which has been obtained through the special efforts of Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob. The distinguished guests also visited the historical places of Bahawalpur.

For more information, contact:
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)
University Chowk, Gulshan Colony, Bahawalpur,
Punjab – 63100, Pakistan
Tel: +92-62-9250235
Fax: +92-62-9250335
E-mail: info@iub.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iub.edu.pk/