PCB undertakes breast cancer awareness initiative during Friday’s HBL PSL 8 fixture

Rawalpindi, March 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Pakistan Cricket Board will use the popularity and reach of the HBL Pakistan Super League to create awareness about breast cancer as part of its social corporate responsibility during today’s match between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Each year, there is an approximate addition of 90,000 new breast cancer cases in Pakistan making it a matter of serious concern, requiring the need for early detection.

The Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sutlans players will wear pink ribbon and pink caps while awareness messages will be displayed inside the stadium on the big screen and the LED parameter boards.

Stumps will be branded in pink and schoolgirls donning pink shirts and pink caps will walk in with the first fielding team to their positions and hand over the caps to players.

The PCB had earlier observed 16 February as childhood cancer awareness day during the Karachi Kings v Islamabad United fixture at the National Bank Cricket Arena.

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Fazalhaq Farooqi fined 10 percent match-fee for showing dissent

Lahore, March 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): Islamabad United’s Fazalhaq Farooqi has been fined 10 percent of his match-fee for breaching the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel during his side’s match against Lahore Qalandars in the 26th fixture of the HBL PSL 8 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday evening.

Farooqi was found to have violated Article 2.5 of the PCB Code of Conduct, which reads as: “Using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during a match”.

The incident happened in the 19th over of Lahore Qalandars’ batting, when Farooqi used abusive language after dismissing the batter.

Farooqi pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Roshan Mahanama. The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Faisal Khan Afridi.

Meanwhile, Islamabad United’s captain Shadab Khan and Multan Sultans’ Shan Masood and Tim David were fined 10 percent of their match fees for breaching a Level 1 offence of the HBL PSL Code of Conduct in separate incidents during their side’s match in the HBL PSL 8 on Tuesday.

All three players were found to have violated Article 2.8 of the HBL PSL Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision during a Match”.

In Shadab’s case, the incident happened in the fourth ball of 20th over of Multan Sultans’ batting, when a wide ball was given by the on-field umpire and upon that Shadab came running from the boundary line and expressed his disappointment at the decision.

As regards to Shan, on the penultimate ball of 14th over of Multan Sultans batting, Shan expressed his disappointment after the umpire didn’t signal it one for the over for a short pitched ball. Similarly, Tim David on the second ball of the 18th over of Multan Sultans’ batting, expressed his displeasure over the leg-umpire’s decision not to call a short pitched ball a wide delivery.

Shadab and Shan pleaded guilty to the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed to be imposed by Roshan Mahanama and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing. Meanwhile, David challenged the decision and after the formal hearing, the match referee upheld his decision. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Faisal Afridi and Rashid Riaz.

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Joint Statement by ACB and PCB

Kabul, March 09, 2023 (PPI-OT): Afghanistan Cricket Board and Pakistan Cricket Board have jointly agreed to make slight tweaks to the itinerary of Afghanistan’s home three-match T20I series against Pakistan. The start of the series is brought forward by a day and will now start on March 24, with the last two games to be played on March 26 and 27 in Sharjah, UAE.

The changes in itinerary are made due to the unavailability of the Hawk-Eye Technology for the previously agreed upon dates. The two boards have agreed upon the changes in itinerary to ensure all the necessary broadcast technologies are available for the inaugural T20I series between the two sides.

Revised Schedule:

March 24: 1st T20I, Sharjah

March 26: 2nd T20I, Sharjah

March 27: 3rd T20I, Sharjah

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City Cricket Association trials to begin from 25 May

Lahore, May 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):In a bid to continue to unearth talent at grassroots, the City Cricket Associations will conduct trials across the country from 25 May ahead of their two-day tournaments. The complete schedule is available here. (https://www.pcb.com.pk/downloads/CCA-Senior-Trial-2022-23-schedule.pdf)

This extensive exercise will allow the CCAs to field best possible sides in the upcoming tournaments. The competing players will have an opportunity to impress the selectors and play apex domestic cricket in the 2022-23 domestic season by pushing their cases for selection in the CA sides.

The trials will be conducted by respected first-class and Test cricketers, who are also head coaches of the six Cricket Association sides.

The trials will begin at 0700 on the mentioned days.

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93 squads for CCA U19 tournament announced 

Lahore, May 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan Cricket Board today announced Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab squads for City Cricket Association U19 Tournament, which commences on 21 May.

The sides have been selected through robust and merit-based open trials where the PCB have spent around PKR 10 million to ensure transparency in age-group cricket. The players born on or after 1 September 2003 and before 1 September 2007 were made eligible for selection in the tournament. The players who performed well in the last CCA U19 tournament and fall into age bracket for this year’s edition have also been named in the side.

The 50-over tournament has been designed to provide teenage cricketers with an opportunity to impress selectors ahead of the divisional tournament and PCB U19 three-day and one-day tournaments.

The performers will also get a chance to get selected in the inaugural edition of Pakistan Junior League, the player draft for the league is expected to take place in August. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Lahore from 1 to 15 October.

Keeping the health and welfare of the players of the top most priority, certain precautionary measures have been adopted to keep players fit during the tournament. The PCB will encourage players to wear floppy hats during the match and wet towels will also be available to the players.

Moreover, the match timings are also designed in a way to keep players fresh in the heat. The match will start at 830 and will go on till 1300. There will be a three hours break from 1300 to 1600 in the peak hours of heat. The match will resume again at 1600 and will conclude at 1830. There will also be a provision for additional drinks break in each innings.

The tournament will be covered digitally and with the live scores available on CricHQ.

The 93 squads for the 50-over tournament are available below.

Balochistan

Chaman – Basit Khan, Hikamatullah, Hikmatullah, Himayatullah, Ijaz Ahmed, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Sadiq, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Kashif, Muhammad Khalid, Qudratullah, Shabir Ahmed, Syed Hanzala and Umair Ahmed

Gwadar – Abdul Haseeb, Abdul Rasool, Allah Rakha, Dahim, Jawad Ali, Khalil, Khan Muhammad, Muhammad Jasim, Muhammad Karim, Qadeer, Sahil, Salman, Sheriyar Gul, Taimour and Zarrain Rahim

Jaffarabad – Abdul Rauf, Abdul Rauf, Ayaz Gul, Faisal Ahmed, Farhan Ali, Junaid Ahmed, Mehboob Ali, Muhammad Ali, Shahid Ali, Shahid Khan, Syed Ayaz Shah, Wajid Ali, Zain Ul Abideen, Zameer Hussain and Zubair Ahmed

Khuzdar – Abdul Hafeez, Adnan Iqbal, Ayaz Ahmad, Jalal Ahmad, Junaid, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Yaseen, Munaib Mengal, Saeed Ahmad, Siraj Ahmad, Sohaib Taj, Usama, Zakir Shah and Zaubair Ahmad

Lasbela – Abu Bakar, Adnan, Amir Baksh, Arbaz Khan, Arsalan Khan, Bakhtiyar Khan, Gohar Khan, Gul Rahman, Gulsher Ahmad, Mohsin Ali, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Younas, Nisar Ahmad and Talha Shakir

Loralai – Abdul Basit, Aziz Ullah, Dunya Khan, Ehsan Ullah, Ghazi Khan, Hamas Khalid, Inam Ul Haq, Israr, Jahangir Khan, Masood Ahmed, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Yousaf, Tanveer Khan, Zainullah and Zohaib Khan

Naseerabad – Abu Bakar, Basit Ali, Fiaz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Israr Ullah, Mir Hazar, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Uzair, Munir Ahmed, Muzamil Ali, Orangzaib, Peer Muhammad, Sajjad Ali and Siraj Ahmed

Noshki – Anwar Shah, Anwarullah, Atiq Ullah, Kamal Uddin, Khurshid Ahmed, Majid Khan, Mehboob Ali, Muhammad Hussain, Safi Ullah, Saqib Ahmad, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmad, Waqar Ahmad, Zabih Ullah and Zulqarnin

Panjgur – Abdul Ghaffar, Abu Bakkar, Ahmed, Amin Jan, Anas Kaleem, Habibullah, Hamal Iqbal, Jalal Ahmed, Jasim Ali, Meher Yar, Rasheed Ahmed, Saifullah, Siraj Mehboob, Waqas Brahim and Yasir Abbas

Pishin – Abbasin Roshan, Abdul Saboor, Ahmad, Ajmal Khan, Faheem Shah, Farid Ahmad, Hafiz Ullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Najib, Muhammad Umar, Muhammed Umer, Shamraiz Khan, Syed Yasir Shah and Waqas Ahmad

Quetta – Abdullah Khan, Aqdas Khan, Bilal Ahmed Shah, Huzaifa Gul, Inaamullah, M Umer Khan, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Younas, Obaidullah, Shoukat Ali, Sumair Ahmed and Usman Ghani

Sibi – Altaf Hussain, Atta Ullah, Bahadur Khan, Lavish Kumar, Majid Ali, Mehar Dil Khan, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Shoaib, Musharraf Habib, Parwaiz Ahmed, Shahid Ali, Shehzad Khan, Sher Ahmed, Yawar Fareed and Zain Ullah

Turbat – Abdul Ahad, Akhter Altaf, Ashir Jawed, Bilal, Fahad Essa, Fahiz Ghulam, Faisal Razzaq, Imran Essa, Irshad Ahmed, Muzafar Imran, Nasar-Ud-Deen Suleman, Niaz Noor, Riaz Rahim, Shakir Ali and Zaid Nusrat

Central Punjab

Bhakkar – Adnan Ahmad Kashif, Ahmad Hussain Joni, Ahmad Mohsin, Ali Raza, Danish Shehraz, Huzaifa Habib, Khalid Saifullah, M Azam, M Danish Nawaz, M Daniyal Ali, M Talat Baloch, Malik Abdul Ahad, Saqib Ali, Wazir Haider and Zurriat Imran

Faisalabad – Abdul Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Ahmad Bilal, Akash Hayat, Arslan Riaz, M Abdullah, M Abu Bakar, M Maaz, M Tayyab Ansar, M Yaseen Bilal, Momin Qamar, Noman Haider, Samama Riaz, Shuban Saeed and Waqas Abbas

Gujranwala – Abu Bakar, Abu Huraira, Ali Haider, Hassan Ali, Kaif Ali, M Abdullah, M Azan, M Noman Khan, M Noor Ahmad, M Shaaf Kamboh, Qasir Javed, Sheraz Ahmad, Tayyab Ahsan, Zain Shahid and Zain Ul Abideen

Gujrat – Aliyan-Ul-Hassan, Andleeb Ahmed, Ashir Ali Butt, Fahad Hassan, Hassan Mehmood, Mirza Mohd. Saad Tariq, Mohd. Hammad Saleem, Mohd. Umar, Mohd. Uneeb, Mohd. Yahya Nisar, Shahzaib Sarwar, Shamil Hussain, Syed Fawad Haider, Wajiul Hassan Baig and Zaki Ur Rehman

Hafizabad – Ali Akbar, Bilal Nasir, Haroon, Hussnain Abbas, Imran Hussain, M Aoun Lal, M Qasim, M Usman Ghani, Naseem Abbas, Nawazish Ali, Noman Ali, Rana Azan Ali, Tafseer Haider, Touseeq Haider and Umer Hassan

Jhang – Abu Sufyan, Ahmad Yar Haider, Ali Hasnain, Artkan Raza, M Haroon Afzal, M Madni, M Marwan Saleem, M Shoaib Zahid, M Usman, Mustafa Khan, Qaisar Abbas, Sadaqat Hassnain, Shan Javed, Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Khatab

Kasur – Abdul Ahad, Ali Raza, Anas Liaqat, Areeb Arif, Ashan Rasheed, Danish Mushtaq, Hassan Ali, Hmza Khalil, M. Ali, M. Hamza, M. Ikram, M. Sheraz, Sajid Sohail, Umar Farooq and Zunair Ali

Lahore East Zone (B) – Abdullah Minhas, Bilal Anwar, Daniyal Yousaf, Hafiz Usman Nadeem, Haider Ali Sohail, Hassan Ahmad, Imad Khan, Kabeer Ali, Luqman Bhatti, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Maooz, Muhammad Rauf, Salman Ahmed, Tayyab Tariq and Umar Hayyat

Lahore East Zone (W) – Abdullah Khan, Ali Hamza, Ayub Khan, Hanan Farooq, Junaid Hassan, M. Awais Munawar, M. Haroon Ashraf, M. Umar, M. Waleed, Saad Rahman, Saifullah Khan, Zain Ali, Zain Ali, Zeeshan Sikander and Zoraiz Wafa Gill

Lahore North Zone (B) – Ali Hassan Tariq, Ali Hussain, Ali Zoraiz Asif, Asad Ullah Rehman, Ayan Malik, Baqir Raza, Burhan Khan, Moiz Irfan, Mudasar Gohar, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Bilal Waseer, Muhammad Usman Sohail, Saqib Ayub and Sohail Ahmad

Lahore North Zone (W) – Abdullah Asif, Abu Bakar Wakar, Amaan Ali But, Hammad Zafar, Hamza Baig, Karamat Khan, Khirzar Hayat, M. Aswad, M. Yasir Khan, Muhammad Annas, Muhammd Ali, Salman Naseer, Shahbaz Javaid, Ubaid Shah and Umar Draz

Lahore West Zone (B) – Abu Marsad, Ahmad Noman, Ghulam Mohayyuddin, Hamd Liaqat, Moiz Rana, Muhammad Soban Malik, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Zayyan Alvi, Muneeb Zafar, Muteeb Munir, Rafay Rana, Salman Agha, Sunny Nazir and Usman Shahid

Lahore West Zone (W) – Abdul Rehman Khan, Ahmad Tariq, Ali Dilshad, Ali Razzaq, Farhan Yousaf, Huzaifa Abid, Mehboob Alam, Muhammad Ahsan Kaleem, Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Bilal Siddiqi, Nauman Arshad, Obaid Shahid, Syed Bilal Anjum Zaidi, Usama Zahid and Yousaf Nadeem

Mandi Bahuddin – Abdullah Khan, Ali Hamza, Ayub Khan, Hanan Farooq, Junaid Hassan, M. Awais Munawar, M. Haroon Ashraf, M.Umar, M. Waleed, Saad Rahman, Saifullah Khan, Zain Ali, Zain Ali, Zeeshan Sikander and Zoraiz Wafa Gill

Mianwali – Abu Huraira, Ahmad Balaj Khan, Farhan Baig, Haroon Tahir, Irfan Khan, M Hammad, M Junaid, M Saria Khan, M Tallha, M Usman, M Usman Ashraf, Malik Ahad, Moavia Hassan, Qamar Abbas and Saif Hayat

Narowal – Abaidullah, Ahmed Saeed, Ali Tahir, Ameer Hamza, Asif Arif, Awais Akram, Fahad Abdul Razaq, Haseeb Amjad, Haseebullah, M. Arham, M. Gulzaman, M. Hamza Kamran, M. Hashim, M. Moeez Sarwar, M. Mumtaz, M. Umer, M. Usman Saleem, Mehran Butt, Sheraz Ali and Zeem Javed Khan

Sargodha – Adeel Arshad, Ali Raza, Azmat Shahzad, Badar Taimoor, Hamid Sheraz, Hassan Raza, M Abdullah, M Baqar, M Farhan, M Haseeb Zaffar, M Zeeshan, Okasha Javed, Rana Sarfaraz Tariq, Shahid Hassan and Turab Hassan

Sheikhupura – Abdul Majid, Abdul Rehman, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Hassan, Ahmad Raza, Ahsan Saleem, Ali Raza, Fahad Iqbal, Faraz Ahmed, Hassan Khan, M Awais, M Huzaifa, M Talha, Numan Ali and Saqib Masood

Sialkot – Ali Afzal, Ali Hassan, Ameer Hassan, Ameer Muawia, Awais Iqbal, Azan Awais, Bilal Nadeem, Faryad Ali, Hunain Amir, Moosa Azeem, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Shaban, Muhammad Zain, Mutahir Waseem, Sayed Hassan Gillani, Tayyab Arif, Umair Ali, Umer Ali Nadeem, Usman Dar and Zohaib Afzal

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abbottabad – Ahsan Qureshi, Aqib Khan, Farid Ullah, Habil Khan, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Imrtan Ahmed, Junaid Gul, Khizar Khan, M Ali Imtiaz, M Sami Khan, M Umair, Saad Ahmed, Salman Khan, Sardar Mubashir and Zeeshan Ahmed Paracha

Bajaur – Adnan Ahmed, Aman Ud Din, Arshad Iqbal, Bismillah Khan, Ezat Ullah, Farman Ullah, Habib Ullah, Ilham Khan, M Ilyas, Mian Fazli Subhan, Najm Ud Din, Qazi Afan, Roman Khan, Suliman Khan and Zubair Ahmed

Bannu – Abdul Musawar, Ahmad Zeb, Fahad Zaman, Farhan Ullah, Fida Ahmad, Haseen Ahmad, Jamshed Ali, M. Afnan, M. Haider, M. Shahid, Muhabat Ullah, Mujtaba Khan, Shahid Khan, Shaqiaz Khan and Sifat Ullah

Buner – Bilal Hadi, Hamad Ali, Ikhtiar Shah, Islam Babar, M Asim, M Faheem, Moin Ali, Rooh Ul Amin, Salam Khan, Sayed Shaban, Shafi Atiq, Shoaib Khan, Usman Zaib, Wajid Baaz and Zakir Khan

Charsadda – Abbas Dawar, Abdal Ahmad, Aimal Shah, Awais Sajjad, Imaad Khan, Jawad Ali, M. Noor, M.Zulkifal, Najab Khan, Sabir Shah, Salman Khan, Usama Uddin, Uzair Aziz, Wadood Khan and Zia Ullah

D.I Khan – Abdul Ismail, Abdul Manas, Abdul Wahid, Abdullah Gul, Ahmad Ali Barki, Ahtesham Ul Haq, Atta Ullah, Bilal Yousaf, Jawad Hussain, M. Faisal Nawaz, M. Noman, M. Shoaib, Mubeen Ahmad, Shahid Ali and Shazaib Hassan

Dir Lower – Abu Bakar Khan, Asad Khan, Hanzla Malik, Hassan Sami, Ihtisham Ul Haq, Khalid Hameed, Khalid Zaman, M Awais Khan, M Hisham, M Ilyas, M Salman Khan, Salman Khan, Talha Anwar, Talha Hayat and Tauseef Jalal

Dir Upper – Abdullah Jan, Adeel Munir, Adnan Saeed, Ali Azmat, Ameer Nawaz, Fawad Ul Haq, Ismail, Karim Ullah, M Ahmed, M Salman, M Shoaib, M Zohad Ali, M Zohaib Iqbal, Mehran Ullah and Salman Khan

Haripur – Abdul Moez, Ali Mohammad, Anas, Awais Rehman, Danyal Bhati, Danyal Fakhar, Ibrar Nosh, M Hassan, M Mosa, M Shameer Khan, M Usman, Muzamil Ali, Salar Ahmed, Shehryar Khan and Zaryab Khan

Khyber – Abdul Hameed, Adnan Khan, Azam Ahmad, Haris Ullah, Junaid Khan, Latif Afridi, M. Atif, M. Junaid, M. Naseer Afridi, M. Uzair, M. Yaseen, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad. Zubair, Obaid Ullah and Riaz Ullah

Kohat – Asad Iqbal, Awais Iqbal, Junaid Ahmad, Khatir Faqeer, Khubaib Khalil, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Omais, Muhmmad Ismail, Sajawal Bhutto, Sami Ullah, Shakir Ullah, Shayan, Shayan Khan, Wazdan Khan and Zeeshan Ahmad

Kurram – Ariaz Saddique, Faraz Ali, Haider Abbas, Israr Ahmad, M. Rasool, Marwan Uddin, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Owais, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Shahzeb, Sher Ahmad and Usama Bangash

Mansehra – Adil Mohammad, Ashyan Khan, Bilal Akhter, Hameed Shah, Hamid Saif, Islam Shaheen, Jawad Ahmed, M Israr, M Sami Khan, Marifat Shah, Mustafa Ali, Sahil Siraj, Shahzaib Khan, Shehryar Adil and Usama

Mardan – Aftab Ahmad, Asif Tehseen, Maz Habib Khan, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irshad, Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Maaz, Muhammad Shayan, Muhammad Shiraz Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Yaseen, Nasrullah Khan, Sayed Muhammad Mauvia and Shahzaib

Mohmand – Abdul Basit, Abdul Wahab, Aimal Khan, Ayaz Shah, Ilyas Khan, Kashif Ali, M. Farooq, M. Shoaib Khan, M. Tahir, Malik M. Hassan (Pesh), Murad Ullah, Nisar Ahmad, Rehmat Ullah, Rooh Ullah and Waleed Khan

Nowshera – Afaaq Khan, Asfandyar, Azran Shah, Hameed Gul, Hamza Izhar, Hamza Khan, M. Azam, M. Hussain, M. Maaz Khizar, M. Onais, Mansoor Ahmad, Naveed Ul Hassan, Saif Ul Islam, Tehseen Khan and Zeeshan Husain

Peshawar – Abid Ullah, Amir Khan, Arafat Khan, Fawad Gul, Haider Ali, Hamayun Khan, Haris Khan, Haseeb Khan, M. Irfan, M. Ismail, Naqeeb Shah, Shah Husain, Usama Alam, Usama Khalil and Uzair Ullah

Swabi – Bilal Raza, Fawad Younas, Mian Mohammad Zohaib, Mohammad Abu Bakar, Mohammad Sheshzad Awais, Mohammad Yasin Khan, Mohsin Junaid, Naveed Khan, Raza Ullah, Salman Azam, Tahir Ali, Talha Bilal, Yasir Ahmed, Zohaib Zameer and Zulfiqar Ahmed

Swat – Anees Khan, Atif Ullah, Aziz Ullah, Hamad Khan, Hilal Ahmed, Mohammad Talha, Mustafa Jani, Nazir Shah, Salman Khan, Shafi Ullah, Shahab Khan, Sheerdil Khan, Usama Khan, Wahid Gul and Wasil Khan

Northern

Gilgit Baltistan – Muhammad Nasir, Sharafat Ali Shah, Jibran Hussain, Faizan Ibrahim, Rumman Bin Sohail, Muhammad Asim Kamal, Ammar Sohail, Aimal Alam Khan, Asad Ali, Faisal Rehman, Kaleem Ullh, Shabbir Hussain, Amir Khan, Rashid Ali and Saqlain Mushtaq

Rawalpindi – Abbas Hasnain, Abdul Basit, Abuzar, Affan Ishaq, Asim Shazad, Hammad Ahmed, Imdad Ullah, Johar Ali, M Abbas, M. Nasir, Shameer Ali, Ubaid Ullah, Usman Khan Paa, Yazdan Abbas and Zain Jameel

Attock – Abu Hurraira, Ahsan Khan, Amir Quraishi, Atif Khatak, Daood Nazar, Faraz Khan, Hamad Ullah, Ihsan Ullah, Ismael Khan, Muhammad Awais, Rabeel Ahmad, Shamsher Ali, Umair Akbar, Umar Habib and Zeeshan Nawab

Islamabad – Abid Ullah, Asad Ullah Khan, Awais Ameen, Ayan Malik, Hamza Waheed, M. Sufyan Shazil, Muhammad Aftab, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Qaiser, Muhammad Usman, Saad Naseem, Salman Khan, Saqib Ullah, Shoukat Khan and Sudais Ulfat

Chakwal – Abdul Rafay, Abdullah Ahmed, Asad Munir, Habib Ullah, Hammad Raffique, Ismaeel Khan, M Bashir, M Ehtisham Farooq, M Huzaifa Ajmal, M Naeem, M Talha Saud, Shahzaib Jilani, Shayan Raza, Waleed Iqbal and Wasim Nawaz

Bagh – Aman Aftab, Awais Tariq, M. Asmat Ullah, M. Uzair Nazim, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Ziyan, Saad Bin Tariq, Saad Bn Tahir, Saad Dawood, Saad Mustafa, Salik Muneer Raja, Syed Abid Ali Naqvi and Zain Ul Abiden

Jhelum – Abdullah Amin, Abdullah Arshad, Adil Javed, Arsalan Ali, M. Abdullah Sajid, M. Ilyas Akram, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Naeem, Raja Kamran, Raja Muhammad Azan Arshad, Shehbaz Khan Huraira, Syed Ali Imam Kazmi and Zain Ul Abiden

Kotli – Abdullah, Adeel Basharat, Atta Ul Mustufa, Azan Kabir, Jibran Zahid, M.Adil Tareef, M.Bilal Muqadar, M. Shariq Shahid, Muhammad Husnain Butt, Muhammad Usman, Samar Shahfiq, Shahzaib, Shahzaib Altaf, Syed Jawad Ali Shah and Usama Irshad

Mirpur – Ali Khan, Daniyal, Faisal Khan, Fasih Ul Hasan, Husnain Nadeem, M. Areez Azmat, M. Luqman Shakeel, Muhammad Saad, Mursaleen, Murtuaza Ur Rehman, Rajab Ali, Rizwan Farooq, Syed Ali Mehdi, Syed Hussain Mujtuba Musavi and Syed Sibtain Haider

Muzaffarabad – Abu Huraira, Afaq Javed, Ali Abbas Khan, Ali Ashfaq, Arsalan Sajjad, Arsh Zaman, Ashar Mumtaz, Fahad Rashid Kiani, Hammad Mustufa, Hannan Manzoor, Jahanzaib Ali Kiani, M. Ammar, M. Muneed Ali and Mudassar Awan and Sharib

Poonch – Azan Khan, Bakhtiar Amir Tahir, Bilal Ahmed, Hamza Zuhad Khan, Haris Khan, Humayoun Shabbir, M. Ammar Yasir, Misfeer Manzoor, Muneeb Ahsan, Sheraz Khan, Siraj Ahmed, Umar Akbar, Umer Farooq, Wasiq Riaz and Zain Ul Abiden Bin Asad

Sindh

Khairpur – Aamir Ali, Ali Abbas, Khair Muhammad, Mansoor Ali Khoso, Mehran Ali, Mehran Ali, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Junaid, Saqib Saleh, Saqlain Nawaz, Sarfaraz Ali, Shahzad Ali, Shahzaib Ali, Syed Khan Shah and Ubaid Raza

Sanghar – Abrar Ali, Hamid Nasir, Hanza, Javed Ali, Muhammad Arbaz, Muhammad Ehsan, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Faizan, Mujtaba Hassan, Nauman Khan, Rameez Ejaz, Rizwan Ahmed, Syed Haider Ali, Usman Elahi and Waheed Ali

Badin – Abdul Hadi, Abdul Rehman, Abu Talib, Awais Rehman, Dhano, Faizan Ashraf, Moiz Wali Dal, Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Nadim, Muhammad Shaheer, Muhammad Zulaid, Waris, Zain Ul Abdin and Zaryab Ali

Larkana – Aakash Ali, Aamir Ali, Ali Ahmed Buledi, Feroz Ali, Imran Ali, Kashif Ali, Kashif Nawaz, Muhammad Asfar, Muhammad Jawad, Muhammad Qasim, Niaz Hussain, Shahzaib Ali, Shahzaib Aziz, Uzair Hussain and Zafar Ali

Mirpur Khas – Abrar Hussain Khan, Ahsan, Arbaz Khan, Bashir Ahmed, Hammad Khan, Kashif Qamar, M. Umar Khan Shirani, Muhammad Ahsan Shaikh, Muhammad Anus, Muhammad Huzaifa, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Siddiq, Rizwan, Talib Hussain and Zaheer Khalid

Shaheed Benazirabad – Abdul Latif, Aftab Hussain, Ahmed Raza, Daud Abbas, Gul Muhammad, Muhammad Mubashir, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Wakeel, Nazim Ali Khan, Sadaqat Ali, Saif Ali Khan, Saleem Mustafa, Talha Iftekhar and Tanveer Ahmed Brohi

Shikarpur, Abdul Sami, Ali Raza, Aoun Ali, Hameed Ur Rehman, Jawad Ahmed, Meeral, Muhammad Bux, Muhammad Kaif, Muhammad Kashif, Najaf Ali, Rasib Ali, Sameer Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Sohail Ahmed and Talib Hussain

Sukkur – Abdul Baseer, Arsalan Abbasi, Habib Ur Rehman, Jawad Ahmed, Kamran Zahoor, Mohsin Ali, Mohsin Hasan, Muhammad Aqeel, Muhammad Bux, Muhammad Hannan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Maaz, Nayyar Ali, Rizwan Shah and Sajjad Ali

Karachi Zone 1 – Ahsan Gaziyani, Alman Shafiq, Faiq Hassan, Hibban Qurashi, Jawad Butt, Khawaja Usman Rizwan, M. Haroon Jummani, Muhammad Dawar Malik, Muhammad Talha Khanji, Muhammad Umer Usman, Muneeb Sami, Saad Mehboob, Sher Khan, Wahab Zafar and Zeeshan Akhtar

Karach Zone 2 – Abdul Rehman Niazi, Ali Hassan, Ali Muhammad Mittha, Baseer Shah, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Danish, Muhammad Shahryar, Muhammad Shahvaiz Yasir, Muteeb Ahmed, Owais Ali Khan, Sufyan, Syed Raihan Shah, Tayyab Hussain, Zahid Khan, Zia-Ullah

Karachi Zone 3 – Adil Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Muhiuddin, Daniyal Hashmi, Hassan Asim, Maaz Shah, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Fahad, Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Yaqoob, Rumail Ahmed, Saad Baig, Syed Taha Ali, Wakeel Shah, Zia Abbas

Karachi Zone 4 – Abdullah, Abdullah Bin Saud Farroqi, Abdur Rehman, Ahad Ali, Ali Ahmed, Faisal Ali, Harish Siddique, Muhammad Maaz, Muhammad Musa Azad, Saim Sohail, Shahzad Khan, Syed Burair Ali, Syed Kaif Abbas Naqvi, Syed Zain-Ul-Abedin, Talha Fareed,

Karachi Zone 5 – Abdul Hadi, Asad Umar, Awais Qarni, Daniyal Ahmad, Muhammad Adam Essa Bin Rather, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Haroon Rafiq, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Shahmir Khan, Nisar-Ud-Din, Ramiz Khan Bangash, Sajan Muhammad, Sameer Gul, Syed Izzan Ud Din,

Karachi Zone 6 – Arqam Faisal, Faizan Malik, Farhan Ali, Ghulam Ashraf, Hameed Karim, Hamza Qureshi, Ibad Khan, Maaz Khurram Amin, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Ali Hassan, Muhammad Arbaz Khan, Muhammad Azghan Siddiqui, Muhammad Farhan Khan, Muhammad Umar Ejaz, Naveed Ahmad Khan,

Karachi Zone 7 – Abdul Moiz, Abdullah Alam, Aftab, Farhan Zaman, Kabeer Khan, Khan Shah Khan, Mawaz Zahid, Muhammad Jalal, Muhammad Rameez, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Saad, Sufiyan Usmani, Syed Kashan Faheem, Syed Sharim Naqvi, Zayyan Khan,

Jamshoro – Abdul Rehman, Abu Bakar Rajput, Adil, Ahsan Ali, Asrar Ahmed, Ghulam Qadir, Imran Khan, Imranali, Irfan Ali, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Muhammad Talha Khan, Syad Yaman Arif, Tabish Ansari, Ubaidullah Khan, Zeeshan,

Hyderabad – Abdul Rahem, Fahad, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Hassan Ali, Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Zaid, Muhammad Zorain, Musab Ahmed, Noman Ali, Noor Habib, Saifullah Khan, Sheeraz Khan, Syed Mujtaba, Umaiz Chanchar and Zafar

Southern Punjab

Bahawalnagar – Abdul Rauf, Abdulrehman, Ali Arshad, Asad Abbas, M. Asad Tariq, M. Nabeel Hussain, M. Hassan Junaid, M. Junaid, M. Umair, M. Usman Azhar, Rehman Shabir, Rozi Khan, Sajid Hameed, Sameer Akhtar and Usama Bajwa

Bahawalpur – Ahmed Faraz, Fakhir Mirza, Khubaib Ahmad, M. Hasan Mustafa, M. Sheraz, Moazam Ali, Mohammad Adil, Mohammad Ahmad, Mohammad Daniyal, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Farhan, Mohammad Huzaifa, Noman Mustafa, Noor Ul Ain and Sajid Javed

DG Khan – Abram Aziz, Ameer Muavia, Hakim Ali, Hassan Khan, M Shan, M. Bilal Ahsan, M. Faiz Ullah, M. Haider Baloch, M. Saqib, M. Sheraz Khan, M. Sultan, Mustafa Hashim, Sabir Hussain, Sahibzada Sameen and Umair Abbas

Khanewal – Arbab Shabir, Abdul Sattar Ahmad, Huzaifa Ayub, M. Idrees, M. Irfan Saleem, M. Saeed Anwar, M. Salman, M. Shahzad, M. Tahir, M. Usama, M. Zubair, M. Zubair, Rana Jazib Shahbaz, Umar Bilal and Yasir Javed

Layyah – Ali Muhammad, Khayal Muhammad, M Fakhr Ul Husnain, M. Abdul Rehman, M. Abdullah, M. Shahzaib, M. Shoaib, M. Sobhan, M. Taimoor Ghazi, Mubashir Bilal, Naseem Abbas, Rian Mushtaq, Sarfraz Hussain, Tanzaib Ali and Touqeer Abbas

Multan – Abdul Hadi Haroon, Alamgir Khan Mahmand, Hafiz M. Kamran, Haroon Amjad, Haseeb Javed, Haseeb Naizm, M. Dawood Saleem, M. Fahad Kashif, M. Haris Qaisar, M. Sarfraz, M. Awais, M. Nouman Zafar, Majid Bashir, Umar Waris and Umer Farooq Khan Khakwani

Muzaffargarh – Abrar Rasool, Bakhtullah Khan, Faraz Ahmad, M. Ansar, M. Talha, M. Tanvir Elahi, M. Usama, M. Umar Farooq, Mehboob Fida, Mohsin Ali, Muavia, Muhammad Adeeb , Nouman Abbas, Rahib Qadir and Waleed Ahmad Khan

Rajanpur – Adnan Shahid, Awais Bin Malik, M. Abdullah, M. Adeel Sajjad, M. Aftab, M. Hassan Jalal, M. Ilyas, M. Kamran, M. Khubaib Zafar, M. Sarfraz, M. Shahbaz, Musab Haider, Syed Tayyab Khalid, Tariq Khan and Zurnain Bukhari

Sahiwal – Bilal Ahmad, Hamza Nadir, Hassnain Shoaib, Inamullah, Jan Sher, M. Qasim Ayub, M. Rashid Riaz, Mohammad Ismaeel, Mohsin Nawaz, Mubashar, Raja Ghulam Hussain, Sher Dil, Suleman Shafique, Syed Ahsan Raza and Taha Shabir

Pakpattan – Abuzar, Adnan Ali, Atta Muhammad, Ch. M. Ahmad, Fazal Hussain, Hassnain Murtaza, M. Atif, M. Hassnain Sabir, M. Zulkaif Chichti, Mudasar Ali, Salman Ahmad, Sarfraz Riasat, Shehzad Khan, Syed Mohsin Waqar and Usama Akram

Rahim Yar Khan – Abdullah Yasin, Abdullah Zain, Ali Shabir, Asim, Furqan Ashiq, Haroon Aslam, Hussnain Majid, M. Ammar, M. Farhan Iqbal, M. Saud, Muzammal Zahoor, Saqlain Ejaz, Taha Masood Khan, Talha Mushtaq and Waleed Raza

Okara – Abdul Rasool, Abubakar Azeem, Abubakar Sarwar, Affan Waleed, Amir Shahzad, Asad Raza, Basit Rasheed, M. Bilal Aslam, M. Bilal Sabir, Mohammad Ahmed, Syed Ghazanfar, Umer Ali, Usman Iqbal, Zain Mustafa and Zain Nadeem

Lodhran – Aman Ul Haq, Hanzullah Mahmood, Haseeb Gull, M. Ahmed Shafi, M. Ahsan Malik, M. Ayub, M. Hammad, M. Luqman, M. Umer Farooq, M. Zahid Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohammad Niaz, Mohammad Raheel, Naveed Hassan and Sharjeel Hassan

Vehari – Ali Haider, Asad Abbas, Asad Ullah Qasim, Hammad, M. Ahmad, M. Amin Talib, M. Aqib Asghar, M. Awais Ch., M. Hammad Afzal, M. Taha, M. Tatal Ashraf, M. Tayyab Ul Hassan, Moheer Saeed, Mubeen Shakoor and Usman Akhtar

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

Pakistan cricketers’ pensions increased by PKR100,000 

Lahore, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan Cricket Board today announced an increase of PKR100,000 across all three pension categories under the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy.

The increase means cricketers who have played in 10 or less Tests will now receive a monthly pension of PKR142,000, players who have played between 11 and 20 Tests will receive PKR148,000 and players who have featured in 21 or more Tests will receive PKR154,000.

In a major amendment to the policy, the PCB also announced the pension will be transferred to the widow in the unfortunate event of a Test cricketer’s demise. Previously, the legal heirs of the cricketer were only entitled to receive a onetime payment equivalent to 12 months’ benefit calculated according to the bracket under which the pension was being paid to the cricketer.

The PCB Players’ Welfare Policy was last updated in January 2019. To ensure there were no future delays in the increase in the pension amounts, the PCB also confirmed there will be an annual inflation increase.

PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja: “It gives me immense pleasure and happiness to announce the increase in pension amounts and other amendments to the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy. With a former cricketer at the helm of Pakistan cricket affairs, the expectation was that I will always protect and look after the interests and welfare of all present and past cricketers. I am delighted that I have been able to fulfil another of my commitments and have amended the policy in such a way that there will now be an annual increase in the pension amounts.

“While improving the pension amounts, we have also ensured security for a cricketer’s widow. As a former cricketer, I know and understand the sacrifices of the families, particularly the spouses that allow cricketers to fulfil their ambitions and dreams of representing their country at the highest level. I am confident this incremental increase of the pension policy will give a lot of peace and satisfaction to the cricketers as well as their families.

“The PCB is an institution that has a proud history of respecting and appreciating its cricketers. These amendments to the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy are a testament to our commitment and on behalf of this organisation, I once again assure all retired cricketers that we will continue to support them in any way we can, be it through the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy or the PCB Benevolent Fund, which exists to support and help cricketers facing financial challenges and hardships.”

The latest changes to the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy will come into effect from 1 July 2022 and cricketers who have reached the age of 60 and above, will be able to benefit.

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