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ICC reschedule Group C matches of U19 World Cup

DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) rescheduled the Group C fixtures of Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 following the delayed arrival of Afghanistan into the region.

Afghanistan will arrive in the West Indies after acquiring the necessary travel visas and undergoing the required quarantine period.

In Trinidad and Tobago, four of the six group C matches have been rescheduled to ensure that all ties can be completed, while two matches have been scheduled sooner than previously indicated.

UPDATED SCHEDULE

15 January:  Zimbabwe vs Papa New Guinea (PNG) at Queens Park Oval. Rescheduled from 20 January.

17 January:  Pakistan vs Zimbabwe at Diego Martin Sporting Complex. Rescheduled from 22 January.

18 January: Afghanistan vs PNG at Diego Martin Sporting Complex. Unchanged.

20 January: Pakistan vs Afghanistan at Brian Lara Cricket Ground. Unchanged.

22 January: Pakistan vs PNG at Queens Park Oval. Rescheduled from 15 January

22 January: Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe at Diego Martin Sporting Complex. Rescheduled from 16 January.

The ICC U19 World Cup will commence on January 14 with the hosts taking on Australia, with the final taking place on February 5. Pakistan will confront Zimbabwe in their opening encounter on January 17.

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Hasan Ali storms into the top 10 of ICC Test Bowling Rankings

DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the updates Test bowling and batting rankings, Pakistan’s pacer – Hasan Ali moved into the top 10 Test bowlers.

According to the latest rankings, Hasan Ali claimed the 10th position by moving up two places, while Shaheen Afridi slipped to the fourth position as New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson claimed the third; following a massive surge in the right-arm pacer’s ranking.

Taking to Twitter, ICC shared the updated Test Player Rankings.

In the batting rankings, however, Pakistan’s star batter – Babar Azam remained at his eighth position. Babar is also the only batter to be in the top 10 rankings in all formats.

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ICC nominates Babar Azam for Men’s ODI Player of the Year

DUBAI: Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has been nominated for International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Player of the Year 2021. 

Taking to Twitter, ICC shared nominations for ODI player of the year. Alongside Babar, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, South Africa’s Janeman Malan and Ireland’s Paul Stirling got their place in the nomination.

Performance

Babar Azam: 405 runs in six matches at an average of 67.50 with two centuries

Shakib Al Hasan:

277 runs in nine matches at an average of 39.57 with two fifties; 17 wickets at an average of 17.52

Janneman Malan – South Africa

509 runs in eight matches at an average of 84.83 with two centuries and two half-centuries

Paul Stirling – Ireland

705 runs in 14 matches at an average of 79.66 with three centuries and two half-centuries

READ: Virat goes century-less in second consecutive year

Rizwan nominated for ICC Men’s T20I player of the year

DUBAI: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has been nominated for International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20I player of the year. 

With his eye-catching performance in the shorter format in 2021, Rizwan registered himself as the highest T20I run-scorer in a calendar year. He scored 1326 runs in 29 matches at an average of 73.66 with one century.

Alongside Rizwan, England’s Jos Buttler, Sri Lanka’s Wahindu Hasaranga and Australia’s Mitchell Marsh.

Performance:

Hasaranga: 36 wickets in 20 matches at 11.63; 196 runs with one half-century

Buttler: 589 runs in 14 matches at 65.44 with one century; 13 dismissals

Marsh: 627 runs in 27 matches at 36.88; 8 wickets at 18.37

Earlier, no Pakistani was nominated in ICC Test player of the year.

READ: Root, Ashwin make it to ICC nominations for ‘Test Player of 2021’

ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 kicks off March 4 in New Zealand

DUBAI: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is all set to start from 4th March in New Zealand, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday.

The host of the event, New Zealand will face off West Indies at Bay Oval, in the opener.

Pakistan will face their arch-rivals, India on 6th March at the same venue. Whereas, the defending champions, England will face their arch-rivals, Australia, a day ago.

The Semi Finals of the event will be played on 30th and 31st March, respectively. The final will be played on 3rd April at Hagley Oval.

Eight cricketing nations will be participating in the event. All the teams would compete in seven matches, the top four teams on the points table will go ahead in Semi Finals.

Taking to Twitter, the ICC shared the schedule of the event.

“Eight of the world’s best converge on New Zealand for CWC22! Who will lift the trophy on April 3?,” the Cricket Council wrote.

 

Pakistan, Bangladesh, and West Indies were the last teams to book their place into the event, following the cancellation of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier due to COVID related concerns. The teams qualified on the basis of the better rankings.

PAKISTAN’s SCHEDULE:

06th March – Pakistan vs India
08th March – Pakistan vs Australia
11th March – Pakistan vs South Africa
14th March – Pakistan vs Bangladesh
21st March – Pakistan vs West Indies
24th March – Pakistan vs England
26th March – Pakistan vs New Zealand

READ: Women’s World Cup Qualifiers called off, better-ranked Pakistan qualify

Babar Azam reclaims No.1 spot in ICC T20I batting rankings

DUBAI: Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam has reclaimed the number one position in International Cricket Council (ICC)’s T20I batting rankings. 

Babar, who struck his 23rd T20I fifty against Namibia in T20 World Cup’s group stage contest on November 2, overthrown England’s Dawid Malan with the rating of 834.

The Pakistani captain struck two fifties so far in the mega event, the first one was against India when he alongside Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan to victory against their arch-rivals.

Babar has also scored a century in the shorter format, joining his compatriots Ahmed Shahzad and Mohammad Rizwan to score a century in all three formats of the game.

READ: Pakistanis congratulate Babar XI for qualifying into T20 World Cup’s semis

‘T20 World Cup winners to get USD 1.6 million’ announces ICC

Dubai: The winners of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be awarded prize money of $1.6 million while the runners-up will take home $800,000. The two losing semi-finalists will be rewarded a prize money of $400,000 each.

Overall, a sum of $5.6 million will be allocated for the tournament which will be shared by all the 16 participating teams.

The ICC will also continue to award a bonus amount for every win during the Super 12 stage of the tournament, as was the case during the 2016 edition of the tournament.

The victors during all the 30 matches during the Super 12 stage will take home an amount of $40,000 — amounting to a total pot of $1,200,000.

The teams which get knocked out in the Super 12 stage will be awarded $70,000 each, amounting to a total sum of $560,000.

T20 World Cup Fixtures

The same set-up is in place to reward teams during their Round 1 victories, where again, they will be rewarded $40,000 during the 12 matches during the stage, totalling $480,000. The four teams which get knocked out during round one will get $40,000 each from an overall prize pool of $160,000.

The eight teams participating in Round 1 will are Bangladesh, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Afghanistan, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies are the eight confirmed teams for the Super 12 stage of the tournament in the UAE and Oman.

Apart from the prize money for the 2021 edition of the tournament, the ICC also announced a drinks break which will take place during each and every match. The duration of the break will of 2 minutes and 30 seconds and will take place during the halfway mark of each innings.

Read: Pakistan’s Aleem, Ahsan named among T20 World Cup umpires

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