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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to release junior head coach – Ijaz Ahmed along with other supporting staff, following the poor performance of the national side in the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup.

As per the sources, Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja and other board officials are unhappy with the team’s performance in the mega event.

Following this, the cricket board may start ‘operation clean-up’ to remove head coach Ijaz and other supporting staff from their positions.

Reports also suggest that the cricket board’s authorities are also unhappy with the performance of the selection committee.

It is worth mentioning here that the green shirts suffered a humiliating defeat against Australia in the U19 World Cup quarter-final; losing the contest by a massive margin of 119 runs.

The men in green, however, topped Group C by defeating Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and Papa New Guinea in an emphatic manner.

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to reappoint Saqlain Mushtaq as the national men’s cricket team head coach, sources claimed.

According to the sources, Saqlain who previously resigned from his position of the Head of International Players Development National High-Performance Center (NHPC) has been convinced by the PCB.

ٓAs per the details, financial matters have also been settled between the Cricket Board and Saqlain.

Furthermore, reports also suggested Saqlian will also be allowed to pick the team staff of his own choice.

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the previously suspended Under-13 and Under-16 tournaments will now kick off simultaneously in Karachi and Multan on January 27 after the completion of the age assessment procedure, here on Wednesday.

The age assessment procedure began immediately after the two age-group tournaments were suspended on January 17th, after it was discovered that a handful of over-aged competitors were competing in both tournaments.

After the procedure was completed, a total of 36 U16 players were deemed over-age, while a total of 20 U13 players were declared over-age and were subsequently expelled from the event.

The National U16 One-Day Tournament 2021-22 (45 overs) will be held in Multan, with 12 teams competing over five venues. Each of the six Cricket Associations (CA) has fielded two teams in each of the two pools (one in each pool).

Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab Whites will form Pool A while Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab Blues will constitute Pool B.

The top sides from each pool will compete in the final on February 7 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

On the other hand, the National U13 One-Day Tournament 2021-22 (25 overs) will comprise six teams and will be held at three venues in Karachi.

The group stage will feature one team from Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab, with each team playing the other once in a round-robin format.

The top sides will proceed to compete in the 6 February final which will be played at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi.

National U16 One-Day Tournament Squads

 

Balochistan Blues: Abdul Saboor, Anis Khan, Anwar Shah, Bakhtiyar Khan, Gohar Khan, Innam Ullah, Mubashir Shah, Mohammad Adil, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Asfand, Musharaf Hussain, Sumair Ahmed, Syed Yasir Shah, Talha Shakir, Zubair Ahmed

Balochistan Whites: Arslan Khan, Aurangzeb, Ayaz Gul, Eshrat Ul Ibbad, Faisal Razzaq, Imran Sadiq, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Umar, Muneer Ahmed, Muzamil Ali, Siraj Ahmed, Syed Waqas Ahmed, Umair Ahmed, Usman Ghani, Zakir Shah

Central Punjab Blues: Ali Hamza, Ali Raza, Areeb Arif, Faraz Ahmed, Ghulam Haider, Hamza Zahoor, Hunain, M Saim, M Usman, M. Farhan Yousaf, M. Hammad Arif, Mohsin Ali, Momin Qamar, Rana M Sarfraz, Shuban Saeed

Central Punjab Whites: Aaliyan Salman, Abdul Majid , Abu Suffyan, Ahmed Yar Haider , Ali Hassan, Ali Hassan Baloch, Ali Raza, Ammar Qayyum, Arslan Riaz, Danish Saeed, Faham Ul Haq, M Yaseen Bilal, M. Tayyab Arif, Nouman Ali, Shahbaz Javaid

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Blues: Ahmed Hussain, Ameer Hamza, Azam Afridi, Hazrat Ali, Luqman Khan, M Sohail, M. Salman, M. Ubaidullah, Masi Ullah, Mian Yousaf Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Yaseen, Shahzaib Khan, Usman Khan, Zulkarnain

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Whites: Adil Waheed, Afkar Durrani, Hamza Khan, Huzaifa Khan, M Abbas Afridi, M.Awais Khan, Mansoor Maqsood, Mohammad Ansarullah, Mohammad Haroon, Mohammad Riazullah, Mohammad Shahram, Mohammad Shoaib, Mohammad Zubair, Roman Alam Khan, Ubaid Ullah

Northern Blues: Abbas Hussnain, Bilal Ahmed , Faizan Ibrahim, Hassan Ijaz , M. Hassan Khan , M. Nouman, M.Waleed Iqbal , M. Zain Jameel, Mohammad Arshad , Mohammad Asim Kamal, Mohammad Bilal , Mohammad Nabeel, Shayan Raza, Shazaib, Syed Ali Mehdi

Northern Whites: Abdullah, Aimal Alam Khan, Ali Ashfaq, Arsh Zaman, Arslan Ali, Asad Munir, Azaan Kabir, Hussnain Nadeem, M.Ammar Yasir, Mohammad Abdullah Sajid, Mohammad Ahmed, Mohammad Araiz, Mohammad Asmat Ullah, Mohammad Ziyan, Shahmeer Nisar

Sindh Blues: Abdul Hadi, Abdul Moiz, Ahmed Muhiuddin, Ali Mohammad Metha, Farhan Zaman, Huzaifa Ahsan, M. Rameez, M.Talha Khanji, Mawaz Zahid, Musa Azad, Noor Habib, Saad Mahmoob, Saif Ullah Khan, Sufiyan Usmani, Yahya Shah

Sindh Whites: Abdul Rehman, Daniyal Hashmi, Haroon Arshad, Hassan Sheikh, Humza Qureshi, M. Bahroz Baig, M. Rohan Khan, M.Ahmed, Maaz Shah, Musab Ahmed, Nauman Ali, Owais Rehim Shah, Shahzaib Ali, Shiraz Khan, Syed Rehan Ali

Southern Punjab Blues: Abdullah , Ghulam Mustufa, Haseeb Javed , Inam Ullah , M.Aqib Arshad , M.Jan Sher , M.Saqib , Raja Sheraz (S) , Rana Adeel Mushtaq , Sameer Ahmed Minhas , Sameer Akhtar , Shahzad Ahmed , Sufiyan Ameen , Suleman Ahmed, Zain Arshad

Southern Punjab Whites: Abdul Rasool , Abdullah Tauqeer , Ali Hussain Badshah , Bilal Khan, Fahad Kashif , Haseeb Ahmed , M.Ahsan Malik, M.Farhan , M.Hamid , M.Noman Asif , M.Umair , Rao Kaleem Haider , Shahaz Saeed , Sohaib Akram , Tayyab Mukhtar

National U13 One-Day Tournament squads

 

Balochistan: Abu Bakar, Adnan Ahmed, Ahsan Ullah, Asim Ur Rehman, Faiq Ali, Hamza Khan, Ikram Ullah, Khan Wali, Malik Awais, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Dawood, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Suleman , Saleem Jan, Tufail Ahmed

Central Punjab: Abdul Rameez Kamboh, Arham Danish, Asad Naeem, Aun Hassan, Awais Zubair, Daud Tauqir Rana, Hasnain Abbas, M. Ali Sabir, M. Essa Baloch, Reyyan Arshad, Sarmad Nawaz, Taha Asif, Taj Mohammad, Ubaid Ullah, Zaryan Ali

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Akbar Ali, Attaullah, Ibad Ullah, Junaid Khan Khalil, M Talha, Mohammad Zaid, Nafees Akhtar, Naveed, Saad Rasheed, Shoaib Khan, Zain Israr, Zain Khan, Zain Ul Abidin, Zulkifal Zain

Northern: Abdul Ahad, Abdul Munim, Abu Bakar Minhas, Akhtar Gull, Bilal Bashir, M. Asad Abdullah, M. Yousaf, Malik Mohammad Khizar, Mohammad Muneeb, Mohammad Musa Hasan, Mohammad Sohaib, Mohammad Zohaib Abbas, Saad Abraiz Abbasi, Salar Nazeer, Syed Wajih Ul Hasan

Sindh: Abdul Rafay, Ahmed Ali, Ahsan Khan, Azan Ali Shah, Darain Faraz, Ghulam Ahmed, Hammad Alam, Hassan Khan, M. Abdullah Javed, Mohammad Anas, Mohammad Azaan, Mohammad Hamza, Mohammad Khan, Nafay, Talal Mehmood

Southern Punjab: Abdullah Latif , Abdur Rehman , Ali Haider , Faizan Riyasat , Hasnain Sajid , Hayat Khan , M.Abdullah , M.Babar Arshad , M.Qasim Ahmad , M.Usman , Maaz Ahmed , Mohsin Malik , Mohammad Umar , Rae Ali Amjab, Talal Ahmed Khan

KARACHI: Former cricketer and interim head coach of Pakistan – Saqlain Mushtaq has decided to step down from his position of Head of International Players Development National High-Performance Center (NHPC) today, sources claimed.

According to the sources, Saqlian has decided not to work with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Sources also claimed that Saqlain was not happy with his removal from the position of National Men’s team head coach, while his financial matters too, could not be settled with the PCB.

Moreover, sources also suggested that Saqlain had resigned even before the World Cup, which was not approved by the board۔

It is worth mentioning here that Saqlain acted as the interim head coach of the national team in the T20 World Cup

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to make modifications to the playing conditions of the forthcoming seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

In a press release, shared on the official website of the PCB, the cricket board confirmed the playing conditions of the HBL PSL 2022, which will be played in Karachi and Lahore from 27 January to 27 February.

According to the playing conditions, a minimum of 13 COVID-19 negative players will be sufficient for a game at PSL 2022 to go ahead.

As per the newly modified conditions, if a team loses a player due to COVID-19, the team will then be eligible to pick any player from the reserved pool of players after seeking the approval of the Technical Committee.

The Board also confirmed that a team’s playing XI must comprise a minimum of seven and a maximum of eight players including one emerging player. However, if a team gets hit by the deadly virus to such an extent that it halts it to create a playing 11 in accordance with the relevant requirements, the requirements will stand waived to the necessary extent.

PCB also imposed a new restriction for the fielding side, which bounds the side to bowl the first 19 overs in the given time. If they failed to do so, the side will then be able to place one less fielder outside the 30-yard circle in the final over.

Furthermore, as per the PCB’s announced playing conditions, the TV umpires will be calling the no-balls in the league’s matches.

The PSL 7 will kick off on January 27 with the defending champions Multan Sultans taking on the 2020 champions Karachi Kings in the opener at National Stadium Karachi.

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to suspend the ongoing Under 13 and Under 19 cricket tournaments following the participation of the older players.

In a press release, PCB announced the postponement of the ongoing tournaments after the board received the video evidence of elderly participants.

Following this, the PCB has decided to conduct the third round of bone age testing of all the players participating in both tournaments being held in Karachi and Multan.

After the completion of the testing, the new teams will be formed and the events are likely to restart again next week from the beginning.

Director National High-Performance Center Nadeem Khan also confirmed that all the players will undergo bone age testing, and the offending players will be evicted from the tournaments.

“The PCB will now conduct the third round of bone age testing. Any player found guilty in this round will be disqualified from the tournament,” Nadeem said.

It is worth mentioning here that until the resumption of the tournaments, all the teams will stay in Karachi and Multan where they will be allowed to train under the coaches appointed by the PCB.

The suspended tournaments are the important part of the PCB pathway cricket program.

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LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s chairman Ramiz Raja told national cricketers that he is just a call away to address their issues personally. 

Speaking in a ceremony to honor cricketers for their performance in 2021, Raja said he is aware of issues cricketers face, hence he is available to address players’ issues personally as chairman of cricket.

“I am just a call away from you. Just call me without any hindrance. I will be there to address your issue,” he told players.

“Actually, I know players’ issues and how they have to deal with them. So, being PCB’s chairman, I am personally available for all players,” he added.

PCB chairman rewarded cricketers with cash prizes for their performance in the calendar year 2021.

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KARACHI: Sindh outclassed Balochistan by 231 runs in their opening match of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) U13 One Day tournament here on Friday. 

While batting first, Sindh got the support of Abdullah who smashed 124 runs off 117 balls laced with 17 boundaries as they posted a mammoth 315-4 in 50 overs.

Abdullah Javed made 89 off 131 balls including seven boundaries to make a worthy contribution for his team.

Khan Wali, Hamza Khan, and Asim bagged a wicket each for Balochistan.

In reply, Balochistan were bowled out for 84 credits to Abdul Wahan and Mohammad Khan of Sindh as they bagged three wickets each for 27 and 30 runs respectively.

For Balochistan, Suleman scored 26 runs while Khan made 34 including seven boundaries.

In another match, Southern Punjab (SP) defeated Central Punjab (CP) by three wickets. CP put up 114-7 in 50 overs after they were asked to bat first. Ubaidullah scored 21, Ali Sabi made 23 while Faseeh contributed 25.

Abdul Rehman and Mohsin Malik took two wickets each for SP.

Set to chase 115, SP’s Babar Arshad (25) and Talal Ahmed (27) led their team to a fighting victory.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) beat Northern in another exciting contest. While batting first, KPK scored 217-9 with the help of Akbar Ali’s 50 and Zain’s 22.

Mohammad Ismail bagged three wickets whereas Mohammad Muneeb took two for Northern.

In run-chase, Northern’s batters fell short and handed success to KPK. Mohammad Shoaib scored 70 while Malik Mohammad made 24. Mohammad Sohail bagged three wickets for the winning side.

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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned the entire Pakistan’s squad for the ICC WT20 to honour them with a surprise ceremony, sources claimed.

As per the sources, all the squad members will be participating in the event hosted by the PCB tomorrow in Lahore.

According to the details, PCB is likely to distribute prizes among the top performers from the event.

It’s worth noting that the green shirts have had a remarkable tournament, defeating arch-rivals India for the first time in any world cup game. The men in green were also undefeated in the group stage before losing to Australia in a thrilling semi-final.

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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will start National U13 and U16 tournaments simultaneously in Karachi and Multan from January 14. 

Twelve teams will participate in the National U16 One-Day Tournament 2021-22 (45 overs) which will be played at five venues in Multan from 14 to 25 January. The teams have been divided into two pools with all six Cricket Associations fielding two sides (one in each pool).

Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab Whites will form Pool A while Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab Blues will constitute Pool B.

The top sides from each pool will compete in the 25 January final which will be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

Six teams will participate in the National U13 One-Day Tournament 2021-22 (25 overs) which will be played at three venues in Karachi from 14 to 24 January.

One side each from Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh and Southern Punjab will compete in the group stage, each team will play the other once in the round-robin format.

The top sides will proceed to compete in the 24 January final which will be played at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi.

The participating players will have a massive and unprecedented incentive to pursue during the tournament as up to 40 top performers from the two events will secure year-long contracts with monthly retainers.

The players will be coached by a panel of high performance coaches in summer camps at the NHPC Lahore (National High Performance Centre) and academies across the country. Academic scholarships will also be provided to these players.

National U13 One-Day Tournament squads

Balochistan: Abu Bakar, Adnan Ahmed, Ahsan Ullah, Asim Ur Rehman, Faiq Ali, Hamza Khan, Ikram Ullah, Khan Wali, Malik Awais, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Dawood, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Suleman , Saleem Jan, Tufail Ahmed

Central Punjab: Arham Danish, Asad Naeem, Awais Zubair, Fasih Tousaeef, Hassan Ashraf, Hussnain Abbas, Muhammad Ali Sabir, Muhammad Essa Baloch, Rayyan Arshad, Sajjid Mir, Sarmad Nawaz, Sayyar Khan, Taj Muhammad, Ubaid Ullah, Zaryan Ali

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Abdullah, Adnan Khan, Akbar Ali, Atta Ullah, Ikram Ullah, Mohammad Sohail, Muhammad Adeel Khan, Muhammad Talha, Nafees Akhtar, Naveed, Rizwan Ali, Saeed Afridi, Shazad Ahmed, Shoaib, Zain Ul Abideen

Northern: Abdul Ahad, Abdul Munim, Abu Bakar Minhas, Akhtar Gull, Bilal Bashir, M. Asad Abdullah, M. Ismail Ranjha, M. Yousaf, Malik Muhammad Khizar, Muhammad Muneeb, Muhammad Musa Hasan, Muhammad Sohaib, Muhammad Zohaib Abbas, Saad Abraiz Abbasi, Salar Nazeer

Sindh: Abdul Hayee, Abdul Wahab, Abdullah (Sr), Adnan Nawaz, Ahsan Khan, Ali Sher, Ghulam Ahmed, Hammad Alam, Kifayat Ullah, M. Abdullah Javed, Muhammad Anas, Muhammad Azaan, Muhammad Khan, Sheikh Intiysaam, Syed Mohtashim

Southern Punjab: Abdullah Latif, Abdur Rehman, Ali Haider, Faizan Riyasat, Hasnain Sajid, Hayat Khan, M.Abdullah, M.Babar Arshad, M.Huzaifa, M.Qasim Ahmad, M.Usman, Maaz Ahmed, Mohsin Malik, Muhammad Umar, Talal Ahmed Khan

National U16 One-Day Tournament 2021-22 squads

Balochistan Blues: Abdul Saboor, Anwar Shah, Bakhtiyar Khan, Gohar Khan, Hafeez Ullah, Innam Ullah, Mubashir Shah, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Asfand, Musharaf Hussain, Sumair Ahmed, Syed Yasir Shah, Talha Shakir, Zohaib Khan

Balochistan Whites: Arslan Khan, Aurangzeb, Ayaz Gul, Eshrat Ul Ibbad, Faisal Razzaq, Imran Sadiq, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Umar, Muzamil Ali, Shehariyar Ahmed, Siraj Ahmed, Syed Waqas Ahmed, Umair Ahmed, Usman Ghani, Zakir Shah

Central Punjab Blues: Ali Hamza, Ali Raza, Areeb Arif, Faraz Ahmed, Farhan Yousaf, Ghulam Haider, Hamza Zahoor, Hunain Amir, M.Hammad Asif, Mohsin Ali, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Saim, Muhammad Usman, Obaid Shahid, Rana M.Sarfaraz Tariq

Central Punjab Whites: Aaliyan Suleman, Abu Suffiyan , Ahmed Yaar Khan, Ali Hasan Baloch, Ali Hassan , Ali Raza, Arslan Riz, Danish Saeed, Faham Ul Haq, Kaif Ali, M. Tayyab, M. Tayyab Arif, M. Yasin Bilal, Nauman Ali, Shahbaz Javaid

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Blues: Abdul Raheem, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Hussain, Asfandyar, Hamza Izhar, Luqman Khan, M Umair Khan, Mian Yousaf Shah, Muhammad Ali, Shahzeb Khan, Usama Khan, Usman Khan, Zain Shah, Zubair Ahmed, Zulkarnain

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Whites: Abeel Khan, Adil Waheed, Ilham Khan, Khubib Khalil, M Awais, M Shayan, M.Ansar Ullah, M.Shoaib, Muhammad Haroon, Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Zubair, Naveed Ul Hassan, Riaz Ullah, Shayan, Usama Bangash

Northern Blues: Abbas Hussnain, Abu Zar, Bilal Ahmed, Hassan Ijaz, M. Hassan Khan, M.Waleed Iqbal, M.Zain Jameel, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Asim Kamal, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Nabeel, Murtaza Rehman, Raja Hamza Waheed, Shameer Ali, Syed Ali Mehdi

Northern Whites: Abdullah, Ali Ashfaq, Arsh Zaman, Arslan Ali, Awais Amin, Azaan Kabir, Hussnain Nadeem, Irshad Ahmed, M.Ammar Yasir, Muhammad Abdullah Sajid, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Asmat Ullah, Shahbaz Khan Hurara, Shahmeer Nisar, Yazdaan Abbas Rizvi

Sindh Blues: Abdul Hadi, Abdul Moiz, Ahmed Muhiuddin, Farhan Zaman, Hameed Karim, Huzaifa Ahsan, M. Talha Khanji, Mawaz Zahid, Musa Azad, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Saad Baig, Saad Mahboob, Saif Ullah Khan, Sufyan Usmani, Yahya Shah

Sindh Whites: Abdul Rehman Khan, Haroon Arshad, Humza Qureshi, M Danish, M. Ahmed, Maaz Shah, Musab Ahmed, Nauman Ali, Owais Rehem Shah, Sajam Muhammad, Shahzad Khan, Shahzaib Ali, Shiraz Khan, Syed Rehan Ali Shah, Wajid Ali

Southern Punjab Blues: Haseeb Javed, Inam Ullah, M.Abdullah, M.Aqib Arshad, M.Jan Sher, M.Saqib, Muhammad Ahmed, Raja Shehroz, Rana Adeel Mushtaq, Sameer Ahmed Minhas, Sameer Akhtar, Shahzad Ahmed, Suleman Ahmed, Waleed Raza, Zain Arshad

Southern Punjab Whites: Abdul Rasool, Abdullah Tauqeer, Ali Husnain Badshah, Bilal Khan, Fahad Kashif, Haseeb Ahmed, M.Farhan, M.Hamid, M.Noman Asif, M.Umair, Rana Haseeb Nazim, Rao Kaleem Haider, Shahaz Saeed, Sohaib Akram, Taha Shabbir