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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the tickets price for both T20I and ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies, scheduled from December 13-22 here at National Stadium. 

It will be the first time since the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019’s final, the PCB will host a full crowd in any of their stadiums.

The ticket prices for the T20I matches are set between PKR250 to PKR2,000. Seats in General Enclosures (Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Mohammad Brothers, Nasimul Ghani and Wasim Bari) are priced at PKR250; in First-class Enclosures (Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan, Quaid, Waqar Hasan and Zaheer Abbas) are for PKR500; in Premium Enclosures (Imran Khan and Wasim Akram) are for PKR1,000; and in VIP Enclosures (Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad and Javed Miandad) are for PKR2,000.

For ODIs, tickets price will start from PKR100 and go up to PKR1,000. The seats in General Enclosures are available for PKR100, in First-class for PKR250, in Premium for PKR500 and VIP for 1,000.

These tickets can be purchased online (www.bookme.pk), over telephone (0092 313 778 6888) or through box office and M&P outlets

GUIDELINES FOR FANS

According to the guidelines issued by the National Command and Operations Centre, individuals above 12 are required to be fully vaccinated, while no vaccination is required for children below the age of 12. Access to the stadium will be granted upon the display of the original ticket, CNIC, and Nadra-issued immunization certificate for Covid-19.

STATS

Pakistan have won 17 T20Is this year and will enter the shorter format series against the West Indies with nine wins in the last 10 completed matches.

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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sorted out travelling concerns of the African crew who will work during the upcoming three T20Is and as many ODIs between Pakistan and West Indies at National Stadium. 

Two days ago, PCB called an important meeting to discuss possible plans to bring African crew to Pakistan after COVID-19’s new variant ‘Omicron’ jolted Africa and forced travel restrictions across the region.

Sources told this correspondent that the issue has been sorted out now and African crew alongside crew staff from other countries will reach Karachi between December 9-10.

African crew will come to Karachi via Dubai in a connecting flight followed by a compulsory PCR Test on their arrival. They will have to serve a minimum three-days quarantine in Karachi before start working.

Remember, a large number of crew staff belongs to South Africa, Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Meanwhile, West Indies team will also reach Karachi on December 9. They will play first T20I against the home team on December 13.

READ: PCB calls important meeting as ‘Omicron’ looms over WI tour of Pakistan

LAHORE: Experienced cricketers Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed alongside Hasan Ali and Imad Wasim have been dropped from the national squad against West Indies in the home series. 

The team management announced T20I and ODI squads for the home series against West Indies. According to the chief selector, Malik, Imad, and Sarfaraz were dropped from the team as they had to reduce the squad to 15 players. Whereas, Hasan has been given rest due to playing continuous cricket over the past year.

Chief selector Muhammad Wasim: “As we have been playing T20Is since October and now have a pretty settled and balanced side, we have decided to reduce the number of players to 15. As such, we have not included Imad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik.

“For the ODIs, which we last played in July, we have accepted the team management’s request and provided them two additional resources.

“In consultation with Hasan Ali and taking into consideration that he has been playing non-stop cricket since returning from a back injury, we have decided to give him time off from this series.”

T20Is

Babar Azam (captain, Central Punjab)
Shadab Khan (vice-captain, Northern)
Asif Ali (Northern)
Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Haider Ali (Northern)
Haris Rauf (Northern)
Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Khushdil Shah (Southern Punjab)
Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh)
Mohammad Nawaz (Northern)
Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)
Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)

ODIs

Babar Azam (captain, Central Punjab)
Shadab Khan (vice-captain, Northern)
Asif Ali (Northern)
Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Haider Ali (Northern)
Haris Rauf (Northern)
Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Imam-ul-Haq (Balochistan)
Khushdil Shah (Southern Punjab)
Mohammad Nawaz (Northern)
Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh)
Saud Shakeel (Sindh)
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)
Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)

Traveling reserve: Abdullah Shafique (Central Punjab)

Player Support Personnel: Mansoor Rana (manager), Saqlain Mushtaq (interim head coach), Shahid Aslam (assistant to head coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Drikus Saaiman (strength and conditioning coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Talha Ejaz (team analyst), Col (retd) Muhammad Imran (Security Manager), Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (media and digital manager), Dr Najeeb Soomro (team doctor) and Malang Ali (Masseur)

Series schedule

13 Dec – 1st T20I, Karachi
14 Dec – 2nd T20I, Karachi
16 Dec – 3rd T20I, Karachi
18 Dec – 1st ODI, Karachi
20 Dec – 2nd ODI, Karachi
22 Dec – 3rd ODI, Karachi

KARACHI: Match officials for the upcoming series between Pakistan and West Indies has been announced. Aleem Dar has also been named in the announcement made on Wednesday.

Aleem, Pakistan’s most experienced umpire and a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, has been named to officiate three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches between the two teams, and will be joined at the other end by Asif Yaqoob, Ahsan Raza, and Rashid Riaz for the first, second, and third ODIs, respectively.

Ahsan will be the on-field umpire for the first two of the three T20Is, alongside Aleem and Asif respectively. Asif and Yaqoob, sequentially, will serve as third-umpires for the first two matches. Faisal Afridi will be the fourth-umpire in the second, whereas, Rashid will serve as the fourth-umpire in the first T20I.

Aleem and Rashid will be the on-field umpire in the third T20I. The third umpire will be Asif while Faisal will be the fourth umpire of the game.

Match referee Muhammad Javed Malik will lead the playing control for all six matches.

West Indies will visit Pakistan for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty-Twenty-Innings (T20Is) later this month, from the 13th to the 22nd of December. All matches will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi.

It must be noted that Pakistan is currently on tour in Bangladesh and will depart after the second test. West Indies, on the other hand, will leave Sri Lanka following their second test match against the host nation.

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KARACHI: Saqlain Mushtaq will continue as the Pakistan team’s interim head coach for home series against West Indies. 

According to reports, Saqlain will continue with the national team as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) considers bringing a new coach during Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7 preparations.

Under Saqlain, Pakistan remained unbeaten in T20 World Cup 2021’s group stage. Later on, they beat Bangladesh 3-0 in T20I series at their home.

West Indies will arrive here on December 9 to play three T20Is and as many ODIs from December 13 at National Stadium.

READ: PCB calls important meeting as ‘Omicron’ looms over WI tour of Pakistan 

LAHORE: Senior players including Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, and Mohammad Hafeez may be rested during the home T20I series against West Indies next month. 

According to sources, Malik, Sarfaraz, Imad, and Hafeez may be given rest during the upcoming series against West Indies.

Pakistan is expected to announce the T20I squad within two days. The announced players will gather in Karachi on December 9. The ODI squad will be announced closer to the time. Mohammad Hasnain is likely to be included in the 50-overs format squad.

The two teams will play three T20Is and as many ODIs, starting from December 13 at National Stadium, Karachi.

READ: PCB chairman satisfied with Pakistan’s performance in Test against Bangladesh

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) called an important meeting today (November 29) to discuss the travel plan of the production company’s crew that will work in the West Indies tour of Pakistan and Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7. 

A large number of crew members belong to South Africa, Nigeria, and other parts of Africa where COVID-19’s latest variant ‘Omicron’ was discovered last week and it forced travel restrictions across the world.

Sources told this correspondent that PCB has called a meeting today in the evening to discuss possible options to bring African crew to Pakistan for two upcoming major events.

Pakistan has put travel restrictions on passengers coming from the African region, especially from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia.

PCB is scheduled to host West Indies for three T20Is and as many ODIs next month in Karachi. The visitors will arrive in Karachi on December 9.

It must be noted here that a Series of sports events got either postponed or canceled in Africa followed by the arrival of Omicron. Those events include ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, South Africa vs Netherlands ODI series in South Africa, South Africa International Tennis Event, United Rugby Championship.

READ: West Indies men’s team to tour Pakistan next month: PCB

KARACHI: Stefanie Taylor registered captain’s knock to help West Indies women clean sweep ODI series 3-0 against Pakistan women by winning the third and final contest by six wickets here at National Stadium on Sunday. 

Taylor was on song with her magnificent run that accounted for 12 boundaries, remaining not out for 102 runs off 117 balls.

Set to chase 226 in the final game of the series, West Indies lost three wickets for 15 runs, giving Pakistan all the initial power.

But, Taylor took the responsibility alongside Hayley Matthews to build up the visitors’ momentum. They both scored 83 runs together to put down a solid fight against the opponents in their backyard. Hayley fell after scoring 49 including eight boundaries.

Taylor then partnered with Chedean Nation to score 128 runs to help West Indies pull off a convincing victory against the Green Shirts. Nation remained not out for 51 runs laced with seven boundaries.

For Pakistan, Anam Amin bagged two wickets while Diana Baig and Sadia Iqbal managed to take a wicket each.

Earlier, Muneeba Ali (58) and Aliya Riaz (44) drove Pakistan to 1125-7 in 50 overs. Muneeba stood firm despite Pakistan losing wickets at the other end. Muneeba made 58 runs off 88 balls including eight boundaries.

Aliya Riaz made 44 off 57 including three boundaries and a six.

Shakera Selman and Aaliyah Alleyne bagged two wickets each while Taylor took one.

READ: Matthews guides West Indies women to ODI series win against Pakistan

KARACHI: Hayley Matthews picked up four wickets to help West Indies women bowl out Pakistan for 116 and win the second ODI by 37 runs here at National Stadium on Thursday. 

Matthews shined with her 4-26 as Pakistani batters gave away an opportunity to chase paltry 154 in 50 overs to equalize the three-ODI series. With this win, West Indies won the series 2-0 with one match to be played on November 14.

Sent into bat first, West Indies suffered under pressure after Pakistani bowlers contained their batters from scoring runs. Deandra Dottin scored the highest 34 runs off 50 balls including four boundaries.

Matthews, with the bat, scored 26 that also included two boundaries. Skipper Stafanie Taylor made 23 runs followed by Shemaine Campbelle scoring as many runs as the captain.

For Pakistan, Anam Amin, Fatima Sana, and Omaima Sohail bagged two wickets each while Fatima Sana and Sadiq Iqbal shared a wicket apiece.

In reply, the Pakistani batting line collapsed. Only captain Javeria Khan and Omaima Sohail tried to get Pakistan in touch by scoring 24 and 27 runs respectively.

Apart from Matthews, Shamilia Connell bagged three wickets followed by Shakera Selman and Anisa Mohammed managing a wicket each.

READ: Dottin, Matthews drive West Indies to 45-run victory against Pakistan

KARACHI: Pakistan’s left-arm orthodox Anam Amin thinks that they were short of their senior batters followed by their defeat at the hands of West Indies women in first ODI of three-match series here at National Stadium on Monday.

In an interview released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Anam said Javeria Khan, Omaima Sohail and Nida Dar were missed as they fell short of their run-chase.

“I think we missed our senior batters as we fell short to run-chase. Javeria, Omaima and Nida missed out but I hope we will make comeback in next matches,” she said.

Anam, who picked up her maiden fifer in ODI format, said she is happy to make worthy contribution for her team. “I am happy with this performance. Unfortunately, we lost the match but we will try to comeback in match. I will also try to continue this performance in upcoming matches,” she maintained.

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