The Pakistan Cricket Board has on Thursday announced teams for Faysal Bank Super 8 Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12
The tournament will be played from March 25 to April 1 at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi.
In continuation of its three-year contract for Domestic Cricket with PCB, Faysal Bank will now be collaborating with PCB to organize the second T20 Cricket Tournament of the second season. The three year partnership between PCB and Faysal Bank is setting a precedent which is going to go a long way in uplifting the standard of domestic cricket in the country. The matches will be telecast live on a private channel. A total of eight teams have been divided into two groups.
Group-A have Faisalabad Wolves, Peshawar Panthers, Karachi Zebras, Lahore Lions and Group-B includes Lahore Eagles, Sialkot Stallions, Rawalpindi Rams, Karachi Dolphins.
Aarij Ali, Head Retail, Faysal Bank reiterated the banks commitment to cricket and said: “Faysal Bank has recently launched its corporate campaign. We now have a Brand Promise to share with Pakistan.”
Subhan Ahmad, COO PCB said: “PCB’s resolve is to further strengthen the domestic structure in line with our vision of providing cricketing opportunities at all levels and in achieving this objective Faysal Bank has been our valued partner.”
The opening match will be played between Faisalabad Wolves-Peshawar Panthers. Faysal Bank will be awarding the winning team Rs 2.5 million as prize money and Rs 1 million for the runners up. Two matches will be played every day starting at 4:00pm, and 8:00pm respectively.
The schedule of
matches is attached:
March 25: Faisalabad Wolves-Peshawar Panthers, Lahore Lions-Karachi Zebras
March 26: Lahore Eagles-Sialkot Stallions, Rawalpindi Rams-Karachi Dolphins
March 27: Karachi Zebras-Faisalabad Wolves, Lahore Lions-Peshawar Panthers
March 28: Karachi Dolphins-Sialkot Stallions, Lahore Eagles-Rawalpindi Rams
March 29: Lahore Lions-Faisalabad Wolves, Karachi Zebras-Peshawar Panthers
March 30: Karachi Dolphins-Lahore Eagles, Rawalpindi Rams-Sialkot Stallions
March 31: Both the Semi Final
April 1: FINAL
The first semi final between Winner of Group (A) Vs Runner Up of Group (B) and the second Semi Final between Winner of Group (B) Vs Runner Up of Group (A). The teams and managements were selected by their respective regional associations for the event.
The teams:
Rawalpindi Rams: Sohail Tanvir (Captain), Umer Amin (V.Captain), Naveed Malik, Awais Zia, Jamal Anwar, Babar Naeem, Hammad Azam, Muhammad Nawaz, Yasir Arafat, Yasim Murtaza, Samiullah, Muhammad Rameez, Adnan Mufti, Umair Mushtaq, Nasir Malik, Tahir Niazi, Muhammad Ayaz, Zahid Mansoor. Officials: Sabih Azhar (Coach), Amir Ahmad Shah (Manager).
Peshawar Panthers: Umar Gul (Captain), Muhammad Fayyaz, Gohar Ali, Akbar Badshah, Rifatullah Mahmand, Zohaib Jan, Israrullah, Shoaib Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, Jamaluddin, Musadiq Ahmad, Imran Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Waqar Ahmad, Aftab Khan, Riaz Afridi, Aslam Qureshi, Afaq Ahmad. Officials: Abdur Rehman (Coach), Roazamin Khan (Manager).
Lahore Lions: Abdul Razzaq, Adnan Rasool, Ahmad Shahzad, Aizaz Cheema, Imran Ali, Jahangir Mirza, Jamshaid Ahmad, Kamran Akmal (Captain), Nasir Jamshaid, Raza Ali Dar, Sohail Ahmad, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Kashif Siddique, Fahad ul Haq, Asif Yousaf, Tanzeel Altaf, Muhammad Irfan. Officials: Mohsin Kamal (Coach), M. Ijaz Butt (Manager).
Lahore Eagles: Taufeeq Umar (Captain), Saad Naseem, Mustafa Iqbal, Muhammad Khalil, Muzaffar Mahboob, Muhammad Hamza, Junaid Zia, Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Asif Raza, Adnan Akmal, Hamza Paracha, Asif Ashfaq, Ali Azmat, Emmad Ali, Humayun Farhat, Waqas Aslam, Fahad Masood. Officials: Manzoor Elahi (Coach), Najam Mirza (Manager).
Faisalabad Wolves: Muhammad Hafeez, Asif Ali, Ali Waqas, Misbahul Haq (Captain), Jahandad, Farrukh Shahzad, Imran Ali, Naveed Latif, Sabir Hussain, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Salman, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Khalid, Muhammad Talha, Asad Ali, Waqas Maqsood, Shahid Nazir, Ali Raza. Officials: Ijaz Ahmad Jr. (Coach), Tariq Fareed (Manager).
Sialkot Stallions: , Imran Nazir, Kamran Younis, Shahid Yousaf, Shoaib Malik (Captain), Ali Khan, Abdul Rehman, Rana Naveed ul Hassan, Sarfraz Ahmad, Shakeel Ansar, Ayub Dogar, Naveed Arif, Raza Hassan, Ali Akbar, Qaisar Abbas, Haris Sohail, Rizwan Sultan, Kashif Sohail, Mansoor Amjad. Officials: Naveed Anjum (Coach), Naeem Akhtar (Manager).
Karachi Dolphins: Shahid Khan Afridi- (Captain), Muhammad Sami, Asad Shafiq, Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hassan, Rameez Raja, Sarfraz Ahmad, Fawad Alam, Tanvir Ahmad, Sohail Khan, Rumman Rais, Faraz Ahmad Khan, Haris Ayaz, Tariq Haroon, Ahmad Iqbal, Javed Mansoor, Hafiz Asad, Mir Hamza. Officials: M. Masroor (Coach), S.M. Ishaq (Manager).
Karachi Zebras: Akbar ur Rehman, Adnan Baig, Faisal Iqbal, Khurram Manzoor, Rameez Aziz, Hassan Raza (Captain), Shaharyar Ghani, Muhammad Hassan, Danish Kaneria, Atif Maqbool, Anwar Ali, Uzairul Haq, Azam Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Saeed Bin Nasir, Tabish Khan, Fahad Iqbal, Zohaib Shera. Officials: Tahir Mahmood (Coach), Saeed Jabbar (Manager).
