T20 Cup a test of PCB-Punjab govt relations: Zakir

Director Domestic, Pakistan Cricket Board, Zakir Khan has said that the coming faysal Bank National T-20 Cup is a test case of PCB and Punjab Government relations for organizing a high profile cricket activity. “It is a step forward to organize cricket with the cooperation of Punjab Government and we are focusing on holding the T-20 in successful manner,” he was speaking at trophy unveiling ceremony of the national t-20 Cup here on Wednesday at a local hotel. Aarij Ali, Head Retail, Faysal Bank, the sponsor of the tournament was also present. Zakir said that the PCB is giving top priority for the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan and Chairman PCB ,Mohammad Zaka Ashraf is pleading Pakistan’s case at every international cricket forum and International Cricket Council is also supporting Pakistan on this issue.
“We are confident that the Punjab Government will provide top security for the successful holding of the event and we look forward to their cooperation for the cause of cricket”, he added.
He said the tournament which was to be played from December 2 will now be played from December first and the dates have been brought forward owing to some reasons.
He said PCB’s resolve is to further strengthen the domestic game in line with our vision of providing cricketing opportunities at all levels and in achieving this objective Faysal Bank has been our valued partner . “ PCB values this partnership that goes a long way in improving the standard of domestic cricket in the country “. As an important and quality addition to the domestic calendar for which the sponsors support was of critical importance in ensuring high standard, he added.
There will be six matches a day with 14 teams participating in this event ending on December 9. Both the semi finals will be played on December 8 and the final on December 9.
The opening match will be played between Karachi Dolphins and Peshawar Panthers. The winning team will be receive a cash prize of Rs two million with runners up getting Rs one million.
Aarij Ali of sponsors said “ Our corporate brand promise “ bank on ambition “ ties in perfectly with the sponsorship of the domestic cricket platform. We are supporting cricket to find new talent to make its mark in Pakistan cricket and through this process we will be strengthening the base of the game.” The success of this tournament translates into the success of the Pakistan on the international platform,” he asserted.
Schedule (date, teams, venue, umpires, referee,
tv umpire, r. umpire, scorer, p.scorer, time)
01-Dec, Karachi Dolphins-Peshawar Panthers, LCCA Ground Lahore, Ghaffar Kazmi-Akram Raza, Khalid Niazi, Masood, 0930 AM; Lahore Eagles-Hyderabad Hawks, LCCA Ground Lahore, Saleem Badar-Saqib Khan, Khalid Niazi, Masood, 1315 PM; Rawalpindi Rams-Bahawalpur Stags, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore, Zameer Haider-Ahmed Shahab, Saadat Ali, Azhar, 0930 AM; Sialkot Stallions-Islamabad Leopards, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore, Shozab Raza-K.Mahmood Sr., Saadat Ali, Azhar, 1315 PM; Multan Tigers-Quetta Bears, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Raweed Khan-Majid Hussain, Nadeem Arshad, Riazuddin, Sajid Afridi, Hameed, Najam, 1200 PM; Lahore Lions-Karachi Zebras, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Nadeem Iqbal-Akmal Hayat, Nadeem Arshad, Kamal Marchant, Aftab Gillani, Hameed, Najam, 1600 PM
02-Dec, Sialkot Stallios-Quetta Bears, LCCA Ground Lahore, K.Mahmood Sr.-Sajid Afridi, Saadat Ali, Masood, 0930 AM; , Karachi Zebras-Islamabad Leopards, LCCA Ground Lahore, Ihtshamul Haq-Raweed Khan, Saadat Ali, Masood, 1315 PM; , Lahore Lions-Abbottabad Falcons, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore, Kamal Marchant-Aftab Gillani, Nadeem Arshad, Najam, -, 0930 AM; , Peshawar Panthers-Bahawalpur Stags, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore, Shozab Raza-Akmal Hayat, Nadeem Arshad, Najam, 1315 PM; , Lahore Eagles-Faisalabad Wolves, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Saleem Badar-Riazuddin, Khalid Niazi, Ghaffar Kazmi, Majid Hussain, Azhar, Hameed, 1200 PM; , Karachi Dolphins-Rawalpindi Rams, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Ahsan Raza-Tahir Shah, Khalid Niazi, Akram Raza, Saqib Khan, Azhar, Hameed, 1600 PM;
03-Dec, Lahore Eagles-Peshawar Panthers, LCCA Ground Lahore, K.Mahmood Sr.-Kamal Marchant, Ilyas Khan, Masood, 0930 AM; , Faisalabad Wolves-Hyderabad Hawks, LCCA Ground Lahore, Riazuddin-Tahir Shah, Ilyas Khan, Masood, 1315 PM; Karachi Dolphins-Bahawalpur Stags, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore, Ahsan Raza-Shozab Raza, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Hameed.
Groups
Group (A): Lahore Lions, Karachi Zebras, Sialkot Stallions, Islamabad Leopards, Abbottabad Falcons, Multan Tigers, Quetta Bears
Group (B): Karachi Dolphins, Lahore Eagles, Rawalpindi Rams, Faisalabad Wolves, Peshawar Panthers, Hyderabad Hawks, Bahawalpur Stags
Teams:
Abbottabad Falcons: Younas Khan (Captain), Yasir Hameed, Junaid Khan, Adnan Raees, Yasir Shah, Ahmed Jamal, Mir Azam, Haroon, Syed Hammad Ali Shah, Sohail Akhtar, Rameez Ahmed, Zeeshan Jadoon, Waseem Akhtar, Khalid Usman, Amjad Waqas, Inaam Khan, Fazal-E-Rabi, Babar Khan, Fakhre Alam (Manager), Sajjad Akbar (Coach)
Multan Tigers: Zain Abbas, Usman Liaquat, Saeed Anwar Jr., Naveed Yasin, Sohaib Maqsood, Aamer Yamin, Rameez Alam, Muhammad Imran, Abdul Muqeet, Rahat Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Rauf (Captain), Rizwan Haider, Zulfiqar Babar, Muhammad Rameez, Adeel Hanif, Gulraiz Saddaf, Maqbool Ahmed, Ejaz Ahmad (Manager), Waseem Haider (Coach)
Peshawar Panthars: Fayyaz Ahmad, Israrullah, Riffatullah Mahmand, Iftikhar Ahmad, Akbar Badshah (Captain), Jamaluddin Afghani, Shoaib Khan, Mehran Ibrahim, Nawaz Ahmad, Imran Khan, Waqar Ahmad, Azizullah, Nasir Ahmad, Zohaib Ahmad, Aslam Qureshi, Sajjad Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Gohar Ali, Haji Rozamin Khan (Manager), Abdur Rehman (Coach)
Sialkot Stallions: Shoaib Malik (Captain), Imran Nazir, Shakeel Ansar, Haris Sohail, Shahid Yousaf, Ali Khan, Mansoor Amjad, Nayyer Abbas, Rana Naveed ul Hassan, Bilawal Bhatti, Raza Hassan, Umaid Asif, Ali Aslam, Shahid Muzaffar Awan, Kamran Younas, Yasir Aziz, Faisal Naveed, Adeel Malik, Naeem Akhtar (Manager), Ijaz Ahmad Jr. (Coach)
Faisalabad Wolves: Misbah ul Haq (Captain), Asif Ali, Ali Waqas, Khurram Shahzad, Naveed Latif, Muhammad Salman, Waqas Maqsood, Samiullah Niazi, Asad Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Ehsan Adil, Hassan Mahmood, Sabir Hussain, Jehandad, Farrukh Shahzad, Asif Hussain, Imran Khalid, Tariq Fareed (Manager), Naveed Anjum (Coach)
Lahore Lions: Nasir Jamshaid, Muhammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Akmal, Muhammad Yousaf (Captain), Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Zia ul Haq, Aizaz Cheema, Mustafa Iqbal, Imam ul Haq, Raza Ali Dar, Tanzeel Altaf, Abdul Ghaffar, Sohail Ahmad, Adnan Rasool, Muhammad Waqas Sr., Shahid Hamid Butt (Manager), Mohsin Kamal (Coach)
Islamabad Leopards: Umar Gul (Captain), Raheel Majeed, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Zohaib Ahmad, Shan Masood, Afaq Rahim, Umair Khan, Bazid Khan, Moeid Ahmed, Faizan Riaz, Immad Wasim, Naeem Anjum, Nasrullah Khan, Hamza Nadeem Abbasi, Junaid Nadir, Sarmad Bhatti, Sajid Ali, Salman Ghias, Nasir Iqbal (Manager), Taimoor Azam (Coach)
Lahore eagles: Abid Ali, Imran Farhat, Taufiq Umar (Captain), Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Sami Aslam, Usman Salahuddin, Kamran Sajid, Junaid Zia, Imran Ali, Muhammad Khalil, Qaisar Ashraf, Saad Naseem, Adnan Akmal, Asif Raza, Hafiz Muhammad Zohaib, Waqas Aslam, Farooq Aslam, M. Ijaz Butt (Manager), Manzoor Elahi (Coach), ,
Rawalpindi Rams: Shahid Ahmed, Awais Zia, Babar Naeem, Umar Amin, Hammad Azam, Jamal Anwar, Sohail Tanvir (Captain), Yasir Arafat, Muhammad Nawaz, Samiullah, Muhammad Ramiz, Naveed Malik, Umer Waheed, Zahid Mansoor, Saad Altaf, Nasir Malik, Adnan Mufti, Adil Gulbahar, Asif Islam Rasool (Manager), Sabih Azhar (Coach)
Quetta Bears: Atta ur Rehman, Abdullah Jan, Mohibullah, Sardar Wali, Ramiz Raja, Muhammad Farhan, Mir Wais Khan, Sabir Hussain, Shah Mureed, Umar Qasim, Noshad Irshad, Jalat Khan, Hamal Wahab, Arun Lal, Gohar Faiz (Captain), Nazar Hussain, Naseer Khan, Sher Ali, Muhammad Khair (Manager), Arshad Khan (Coach)
Hyderabad Hawks: Sharjeel Khan (V. Captain), Azeem Ghumman, Aqeel Anjum, Rizwan Ahmad (Captain), Lal Kumar, Mir Ali Talpur, Shahzad Haider, Kashif Bhatti, Hanif ur Rehman, Farhan Ayub, Nasir Owais, Rehan Riaz, Rehan Nizamuddin, Zeeshan Gul, Mohammad Shahroz, Aslam Sattar, Jawad Ali, Muhammad Owais, Shakil Ahmad (Manager), Shaukat Mirza (Coach)
Bahawalpur Stags: Usman Tariq, Kashif Siddique, Hamid Ali, Bilal Khilji (Captain), Moinuddin, Zaka ur Rasheed, Muhammad Ali Haider, Kamran Hussain, Muhammad Talha, Ataullah, Muhammad Mudassar, Ansar Javed, Ahmed Raza, Imranullah, Faisal Elahi, Jehanzeb, Waqas Khan, Zulqarnain Haider, Nadeem Hussain (Manager), Shahid Anwar (Coach)
Karachi Dolphins: Shahid Khan Afridi (Captain), Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Atif Maqbool, Azam Hussain, Behram Khan, Fawad Alam, Hafiz Asad Baig, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Misbah Khan, Muhammad Sami, Sarfraz Ahmad, Shahzaib Hassan, Sohail Khan, Syed Saad Ali, Tanvir Ahmad, Khalid Nafis (Manager), Tauseef Ahmad (Coach)
Karachi Zebras: Adeel Malik, Ahmed Iqbal, Asif Zakir, Haris Ayaz, Daniyal Ahsan, Fahad Iqbal, Faisal Iqbal, Faraz Ahmad, Javed Mansoor, Muhammad Waqas, Ramiz Aziz, Ramiz Raja (Captain), Ruman Raees, Saeed Bin Nasir, Shaharyar Ghani, Tabish Khan, Tahir Khan, Uzair ul Haq, SMA Naqvi (Manager), Azam Khan (Coach)