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PCB announces provincial squads for upcoming season

LAHORE: Taking into account performance of past two years, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the six provincial squads from which First XI and Second XI teams will be picked by the respective coaches for the next season, which starts with the National T20 Cup on Sept 30.

The first round of the T20 event will be staged in Multan before the Rawalpindi hosts the second round.

In a hastily press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium, Director of National High Performance Centre (NHPC) Nadeem Khan alongside the provincial coaches announced the details of the teams’ selection.

It may be mentioned that neither trials nor inter-city level contest were held to finalise the players because nobody knows what is the current fitness and skill levels of the players, who were picked through table-work by the coaches.

For each provincial team 45 players were selected with 32 of them awarded central contracts.

“The squads were finalised by the six cricket association coaches who took into consideration performances of the last two seasons, retained maximum players from the 2019-20 season without reshuffling the squads too much and, where possible, provided opportunities to the centrally and emerging contracted players to represent their Cricket Associations,” a PCB media release stated.

“As such, the selectors have retained 158 players who were offered 2019-20 domestic contracts and have included 34 new players, including some who represented Pakistan in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020.

“Each Cricket Association squad will comprise 45 players — 32 players with domestic contracts, supported by 13 additional players — and the PCB centrally and emerging contracted cricketers, belonging to their respective regions,’ the board further said. “The coaches will finalise the playing lineups for the events proper [National T20 Cup, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Pakistan Cup One-day Tournament] in due course following discussions with captains and vice-captains, who will also be confirmed at that stage.

“Players with the seasonal contracts will be eligible to receive match fee, daily allowances and other related benefits, wherever applicable.”

The newly-appointed First XI coaches — Faisal Iqbal (Balochistan), Shahid Anwar (Central Punjab), Abdul Razzaq (KPK XI), Mohammad Wasim (Northern), Basit Ali (Sindh) and Abdul Rehman (Southern Punjab) — took part in the process of selection and expressed their satisfaction.

Squads:

BALOCHISTAN: Abdul Rehman Muzammil, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Adnan Akmal, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Akhtar Shah, Akif Javed, Amad Butt, Awais Zia, Azeem Ghumman, Bismillah Khan, Gohar Faiz, Gulraiz Sadaf, Hayatullah, Hidayatullah, Imran Butt, Imran Farhat, Jalat Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shehzad, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Talha, Najeebullah Achakzai, Rameez Raja Jr, Sami Aslam, Shahbaz Khan, Shehzad Tareen, Taimur Ali, Taimur Khan, Taj Wali, Umaid Asif, Umar Gul, Usama Mir.

Additional players: Abdul Nasir, Ali Rafiq, Ali Waqas, Ayaz Tasawwar, Atif Jabbar, Azeem Dar, Azizullah, Dawood Khan, Israr Ahmed, Mohammad Ibrahim, Nazar Hussain, Salahuddin, Zainullah.

Centrally-contracted players: Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Yasir Shah.

CENTRAL PUNJAB: Abdullah Shafiq, Ahmed Bashir, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ahmed Shahzad (subject to fitness), Aitzaz Habib Khan, Ali Zaryab, Anas Mahmood, Bilal Asif, Bilawal Iqbal, Ehsan Adil, Fahad Usman, Faheem Ashraf, Farhan Khan, Hasan Ali, Irfan Khan Niazi, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Imran Dogar, Mohammad Saad, Muhammad Akhlaq, Nisar Ahmed, Qasim Akram, Rizwan Hussain, Saad Nasim, Salman Butt, Shahid Nawaz, Suleman Shafqat, Usman Qadir, Usman Salahuddin, Waqas Maqsood, Zafar Gohar, Zohaib Amanat.

Additional players: Ali Shan, Asfand Mehran, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Fahad Munir, Hammad Butt, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Junaid Ali, Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Faiq, Noman Anwar, Raza Ali Dar, Sohaibullah, Zubair Khan.

Centrally contracted players: Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah.

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Adil Amin, Ahmed Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Asad Afridi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Asif Afridi, Mohammad Imran Khan, Irfanullah Shah, Israrullah, Junaid Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khalid Usman, Mehran Ibrahim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Asad, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Mohammad Naeem Sr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Musadiq Ahmad, Nabi Gul, Rehan Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan, Sajid Khan, Sameen Gul, Samiullah Jr, Saqib Jamil, Zohaib Khan.

Additional players: Gohar Ali, Haris Khan, Mohammad Arif Shah, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Khayyam, Nasir Faraz, Salman Khan Jr, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Waqar Ahmad.

Centrally contracted players: Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan Shinwari, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

NORTHERN: Ali Imran, Ali Sarfaraz, Asif Ali, Athar Mahmood, Faizan Riaz, Hammad Azam, Jamal Anwar, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Ismail Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Munir Riaz, Musa Khan, Nasir Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Naved Malik, Nihal Mansoor, Raza Hasan, Rohail Nazir, Salman Irshad, Sarmad Bhatti, Shadab Majeed, Shiraz Khan, Shoaib Ahmed Minhas, Sohail Tanvir, Sohail Akhtar, Umair Masood, Umar Amin, Umar Waheed, Waqas Ahmed, Zaid Alam, Zeeshan Malik, Ziad Khan.

Additional players: Aamir Jamal, Amad Butt, Babar Khaliq, Farhan Shafiq, Kashif Iqbal, Mohammad Aamir Shah, Mohammad Huraira, Raja Farhan, Raja Farzan Khan, Sadaf Hussain, Sohail Akhtar, Syed Tauseeq Shah, Taimur Khan, Taimur Sultan.

Centrally contracted players: Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan.

SINDH: Adeel Malik, Ahsan Ali, Ammad Alam, Anwar Ali, Ashiq Ali, Fahad Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Ghulam Mudassar Hasan Mohsin, Jaahid Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Azam Khan, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Suleman, Mohammad Taha, Mohammad Tariq Khan, Mohammad Umar, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rameez Aziz, Rameez Raja, Saad Ali, Saad Khan, Saifullah Bangash, Saud Shakeel, Shahnawaz, Sharjeel Khan, Shehzar Mohammad, Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan, Waleed Ahmed.

Additional players: Aamir Ali, Arish Ali Khan, Asad Raza, Ashir Qureshi, Azizullah, Danish Aziz, Faraz Ali, Hassan Khan, Ibrar Ahmed, Ibtesam Sheikh, Mohammad Makki, Rumman Raees and Syed Mohammad Tahami.

Centrally contracted players: Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed.

SOUTHERN PUNJAB: Aamir Yamin, Ahsan Baig, Ali Shafiq, Ali Usman, Anas Mustafa, Bilawal Bhatti, Dilbar Hussain, Hussain Talat, Imran Rafiq, Khushdil Shah, Maqbool Ahmed, Mohammad Basit, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Mohammad Rameez Jr, Mohammad Umair, Muhammad Imran, Mukhtar Ahmed, Naved Yasin, Rahat Ali, Saif Badar, Agha Salman, Sohaib Maqsood, Tayyab Tahir, Umar Khan, Umar Siddiq, Waqar Hussain, Zahid Mahmood, Zain Abbas, Zeeshan Ashraf, Zia ul Haq.

Additional players: Ahmer Ashfaq, Hamza Akbar, Haris Bashir, Haris Javed, Mahboob Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Irfan Sr, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Mohsin, Rameez Alam, Sadaif Mehdi, Salahuddin, Zohaib Afridi.

Centrally contacted players: Mohammad Abbas, Shan Masood.

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