Lahore (12th Feb): The last event of the domestic cricket season 21-2020, the PCB Under-16 National ODI Tournament, will start from February 13 in Rawalpindi. The final of the 45-over event will be played on February 23.
A total of 96 players from the 6 teams participating in the tournament will be seen in action. The winning team will be awarded Rs 3.5 lakh while runners-up will be awarded Rs 2.5 lakh.
A total of 16 matches will be played in three grounds in the tournament. These grounds include Ayub Park Cricket Ground, Pindi Cricket Stadium and Rawal Cricket Ground.
Last year, Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were declared joint winners of the tournament as not a single ball could be played in the match due to heavy rain on the final day of the event.
Squads:
Balochistan:
- Abdul Sabur (Pishin), Adil Imdad Khan (Quetta), Aimal Khan Dawi (Quetta), Anwar Shah (Noshki), Dunya Khan (Loralai), Ehsanullah (Loralai), Ikramullah (Quetta), Inamullah (Quetta) , M. Junaid (Khuzdar), M. Qasim (Quetta), Mohsin Ali (Lasbela), Noor Al Bashar (Zhob), Sajjad Khan (Loralai), Shahid Ali (Jaffarabad), Azifa Gul (Quetta) and Zulqarnain (Noshki).
Support Staff: Raj Hans (Head Coach cum Manager), Aslam (Assistant Coach), Asad Ahmed (Physio), Iftikhar Hussain (Trainer) and Hassan Ahmed (Analyst).
Central Punjab:
- Abdul Rehman (Faisalabad), Al-Tamish Abbas (Lahore), Arsalan Riaz (Faisalabad), Owais Ali (Sialkot), Azan Owais (Sialkot), Hamza Nawaz (Lahore), Hassan Ali (Lahore), Ibtisam Rehman (Faisal) M. Shoaban (Sialkot), Momin Qamar (Faisalabad), Musa Azeem (Sialkot), Obaid Shahid (Lahore), Rafe Rana (Lahore), Raja Balaj (Lahore), Shaban Saeed (Faisalabad) and Obaidullah ( Lahore).
Support Staff: Mohammad Ashraf (Head Coach Less Manager), Intikhab Alam (Assistant Coach), Zohaib Akram (Physio), Rohail Ali (Trainer) and Mansoor Ali (Analyst)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
- Adnan Khan (Khyber), Ahmad Hussain (Peshawar), Chaudhry Shuja (Abbottabad), Khabib Khalil (Peshawar), M Ayaz (Mardan), M Irfan (Peshawar), M Jalal (Swabi), M Latif (Khyber), M. Salman (Khyber), M. Tahir (Peshawar), M. Zubair (Peshawar), Razaullah (Swabi), Riazullah (Upper Dir), Salman Khan (Swat), Shahzeb Khan (Mansehra) and Uzair Shah (Peshawar).
Support Staff: Mohammad Sadiq (Head Coach Less Manager), Saqib Faqir (Assistant Coach), Mohammad Tahir (Physio), Fazal Wahab (Trainer) and Zainul Abidin (Analyst)
Northern Punjab:
- Amir Hassan (Rawalpindi), Arsalan Ali (Islamabad), Asadullah (Islamabad), Atif Zafar (Rawalpindi), Azan Kabir (Kotli), Hamad Rafiq (Chakwal), Ibrahim Sultan (Jhelum), Iftikhar Ahmed (Muzaffarabad). Ehsanullah (Attock), Irshad Ahmed (Rawalpindi), Muhammad Irshad (Rawalpindi), Raja Hamza Waheed (Islamabad), Saad Masood (Rawalpindi), Shiraz Khan (Rawalpindi), Shamail Hussain (Islamabad) and Yazdan Abbas Rizvi (Rawalpindi)
Support Staff: Saeed Anwar Jr. (Head Coach cum Manager), Tahir Mahmood (Assistant Coach), Wissam Akbar (Physio), Mujahid Shah (Trainer) and Syed Afrasiab (Analyst)
Sindh:
- Abdul Rehman (Karachi), Arbaaz Khan (Karachi), Dawood Abbas (Nawab Shah), Hassan Iqbal (Karachi), M Hanan (Sukkur), M Rameez (Karachi), M Rizwan (Karachi), M Shayan Saad (Karachi) , Nasiruddin (Karachi), Noman Ali (Hyderabad), Romil Khan (Karachi), Saad Asif (Karachi), Saad Baig (Karachi), Umar Ejaz (Karachi), Wahaj Raees (Karachi), Wakil Shah (Karachi), Yahya Shah (Hyderabad), Zaid Ahmed (Karachi), Zainul Abidin (Jamshoro) and Zian Khan (Karachi)
Support Staff: Zafar Iqbal (Head Coach, Less Manager), Asim Rizvi (Assistant Coach), Ahmed (Physio), Pervez Nabi (Trainer) and Muhammad Ahsan (Analyst)
Southern Punjab:
- Abu Bakar Azeem (Okara), Adnan Shahid (Dera Ghazi Khan), Alamgir Khan (Multan), Alam Zeb Khan (Multan), Ali Shabbir (Rahim Yar Khan), Arafat Ahmed (Multan), Fahad Kashif (Multan), Haseeb Gul (Lodhran), M. Danish (Muzaffargarh), M. Hamid (Bahawalpur), M. Shaan (Dera Ghazi Khan), Mohir Saeed (Vehari), Mustafa Faisal (Bahawalpur), Rana Adeel (Multan), Sameer Minhas (Multan) and Sarfraz Riaz (Pakpattan)
Sport Staff: Manzoor Elahi (Head Coach Less Manager), Saud Khan (Assistant Coach), Muhammad Irfan (Physio), Ahmar Malik (Trainer), Hafiz Ali Hamza (Analyst)
Schedule:
- February 13: Balochistan v Sindh, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Central Punjab vs Southern Punjab, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Northern vs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Rawal Cricket Ground
- February 15: Balochistan vs Southern Punjab, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs Sindh, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Northern vs. Central Punjab, Rawal Cricket Ground
- February 17: Balochistan vs Northern, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Sindh vs Southern Punjab, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs. Central Punjab, Rawal Cricket Ground
- February 19: Balochistan vs Central Punjab, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Northern vs Sindh, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs Southern Punjab, Rawal Cricket Ground.
- February 19: Balochistan vs Central Punjab, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Northern vs Sindh, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs Southern Punjab, Rawal Cricket Ground
- February 21: Balochistan vs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Central Punjab vs Sindh, Ayub Park Cricket Ground; Northern vs Southern Punjab, Rawal Cricket Ground
- February 23:Final (Top Two Teams), Pindi Cricket Stadium.
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