PCB Announces Squad for Domestic Season 2019-2020

Pakistan Cricket Board PCB Announces Squad for Domestic Season 2019-2020

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday six sides of the Cricket Association for the upcoming 2019-20 national cricket season, which begins with the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy starting September 14.

According to the PCB press release, local coaches and junior selectors had initially prepared the provisional teams of 32 players per side, before they were reviewed and finalized by an independent three-member panel, composed by Misbahul Haq, Nadeem Khan and Rashid Latif, who also took into account the performances of the players of the last three seasons.

Cricketers centrally contracted with PCBs, who are not given national contracts, will participate in national events when they are not in national duty. They have been divided equally among cricket associations to ensure high quality and competitive cricket. White ball specialists, both domestic and international, have also been assigned to the six teams, who will be remunerated according to the national match rate model. The six Cricket Association teams will meet in the cities, where they will play their first matches, on September 11.

For a solid succession plan, the responsibility to lead the cricket association's teams in the upcoming national the season has been placed on young and emerging national and international players. The PCB has also brought the concept of tutoring, which will see former test cricketers, with plenty of the first-class experience, preparing promising cricket players on the sides of the Second XI.

Of the 32 players hired with the Baluchistan Cricket Association, 44% are from the province. Rubbing shoulders with experienced first-class and test cricketers from all over the country will help them develop the skills needed for this level.

PCB Announce Squad

BALOCHISTAN

First XI - Mohammad Asghar (Quetta), Shahbaz Khan (Quetta), Shahzaib Ahmed Khan (Karachi), Taimur Khan (Quetta), Taj Wali (Peshawar) and Umar Gul (Abbottabad). Imran Farhat (vice-captain) (Lahore), Abu Bakar (Faisalabad), Ali Shafiq (Sialkot), Ammad Butt (Sialkot). Asif Zakir (Karachi), Azeem Ghumman (Hyderabad), Bismillah Khan (wicketkeeper) (Quetta). Hussain Talat (Lahore), Imran Butt (Lahore), Khurram Shehzad (Faisalabad), 

Second XI - Jalat Khan (Quetta), Mohammad Junaid (Quetta), Nazar Hussain (Quetta), Rameez Raja (Quetta), Shehzad Tareen (Quetta), Taimur Ali (Quetta) and Usama Razzaq (Quetta). Akbar-ur-Rehman (captain) (Karachi), Akhtar Shah (Quetta), Atif Jabbar (Sialkot). Awais Zia (Rawalpindi), Dawood Khan (Quetta), Fahad Iqbal (Karachi). Gohar Faiz (Quetta), Gulraiz Sadaf (wicketkeeper) (Multan), Haseeb Azam (Rawalpindi).

White-ball specialists - Mohammad Talha (Faisalabad). Akif Javed (Kohat), Ibtisam Sheikh (Hyderabad)

PCB central contract players – Yasir Shah (Swabi). Haris Sohail (captain) (Sialkot), Imam-ul-Haq (Lahore).

CENTRAL PUNJAB PCB Squad

First XI - Mohammad Saad (Lahore), Nasim Shah (Lahore), Rizwan Hussain (Lahore), Saad Naseem (Lahore), Salman Butt (Lahore), Umar Akmal (Lahore), Usman Salahuddin (Lahore). Waqas Maqsood (Faisalabad) and Zafar Gohar (Lahore). Ahmed Shehzad (vice-captain) (Lahore), Ahmed Bashir (Lahore), Ali Shan (Faisalabad), Bilal Asif (Sialkot). Ehsan Adil (Faisalabad), Fahim Ashraf (Faisalabad), Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper) (Lahore).

Second XI - Atiq-ur-Rehman (Faisalabad), Ayaz Tasawar (Sialkot), Bilawal Iqbal (Lahore), Farhan Khan (wicketkeeper) (Lahore). Irfan Niazi (Faisalabad), Mohammad Akhlaq (Lahore), Mohammad Ali (Sialkot), Raza Ali Dar (Lahore). Suleman Shafqat (Faisalabad) and Zahid Mansoor (Rawalpindi). Ali Waqas (captain) (Faisalabad), Abdullah Shafiq (Sialkot), Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Faisalabad). Aizaz Cheema (mentor) (Lahore), Ali Zaryab (Lahore), Asad Raza (Faisalabad).

White ball specialists - Usman Qadir (subject to availability) (Lahore). Nasir Nawaz (Rawalpindi), Nauman Anwar (Sialkot).

PCB central contract players - Hassan Ali (Lahore) Babar Azam (captain) (Lahore), Azhar Ali (Lahore).

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PCB Squad

First XI - Irfan Khan (FATA), Israrullah (Peshawar), Junaid Khan (Abbottabad). Sahibzada Farhan (vice-captain) (Peshawar), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Ashfaq Ahmed (Peshawar). Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar), Imran Khan Sr (Peshawar). Kamran Ghulam (Abbottabad), Mohammad Ilyas (Peshawar). Musaddiq Ahmed (Peshawar), Nabi Gul (Peshawar). Rehan Afridi (wicketkeeper) (FATA), Sameen Gul (FATA), Umar Khan (FATA) and Zohaib Khan (Peshawar).

Second XI - Atizaz Habib Khan (Abbottabad), Azizullah (Peshawar), Gohar Ali (wicketkeeper) (Peshawar). Irfanullah Shah (FATA), Khalid Usman (Abbottabad), Mehran Ibrahim (Peshawar). Mohammad Mohsin Khan (Charsadda), Mohammad Naeem (FATA). Khushdil Shah (captain) (FATA), Ahmed Jamal (Abbottabad), Akbar Badshah (Peshawar). Arshad Iqbal (Abbottabad), Asad Afridi (FATA), Asif Afridi (FATA), Sajid Khan (Peshawar) and Samiullah Jr (FATA).

White ball specialists –Mohammad Mohsin (Swat), Imran Khan Jr (Peshawar), Mohammad Arif (Abbottabad).

PCB central contract players –Usman Khan Shinwari (Peshawar), Mohammad Rizwan (captain) (Peshawar), Fakhar Zaman (Mardan).

NORTHERN PCB Squad

First XI - Haider Ali (Rawalpindi), Hammad Azam (Rawalpindi), Haris Rauf (Islamabad). Mohammad Nawaz (Rawalpindi), Musa Khan (Islamabad), Nauman Ali (Hyderabad). Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper) (Islamabad), Sadaf Hussain (Rawalpindi). Umar Amin (vice-captain) (Rawalpindi), Afaq Raheem (AJK), Ali Asad (Karachi), Ali Sarfraz (Islamabad), Asif Ali (Faisalabad). Sohail Tanvir (Rawalpindi), Umar Waheed (Rawalpindi) and Waqas Ahmed (Sialkot).

Second XI – Raza Hasan (Sialkot), Salman Irshad (AJK), Sarmad Bhatti (Islamabad), Shadab Majeed (AJK), Shehzad Azam (Islamabad). Shoaib Ahmed Minhas (Rawalpindi), Syed Tauseeq Shah (Rawalpindi). Umair Khan (Islamabad). Faizan Riaz (captain) (Islamabad), Ali Imran (Islamabad). Hasan Raza (AJK), Jamal Anwar (wicketkeeper) (Rawalpindi), Naved Malik (Rawalpindi). Umair Masood (wicketkeeper) (Rawalpindi), Usama Mir (Sialkot) and Zeeshan Malik (Rawalpindi).

White ball specialists –Zaid Alam (Lahore), Mohammad Amir (Rawalpindi), Sohail Akhtar (Abbottabad)

PCB central contract players –Shaheen Shah (FATA) Imad Wasim (captain) (Islamabad), Shadab Khan (Rawalpindi)

SINDH PCB Squad

First XI - Mohammad Hasnain (Hyderabad), Omair Bin Yousuf (Karachi). Rameez Aziz (Karachi), Saad Ali (Karachi), Saud Shakeel (Karachi). Shehzar Mohammad (Karachi), Sohail Khan (Karachi). Anwar Ali (Karachi), Fawad Alam (Karachi), Hasan Mohsin (Karachi), Kashif Bhatti (Hyderabad). Khurram Manzoor (Karachi), Mir Hamza (Karachi). Mohammad Hasan (wicketkeeper) (Karachi), Tabish Khan (Karachi) and Waleed Ahmed (Karachi).

Second XI –Ashir Qureshi (Karachi), Danish Aziz (Karachi), Ghulam Muddasar (Karachi), Hassan Khan (Karachi). Jahid Ali (Karachi), Mohammad Suleman (Hyderabad). Mohammad Waqas (Hyderabad), Rumman Raees (Karachi). Mohammad Sami (captain and mentor) (Karachi), Rameez Raja Jr (vice-captain) (Karachi), Adeel Malik (Karachi), Ahsan Ali (Karachi), Ammad Alam (Karachi). Ashiq Ali (Karachi), Saad Khan (Hyderabad) and Saifullah Bangash (wicketkeeper) (Karachi).

White ball specialists - Shahnawaz Dahani (Larkana), Abrar Ahmed (Karachi), Ahsan Jamil Mirza (Karachi).

PCB central contract players –Abid Ali (Lahore) Sarfaraz Ahmad (captain) (Karachi), Asad Shafiq (vice-captain) (Karachi).

SOUTHERN PUNJAB

First XI –Amir Yamin (Multan), Bilawal Bhatti (Sialkot), Imran Rafiq (Multan). M. Irfan (SLA) (Lahore), M. Irfan Sr (LFM) (Multan). Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore), Rahat Ali (Multan), Saif Badar (Sialkot). Sami Aslam (vice-captain) (Karachi), Abdul Rehman Muzammil (Multan). Adnan Akmal (wicketkeeper) (Lahore), Sohaib Maqsood (Multan), Umaid Asif (Sialkot). Umar Siddiq (Lahore), Zahid Mehmood (Hyderabad) and Zain Abbas (Multan).

Second XI –Mohammad Ali Khan (Multan), Mohammad Basit (Multan), Mohammad Imran (Bahawalpur). Mohammad Irfan Jr (Nankana Sahib), Mohammad Mohsin (Lahore). Mohammad Umair (Bahawalpur), Mukhtar Ahmed (Sialkot).  Zeeshan Ashraf (Okara), Zia-ul-Haq (Vehari). Naved Yasin (captain) (Multan), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain) (Lahore), Ali Usman (Bahawalpur), Anas Mustafa (Lahore). Ataullah (Bahawalpur), Maqbool Ahmed (wicketkeeper) (Multan), Zulfiqar Babar (mentor) (Multan).

White ball specialists - Sadaif Mehdi (Multan), Ali Khan (Sialkot), Shoaib Malik (Sialkot).

PCB central contract players –Wahab Riaz (Lahore), Shan Masood (captain) (Karachi), Mohammad Abbas (Sialkot).

COACHING STAFF

BALOCHISTAN Coaching Staff

First XI – Altaf Jaffery (Manager), Arshad Khan (Head Coach) and Shoaib Khan (Assistant Coach)

Second XI – Raj Hans (Manager cum Head Coach) and Aslam Sheikh (Assistant Coach)

SINDH Coaching Staff

First XI – Rashid Khan (Manager), Azam Khan (Head Coach) and Umar Rasheed (Assistant Coach)

Second XI – Tauseef Ahmed (Manager cum Head Coach) and Shaukat Mirza (Assistant Coach)

Southern Punjab PCB Squad

First XI –Zahoor Elahi (Assistant Coach), Shahid Butt (Manager), Abdul Rehman (Head Coach).

Second XI –Javed Hayat (Assistant Coach), Sajjad Akbar (Manager cum Head Coach)

Central Punjab PCB Squad

First XI –Samiullah Khan Niazi (Assistant Coach), Khalid Niazi (Manager), Ijaz Ahmed Jr. (Head Coach)

Second XI –Akram Raza (Assistant Coach), Naveed Anjum (Manager cum Head Coach)

Northern PCB Squad

First XI –Manzoor Elahi (Assistant Coach), Shakeel Ahmed (Manager), Muhammad Wasim (Head Coach)

Second XI –Saeed Anwar Jr. (Assistant Coach), Tahir Mahmood (Manager cum Head Coach)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PCB Squad

First XI–Wasim Haider (Assistant Coach), Farrukh Zaman (Manager), Kabir Khan (Head Coach)

Second XI –Sajid Shah (Assistant Coach), Riffatullah Mohmand (Manager cum Head Coach).