Shoeb Malik, Abdul razaq back again in T20 Squad

Pakistan Squad with four all rounders announced for two T20's against South Africa in UAE 

Lahore November 5, 2013

The press released of PCB as following  

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the T-20 Squad for the upcoming T20 series against South Africa in UAE. The selected players are

1.       Muhammad Hafeez        (Captain)

2.       Nasir Jamshaid

3.       Ahmad Shahzad

4.       Umar Akmal                       W/K

5.       Umar Amin

6.       Shahid Khan Afridi

7.       Sohaib Maqsood

8.       Abdul Razzaq

9.       Sohail Tanveer

10.   Muhammad Irfan

11.   Junaid Khan

12.   Saeed Ajmal

13.   Shoaib Malik

14.   Abdul Rehman

Najam Sethi and IMC (Interim Monitoring Committee) Reinstated by DB on the Appeal filed by PCB and IPC.

South Africa Penalized for Ball Tempering

Pakistan South Africa Series ended at 1--1 but History never forget because of Ball Tempering

History never refuse The 25th October on which scene of controversy of Ball Tempering on again. The South African Players Du Plessis found by the Ground empires on 3rd day of 2nd test match doing ball tempering red handed in 31st and after that overs.

The Playing conditions relevant to ball tempering changed recently and become effective from 1st of October, according to the clause 42.1.1 ball tempering is level two offence and if any player found guilty, he will be banned one test or two ODIs or two T20s at most and 50 to 100 % match fee at least or both.

The Description of the ICC penal Code as following.

If the umpires together agree that the deterioration of the ball is inconsistent with the use it has received, they shall consider that there has been a contravention of this law. They shall then decide together whether they can identify the player(s) responsible for such conduct.

• 42.1.1 if it is possible to do identify the player(s) responsible:
• a) change the ball forthwith. The batsman at the wicket shall choose the replacement ball from a selection of six other balls of various degrees of usage (including a new ball) and of the same brand as the ball in use prior to the contravention.
• Additionally the bowler's end umpire shall:
• b) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side.
• c) Inform the captain of the fielding side of the reason for the action taken.
• d) Inform the captain of the batting side as soon as practicable of what has occurred.
• e) Together with the other umpire report the incident to the ICC Match Referee who shall take action as is appropriate against the player(s) responsible for the conduct under the ICC Code of Conduct.
• 42.1.2 If it is not possible to do identify the player(s) responsible:
• a) change the ball forthwith. The umpires shall choose the replacement ball for one of similar wear and of the same brand as the ball in use prior to the contravention.
• b) the bowler's end umpire shall issue the captain with a first and final warning, and
• c) advise him that should there be any further incident by that team during the remainder of the match, steps 42.1.1 a) to e) above will be adopted, with the captain deemed under e) to be the player responsible.

    

Queen's Baton hosted in Lahore at Minar e Pakistan

Queen's Baton hosted in Lahore at Minar e Pakistan

Meri dua he ke Pakistani sportspersons aur youth Glasgow games mein kamyab houn" said by the Mrs Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Vice Chair of the Organising Committee of the Game in his speech at QBR reception.

While the entire nation was busy celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) led by Lt. Gen. (Retd) Syed Arif Hasan and his companions hosting to the Queen’s Baton along with its Team for the Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow on October 16 and 17 at Lahore.

            The Queen’s Baton – the Commonwealth Games’ equivalent of the Olympic Torch – is a prestigious affair in all the member countries. The Queen’s Baton was reached Pakistan as a part of 190,000 kilometers journey which makes whistle-stops in 70 countries and territories in all five continents over 248 days in a celebration of sport, diversity and peace, culminating at Glasgow at the opening ceremony of the prestigious Games on 23 July 2014 – the second largest sporting event after the Olympic Games.  
        The IOC member in Pakistan Mr Syed Shahid Ali’s and no official representative of Government of Pakistan was present in the ceremony.

       The QBR was taken to Minar-e-Pakistan, Badshahi Masjid and Lahore Fort, and afterwards to a tour of the whole city of Lahore. the two generations of medal winners of the Commonwealth Games. The father, Abdul Ghafoor, won the Gold Medal in Weightlifting in the Edinburgh Games in 1970, while his two sons namely Ishtiaq Ghafoor and Abdullah Ghafoors won medals in the last edition of the Games at New Delhi also took part in the ceremony. He mentioned that his third son is now being prepared.

            A most poignant moment came when during the speech at the ceremony Mrs Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Vice Chair of the Organising Committee of the Games in her address spoke a few lines in Urdu: "Meri dua he ke Pakistani sportspersons aur youth Glasgow games mein kamyab houn". Her thoughtfulness was much appreciated by the audience.

             Gen. Arif, in his capacity as President Commonwealth Games Association, Pakistan as well as President POA addressed the ceremony. “The city of Lahore welcomes the Queen's Baton. The Glasgow Games 2014 have a special significance for Lahore. Although separated by thousands of miles, the links between the two cities are strong, as many thousands of British Pakistanis live and work in Glasgow. These strong links were further cemented when Lahore and Glasgow officially became sister cities in 2006. It is for this reason that we chose the city of Lahore for the QBR. The Lahorites want to build on these links further by inviting Glaswegians through the QBR to be a part of the spirit of Lahore.

                      “The Queen's Baton Relay offers an unparalleled opportunity to showcase our nation and our territory to the Commonwealth family. The QBR brings with it a message of peace. It also brings with it a message for the Youth – the leaders of tomorrow. It tells them to rise above for the development of humanity, for the development of the values so essential to mankind. So to our athletes, to our youth I say develop yourself, your passions, and your talents. Think what you would like to do with yourself, and set goals for yourself. Learn through sport and through sports develop in yourself the leadership qualities so essentially required for our tomorrow. You, are our tomorrow,” said the POA/CGA President

        The ceremony was attended by a large number of Pakistani origin people and businessmen from Glasgow, including Mr Hamza Yousaf, who happens to be government of Scotland’s minister for external affairs and international development. 

Pakistan Cricket Board Restricted Bidders for DRS to get BroadCasting rights

 Pakistan Crciket borad who will complete the bid process today for the umcpming series against South Africa and Sri Lanka in UAE, is very much concerned for DRS.
Both the cricketing nations are very much concerned about DRS and need to use during T20, ODI and Test series who will host by UAE in third and fourth quarter of the year 2013 source close to PCB BID Committee said.  

"The PCB wants to have DRS in the Test and One-day series against South Africa and Sri Lanka as both countries are keen on this technology," a source close to a broadcaster also confirmed.

" Use of DRS will costs around USD 300,000 extra to the broadcasters for both series besides while the production costs of around two million dollars," Broad caster concerned.

The Indian News maker group NDTV sports reveled story about bidding process as under in which means the process is not upto the mark as per their talk with the source of broadcaster want to buy the broadcast rights.

He added the PCB had not made it clear as yet whether the broadcaster would have to provide facilities for just the snickometre and hawkeye in the DRS or they would also have the controversial hotspot technology, which will increase the costs of broadcasters further.

The PCB has decided to sell broadcasting rights of the two series as a separate venture instead of entering into a long-term four or five-year deal with a broadcaster for Pakistan cricket rights.

"The long-term deal will be done later because of shortage of time and for now we are selling rights of just these two series as our long-standing contract with Ten Sports expired in June," the source said.

Another source in the board told PTI that the bid committee, which is overseeing the whole process under the supervision of former ICC Chairman, Ehsan Mani, and also includes a Supreme Court retired judge, will open technical bids of interested broadcasters in Lahore today.

"Later in the evening the financial bids will also be opened and the highest bidder which is over or meets the reserve price set by the committee will get the rights," he said.

The PCB is looking to earn around USD 10 to 15 million dollars from the rights of the two series which include a total of six tests, ten one-day internationals and four T20 matches and a one-off game against Afghanistan.

Imran Farhat refuse Zimbabwe tour due to Domestic affairs, Uncapped Shan Masood will replace

   

Pakistani opener imran farhat was a part of the tour Zimbabwe team, but he refuse to attend tour Zimbabwe because of Domestic affairs. PCB confirmed that imran informed chairman selection committee and PCB as well about his problem that's why selection committee replaced him with young shan masood as part of test team against Zimbabwe.

Pakistan cricket team will start his tour to Zimbabwe on 19th of current month where both the teams will play two T20, three ODI's and two Test matches. Imran farhat who is the son in law of ex chairman selection committee and present member of PCB Ilyas Ahmad, his wife is expecting baby in coming days therefore he refuse Zimbabwe tour.

PCB grant four lac rupees to Skipper Misbah, Hafeez, Afridi and Zulifqar babar on their performance in W.I as reward

Accroding to PCB press relaese 

 The caretaker Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Mr Najam Sethi has approved cash awards to the Pakistan men’s and women’s teams that have recently won laurels in the West Indies and England respectively.

“The performances of both our men’s and women’s teams merited a reward. The tenacity shown by the boys under Misah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez in the West Indies was quite remarkable. The women’s team too has maintained an upwardly mobile trajectory and their achievement of finishing the ICC Qualifiers for the World T20 championship on top of the event is indeed commendable.

“The PCB management is positive that the cash rewards and recognition shall inspire both teams to keep it up and notch greater accomplishments”, said Mr Najam Sethi.

The Pakistan squad under Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez had given an impressive performance against the West Indies, winning the ODI rubber 3-1 before blanking the hosts in two Twenty20 Internationals. Of the seven matches across the two formats, Pakistan lost just one, winning five besides one ODI ending in a tie.

The entire Pakistan ODI and T20 squad was awarded Rs200,000/- apiece while the support staff each got Rs100,000/-. The four stand-out performers, two each from the ODIs and T20 Internationals, were given additional rewards of Rs400,000/- apiece. These were: Misbah ul Haq (ODI Man of the Series); Shahid Khan Afridi (Best bowling figures in ODI series); Zulfiqar Babar (T20 Man of the Series); Umar Akmal (Best Overall performance with the bat and behind the stumps).

The Pakistan women’s squad was awarded Rs100,000/- apiece while the team officials were given Rs50,000/- each.

The Pakistan women’s team had an exceptionally successful tour of England, where they defeated England Academy, followed by a series victory against Ireland and a drawn rubber against England. Subsequently it emerged on the top in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifiers, sharing the title with Sri Lanka in a rain-affected final. This command performance earned them qualification for the Women World T20 tournament to be held next year in Bangladesh.