|
|
|
| November 9, 2002 | Saturday | Ramazan 3,1423 |
PCB’s U-turn All day matches in Super League
LAHORE, Nov 8: All matches of the Super League One-Day Cricket tournament will be day matches, according to a revised decision of Pakistan Cricket Board announced Friday.
The tournament is scheduled to begin from Nov 11 with the final on Nov 28.
Earlier, PCB had decided to hold three day and night matches besides two all night ties.
It was learnt that PCB took the decision to curtail the expenses of the tournament after failing to get a sponsor for the competition. PCB has estimated a cost of Rs 3 million for this tournament which has been reduced to almost one million.
The first session of the match will be held from 8.30am to 12 noon. After a 20 minutes break for change of innings, the second session will continue from 12.20am to 1.30pm. A 30 minutes break will be observed for Zuhar prayers from 1.30pm to 2pm. The last session will be held from 2pm to 4.20pm.
Four teams comprising Test discards and top first class cricketers are competing in the tournament.
Test bowler Wasim Akram is leading team “A”, Moin Khan team “B” while Shoaib Malik and Azhar Mahmood have been named as captain of team”C “ and “D”, respectively. The revised schedule (date, teams, umpires, referee):
Nov 11: A vs C. Mian Aslam-Saleem Badar. Khateeb Rizwan.
Nov 12: B vs D. Saleem Badar-Mian Aslam. Khateeb Rizwan.
Nov 13. a vs D. Saleem Badar-Asad Rauf. Khateeb Rizwan.
Nov 14. Rest.
Nov 15. B vs C. Saleem badar-Nadeem Ghouri. Abdul Sami.
Nov 16. A vs B. Aleem Dar- Asad Rauf. Abdul Sami.
Nov 17. C vs D. Mian Aslam-Nadeem Ghouri. Abdul Sami.
Nov 18. Rest.
Nov 19. B vs D. Nadeem Ghouri-Iqbal Butt.Ehtishamuddin.
Nov 20. B vs D. Aleem Dar-Iqbal Butt. Ehtishamuddin.
Nov 21. Mian Aslam-Iqbal Butt. Ehtishamuddin.
Nov 23. C vs D. Riazuddin-Nadeem Ghouri. Anwar Khan.
Nov 24. A vs B. Riazuddin-Asad Rauf. Anwar Khan.
Nov 25. A vs D. Riazuddin-Aleem Dar. Anwar Khan.
Nov 26 and 27. Rest days.
Nov 28. Final. Riazuddin-Aleem Dar. Anwar Khan.
|
|
|
|
