KARACHI: Owing to telecast of the ongoing Champions League T20 tournament on PTV Sports, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday has decided to revise the match timings of the Bank AlBaraka presents Haier T20 Cup currently being staged at the National Stadium here.

According to the new schedule, instead of the first match beginning at 12 in the afternoon, it would be played at 9:00am from Saturday onwards. Likewise, the matches slated to begin at 4:00 and 8:00pm will now commence at 1:00pm and 5:00pm, respectively.

While PTV Sports would beam live the majority of the domestic matches, 11 games will be televised on PTV National channel including some of the 1:00pm and 5:00pm fixtures switching over from PTV Sports to PTV National.

But the programme for next Friday (Sept 26) will see the second match starting at 2:00pm and the last at 6:00pm.

The semi-finals slated for Sept 27 would be staged at 11:30am and 6:30pm (originally planned for 4;00pm and 8:00pm), respectively while the final on Sept 28 will begin at 7:00pm as previously announced by the PCB.

However, the schedule for Monday (22) remains unchanged when four matches will be played with the last game starting at 9:00pm.

Following is the revised schedule:

Sept 20: Sialkot Stallions vs Quetta Bears (9:00am); Karachi Dolphins vs Hyderabad Hawks (1:00pm); Karachi Zebras vs Rawalpindi Rams (5:00pm).

Sept 21: Hyderabad Hawks vs Larkana Bulls (9:00am); Rawalpindi Rams vs Multan Tigers (1:00pm); Karachi Dolphins vs Sialkot Stallions (5:00pm.

Sept 22: Islamabad Leopards vs Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars (9:00am); Abbottabad Falcons vs Bahawalpur Stags (1:00pm); Lahore Lions vs Dera Murad Jamali Ibexes (5:00pm); Lahore Eagles vs Peshawar Panthers (9:00pm).

Sept 23: Bahawalpur Stags vs Dera Murad Jamali Ibexes (9:00am); Faisalabad Wolves vs Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars (1:00pm); Islamabad Leopards vs Peshawar Panthers (5:00pm).

Sept 24: Peshawar Panthers vs Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars (9:00am); Abbottabad Falcons vs Dera Murad Jamali Ibexes (1:00pm); Faisalabad Wolves vs Lahore Eagles (5:00pm).

Sept 25: Lahore Lions vs Bahawalpur Stags (9:00am); Faisalabad Wolves vs Peshawar Panthers (1:00pm); Lahore Eagles vs Islamabad Leopards (5:00pm).

Sept 26: Lahore Lions vs Abbottabad Falcons (9:00am); Lahore Eagles vs Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars (2:00pm); Faisalabad Wolves vs Islamabad Leopards (6:00pm).

Sept 27: First semi-final (Group ‘A’ winners vs Group ‘C’ winners, 11:30am); Second semi-final (Group ‘B’ winners vs Group ‘D’ winners, 6:30pm).

Sept 28: Final (7:00pm).

Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2014