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PCB Awards 2020 details announced

Karachi:The Pakistan Cricket Board says the PCB Awards 2020 will be a recognition and appreciation of the players and match officials for their achievements, as well as their contributions and sacrifices, during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic while announcing details for the awards on Monday.

 

The PCB said that it was probably the only cricket board that announced a complete season on 4 September and, since 30 September, has successfully delivered 186 matches out of 259 (nearly 71 per cent) to date.

 

The remaining 73 matches of the 2020-21 season, comprising the five-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, five matches against South Africa, 33 matches in the Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament and 34 matches in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 will be played in the first quarter of 2021.

 

Apart from domestic cricket, Pakistan men’s national team toured England in the summer, played Zimbabwe at home and, along with Pakistan Shaheens, is presently touring New Zealand.

 

All cricket in Pakistan was planned, executed and played under strict Covid-19 protocols. This meant Pakistan’s leading cricketers, player support personnel and match officials spent a large chunk of the year under tight restrictions, away from their families and friends.

 

For the purposes of the 2020 Awards, the PCB has identified a total of 11 categories, including eight player categories, for which the winners will be presented specially designed trophies during the home series against South Africa.

 

The eight individual categories are: Emerging Men’s and Women’s Cricketers of the Year; Women’s Cricketer of the Year; Domestic Men’s Cricketer of the Year; Individual Performance of the Year; White-ball Cricketer of the Year; Test Cricketer of the Year; Most Valuable Cricketer of the Year.

 

In addition to the eight individual prizes, there will be Spirit of Cricket, Umpire of the Year and Best Corporate Achievement of the Year awards.

 

As per the process, an independent jury comprising highly respected and distinguished cricket personalities will discuss performances in 10 of the 11 categories during the 2020 calendar year (1 January to 31 December) and select a winner in each category through a virtual meeting. The Umpire of the Year will be selected by the First XI head coaches and captains.

 

The winners will be announced on 1 January 2021 on the PCB digital platforms.

 

In the 2020 calendar year, Pakistan men’s national team played five Tests, three ODIs and 12 T20Is, while the Pakistan women’s national side featured in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Australia 2020.

 

The domestic events held during the period included HBL Pakistan Super League 2020, National T20 Cup, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, PCB U19 One-day and Three-Day Tournaments and two National Triangular T20 Women’s Cricket Championships.

 

“This has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone,” said PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani. “But I am delighted we not only went ahead with our domestic cricket schedule but delivered it successfully.”

 

“It is appropriate that this achievement be celebrated through the annual awards, which are designed to acknowledge and recognise outstanding individual performers during this challenging year.

 

“Players are our most important stakeholders and they are truly worthy of this acknowledgement as they have endured extremely challenging Covid-19 protocols to not only keep the sport going, but also to provide fans and followers entertainment during some very depressing times.

 

“The PCB Awards 2020 is a small way to show our gratitude to all the cricketers, player support personnel and match officials for their sacrifices that has allowed the game to continue to be played in these challenging times and grow stronger. The PCB recognises this was not only hard on the participants, but also on their families. We thank them for putting the interest of the game first.

 

“I am sure the PCB Awards will provide added incentive to the cricketers in 2021, knowing that their achievements will be recognised.

 

“This is also success for the entire PCB, which got behind the season and, collectively as one team, delivered one of the busiest, painstaking and complex cricket seasons with immaculate logistical and operational planning and delivery. The PCB aspires to be one of the high-performing organisations and performances like these will certainly help us to continue to head in that direction.”

 

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Quaid-e-Azam Day KMC Inter Academy U- 16 Cricket Tournament begins

KARACHI:The Quaid-e-Azam Day KMC Inter Academy Under-16 Cricket Tournament commenced at KMC Eastern Star Cricket Ground and KMC Cricket Ground Nazimabad on Friday.

 

Twelve teams are participating in the tournament. The teams are KMC Cricket Academy, Azad Cricket Academy, National Bank of Pakistan Cricket Academy, PIA Cricket Academy, Moin Khan Cricket Academy, Dawood Sports Cricket Academy, United Cricket Academy, Bob Woolmer Cricket Academy, Sarfaraz Ahmad Cricket Academy, Iftikhar Ahmad Cricket Academy, Nazimabad Gymkhana Cricket Academy and Custom Cricket Academy.

 

The teams are divided into four groups. Each team will play two group matches. Group topper will be eligible to play semifinals. One innings is consisted of 30 overs.

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Bilawal appoints office-bearers of PPP AJK allied wings

KARACHI:Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has appointed following office-bearers of allied wings of PPP AJK with immediate effect.

 

  1. Labour Wing:

 

  1. Syed Shujat Kazmi (President)

 

  1. Sardar Javaid Khan (General Secretary)

 

III. Rafiq Gorsi (Secretary Information)

 

  1. Human Rights Wing:

 

  1. Sahabzada Mehmood Ahmed Adv (President)

 

  1. Ms. Maria Iqbal Tarana (General Secretary)

 

III. Sardar Sameer Advocate (Secretary Information)

 

  1. People’s Lawyer Forum:

 

  1. Ashraf Ayaz Advocate (President)

 

  1. Raja Ijaz Advocate (General Secretary)

 

III. Mubashir Munir Awan Adv (Secretary Information)

 

  1. Cultural Wing:

 

  1. Sardar Zahid Sharif (President)

 

  1. Ch. Naseer Akbar (General Secretary)

 

III. Mehmood Ali Chaudhry (Secretary Information)

 

  1. Traders Wing:

 

  1. Naseer Rathore (President)

 

  1. Tanvir Qureshi (General Secretary)

 

III. Anees Kashmiri (Secretary Information)

 

  1. Ulema-e-Mushaik Wing:

 

  1. Hafiz Tariq (President)

 

  1. Fazal-ul-Rasool (General Secretary)

 

III. Qari Atteq-ur-Rehman (Secretary Information)

 

  1. Study Circle:

 

  1. Abdul Shakoor Siddique (President)

 

  1. Sardar Saqib Farooq (General Secretary)

 

III. Majid Awan (Secretary Information)

 

Notification in this regard was issued from the Chairman’s Secretariat by his Political Secretary Jameel Soomro.

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Sindh striving hard to accelerate process of development: Khuhro

KARACHI:The Sindh government is striving hard to accelerate and improvise the process of development, specially in roads construction and development sector, while laying down a comprehensive network of roads in Sindh Province.

 

This was informed by Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for Works and Services, while addressing as a chief guest at a certificate distribution ceremony arranged by project management unit Sindh Provincial Roads improvement project (SPRIP) works and services department at a local hotel here today.

 

Khuhro also praised the effects of Engineers working dedicatedly full time in the completion of the project. He further said that the services of Mushtaqe Ahmed Memon were also unforgettable, who worked effortless.

 

Earlier, Mushtaqe Ahmed Memon, Project Director, Sindh Provincial Roads Improvement Project (SPRIP), while presenting a welcome address, thanked the advisor Sindh Chief Minister for Work and Services for his participation in the program and his co-ordination in achievement of goal.

 

Memon further stated that in first phase of SPRIP, a huge amount of Rs 6160 million had been saved and had discarded commitment charges of the government of Sindh. “We have again worked out and it is expected that we will save the other Rs 2880 million,” he added.

 

Memon also thanked for the help and co-operation of Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Chief Secretary of Sindh, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah and Secretary Works and Services, and Imran Atta Soomro for the completion of first phase of the project and ongoing progress of the project.

 

Madam Saba Fatima, XEN works and services, highlighted outlines and methods about the programme. Later on, Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for Works and Services Nisar Ahmed Khuhro distributed certificates amongst engineers and assistant engineers and other related person of project. Earlier, Khuhro was presented a traditional Sindhi Ajrak and a Sindhi Cap by Memon.

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Salman fined for showing dissent

KARACHI:Southern Punjab’s Salman Ali Agha has been fined 70 per cent of his match-fee for breaching the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel during his side’s ongoing match against Sindh in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy here at the State Bank Stadium.

 

Salman was found to have violated Article 2.8 of the PCB Code of Conduct, which reads as: “Showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision during a Match”.

 

The incident happened in the 57th over of Southern Punjab’s first innings on the third day of the match on Tuesday, when Salman, after being adjudged LBW, showed his hand and then his bat to the umpire to establish that he had played the ball.

 

This is his second offence of the Article in the season.

 

Salman pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Prof. Mohammad Javed. The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Aftab Gillani and Rashid Riaz.

 

All second offences in Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of 70 per cent fine up to two-match suspension.

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Waqar Younis to miss second Test

KARACHI:Bowling coach Waqar Younis will return to Pakistan after the first Test against New Zealand to meet his family, whom he has not met since June.

 

Waqar Younis had requested the team management to be granted leave so that he can spend additional time with his immediate family, which will be in Lahore before returning to Sydney, Australia, on 17 January. Waqar will rejoin the side in time for the series against South Africa, which starts with the first Test in Karachi on 26 January.

 

Pakistan manager Mansoor Rana said: “Considering Waqar has not seen his family since June and taking into account that our home series against South Africa, which follows the series against New Zealand, doesn’t finish until 14 February, we took a pragmatic view of his request and have allowed him to return home early so that he can spend additional time with his wife and children.

 

“If he had returned to Lahore with the side after the second Test, he would have only got a week to spend with them. For all of us, families always come first and we have in the past made similar exemptions so that our team members are able to achieve the correct work-life balance.”

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Omar Associates, Total Energy cruise into National Seniors Cup semis

KARACHI:Omar Associates and Total Energy cruised into the semifinals of the 21st National Seniors Cup Tournament, organized by Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA) in collaboration with Sindh Seniors Welfare Cricket Association.

 

Omar Associates thrashed Denim Craft by nine wickets in a match played at RLCA Cricket Ground. Batting first Denim Craft were all out in 19.1 overs for 146 runs in a 20 overs match.

 

Hanif ur Rehman (44 runs) and M. Rizwan (37 runs) were the main scorers. Haris Ayaz and Jaffer Qureshi took three wickets each for 23 and 24 runs respectively. Omar Associates reached the winning target for the loss of only one wicket. Jaffer Qureshi scored 75 runs and former Pakistan player Sajid Ali scored 72 runs.

 

Meanwhile at Naya Nazimabad Cricket Ground, Total Energy beat Gold Bridge Media by 61 runs. Total Energy scored 220 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Kashif Khawaja scored a brilliant century with nine fours and six sixes. Faisal Mirza scored 62 runs. Anwer Ali took four wickets for 39 runs.

 

Gold Bridge Team were all out for 159 runs in 19 overs. Sadaf Abbas scored 38 and Tariq Murad scored unbeaten 35. Kashif Iqbal and Naeem Tayyab took three wicket each for 9 and 42 respectively.

 

In another match, AO Veterans won by five wickets against S.I. Global at PNS Karsaz Ground.

 

At Naya Nazimabad Cricket Ground, Factdate trounced Haseen Habib by nine wickets Irfan Ali Khan played a brilliant and unbeaten knock of 94 runs for the winners in the match.