Sindh registered their second consecutive win in the Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23 when they defeated Southern Punjab by 10 runs, thanks to Saim Ayub’s brilliant 92, at the Pindi Cricket Stadium

Imran Butt, Azhar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nauman Ali, Fawad Alam and Mohammad Abbas to captain the six Cricket Association teams in the first-class tournament

All-rounder Hussain Talat made a contribution with the bat, ball and in the field to spearhead Home City Central Punjab’s 43-run win over the defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the eighth fixture of the National T20 played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Sunday night

Balochistan to play Northern in the opening match at 3pm, defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to take on Central Punjab in second match from 7:30 pm at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Pindi will host the event in the first phase from September 23 to October 3 whereas Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will host the second phase from October 6 to 12.

Each Cricket Association squad comprises 40 players – 32 of which will be awarded domestic contracts, to be announced in due course – along with 10 additional players.

Local player representation in Balochistan’s squad increased to 55pc

Some of the other foreign stars in the Draft include Banton, Brathwaite, Bravo, Gayle, Lamichhane, Lynn, Miller, Morkel and Steyn

Under the event rules, five sides have consumed retention of eight players except Peshawar Zalmi which retained five players.

Defending champions Karachi Kings have retained Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Islamabad United have kept Pakistan’s white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan as the two sides also completed a successful trade of Englishman Alex Hales and Colin Ingram of South Africa ahead of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 Player Draft, which will take place at the High Performance Centre on Sunday