Players express their delight over PCB Chairman’s announcement for increase in monthly-retainers for cricketers with domestic contracts

The head coaches of the six Cricket Associations in consultation with second XI coaches have finalised the Second XI teams for the Cricket Associations T20 Cup, which begins on 15 September at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta

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

Squads available below; 33-match tournament to be played from 8-31 January at three Karachi venues

The six Cricket Association Second XI sides will feature in their third and final event of the 2020-21 domestic season when the Second XI Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament begins on Wednesday

Central Punjab register first win of the season, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Balochistan

Multan Sultans, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi to battle for the glittering HBL PSL 2020 trophy and USD500,000 winner’s prize

21 foreign stars include one each from Australia and New Zealand, two from Bangladesh, six from England, seven from South Africa, and four from the West Indies

The head coaches of the six Cricket Associations have finalised the Second XI teams for the three-day non first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which begins on 18 October in Karachi