Wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed has made a fighting 56 off 62, hitting seven fours. This was the top-score of the innings.

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

Each Cricket Association to field two sides as PCB aims to increase pool of players at the grassroots level, opportunity for the teenagers to stake claims in Pakistan squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022

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

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.

The announcement means 10 players in A+ category will now receive a monthly retainer of PKR250,000 each, followed by PKR185,000 each for the 40 cricketers in Category A, PKR175,000 each for 40 players in Category B, PKR165,000 each for the 64 players in Category C and PKR140,000 each for the 37 players in category D.

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

Hasan Ali named Player of the Tournament; Sajid Khan, Kamran Ghulam and Rehan Afridi awarded Best Bowler, Best Batsman and Best Wicketkeeper awards

Defending champions take on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the five-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final at National Stadium Karachi from Friday

Half-centuries by Akbar-ur-Rehman and Ayaz Tasawar gave Balochistan a 169-run first innings lead over Northern on day two of their ninth round first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture at the UBL Sports Complex on Monday