- Urdu version of the media release attached here
Lahore, 12 February 2022: Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season 2021-22, will commence from 2 March to 31 March at three venues across the country. On the opening day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the defending champions will take on Central Punjab at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
The 33-match tournament, to be played on double-league basis, will be staged at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, Islamabad’s House of Northern and Multan’s Multan Cricket Stadium.
Multan Cricket Stadium will also host the two semi-finals on 28 and 29 January and the final on 31 March.
To provide fans ball-by-ball live domestic cricket action, the PCB will live stream 10 group stage matches scheduled at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The decision to broadcast semi-finals and final at the same venue will be taken in due course.
The tournament carries nearly PKR10million in prize money. The tournament winners will bag PKR5million, while the runners-up will receive PKR2.5million.
The best performers of the tournament – Player of the Tournament, Best Batter, Best Bowler and Best Wicketkeeper – will equally share PKR1million amongst them and PKR800,000 will be handed to 32 player of the match award winners in group matches and semi-finals. The Player of the Final will receive PKR35,000.
Tournament schedule:
|
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
Umpires |
Referee |
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2-Mar |
Balochistan-Northern |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed |
Mohammad Anees |
|
Southern Punjab-Sindh |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi |
Ali Naqvi |
|
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
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4-Mar |
Balochistan-Sindh |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi |
Ali Naqvi |
|
|
Northern-Central Punjab |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed |
Mohammad Anees |
|
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6-Mar |
Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi |
Ali Naqvi |
|
Sindh-Northern |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed |
Mohammad Anees |
|
|
Central Punjab-Southern Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
|
8-Mar |
Balochistan-Central Punjab |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Ghaffar Kazmi-Waleed Yaqub |
Ali Naqvi |
|
Southern Punjab-Northern |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed |
Mohammad Anees |
|
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
|
10-Mar |
Balochistan-Southern Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
Northern-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
|
Central Punjab-Sindh |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Ali Naqvi |
|
|
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
Umpires |
Referee |
|
13-Mar |
Balochistan-Sindh |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Iqbal Sheikh |
|
Central Punjab-Southern Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Northern |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Imtiaz Iqbal-Imran Jawed |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
|
16-Mar |
Balochistan-Southern Punjab |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Iqbal Sheikh |
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
|
Northern-Central Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan |
Nadeem Arshad |
|
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19-Mar |
Balochistan-Central Punjab |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi |
Mohammad Anees |
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Northern-Sindh |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Iqbal Sheikh |
|
|
22-Mar |
Balochistan-Northern |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi |
Mohammad Anees |
|
Southern Punjab-Sindh |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Iqbal Sheikh |
|
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
|
25-Mar |
Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
House of Northern Islamabad |
Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
|
Central Punjab-Sindh |
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad |
Zameer Haider Ghaffar Kazmi |
Mohammad Anees |
|
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Northern-Southern Punjab |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub |
Iqbal Sheikh |
|
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SEMI FINALS |
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28-Mar |
No. 1 team Vs No. 4 team |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Shozab Raza-Nasir Hussain Sr. |
Ali Naqvi |
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29-Mar |
No. 2 team Vs No. 3 team |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Zameer Haider-Imtiaz Iqbal |
Iqbal Sheikh |
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FINAL |
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31-Mar |
Winner of 1st SF Vs Winner of 2nd SF |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Zameer Haider-Shozab Raza |
Ali Naqvi |
