Week Round Up

Waqar Younis hands in his resignation as national team coach citing family commitments and health issues as the reason for the decision. Decision accepted. Zimbabwe tour to be his last in charge.


Shoaib Malik receives the necessary clearance from the PCB integrity committee and therefore can resume his career with Pakistan.


Before we know it Shoaib Malik is back in the team for the LOI leg of the tour in Zimbabwe.


Pakistan will be leaving for Zimbabwe on the 25th.


The FL T20 finals day is this Saturday. Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Junaid Khan expected to be in action. Hampshire are defending champions. 9th time this event will be taking place.


NBP win the Cool and Cool Ramadan cricket tournament organised by former Pakistan WK Moin Khan in Karachi. Kamran Akmal is the winning team captain. Kamran also feels a foreign coach is the best step forward for Pakistan cricket team.


Ijaz Ahmed will be batting coach for the Zimbabwe tour. Inti is no longer manager. Aqib Javed is no longer bowling coach or team assistant either.


Younis Khan turns down LOI captaincy after being offered in order to reduce the workload off Misbah Ul Haq. Turns it down so he can concentrate on his batting and stay away from controversies. Misbah is named as Pakistan captain for the next 3 series coming up against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and England respectively.


Rumours are that Ijaz Butt will be re-elected in October due to some change in constitution.


Domestic T20 tournament to be held again in September. Venue to be confirmed. Lahore, Pindi and Islamabad are likely possibilities as hosts.


A week is a longggggggg time in Pakistan Cricket World! A lot can happen. A lot can change.

QEA Round Up 2010/11

The Quaid E Azam Trophy Final was held between the 13th and 17th of January 2011 at the National Stadium Karachi. It was a fascinating historical spectacle as it was the very first day night first class match being held under the lights within the country with an orange ball. The match was an exciting evenly balanced contest in which HBL emerged as the winners and PIA were the runners up. The traditional fixture also received media attention as it was telecasted by the local TV sports channel, Geo Super.


Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/482808.html


Exclusive Pictures:-
The Pavilion
View from one of the stands


Autographs of Anwar Ali & Faisal Iqbal below:






Meanwhile, in the division 2 final contest which was held earlier, SPB beat KRL to take the honours in a largely rain affected innings reduced timeless fixture.



Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/482798.html



Overall Stats


Top 5 run getters Division 1

Rameez Raja 801
Shoaib Malik 799
Mansoor Amjad 784
Kamran Sajid 781
Kamran Akmal 767



Top 5 wicket takers Division 1

Sadaf Hussain 64
Abdur Rauf 63
Mohammad Khalil 61
Nasrullah Khan 61
Aizaz Cheema 57



Top 5 run getters Division 2

Usman Saliuddin 927
Asif Zakir 797
Raheel Majeed 673
Wajihuddin 752
Wajid Ali 716


Top 5 wicket takers Division 2

Sohail Khan 50
Saeed Altaf 50
Riaz Afridi 49
Mohammad Irfan 45
Atif Maqbool 40


Top 3 WKs

Ahmed Said 50 dismissals
Jamal Anwar 41 dismissals
Kamran Akmal 33 dismissals