Pakistan Cricket

[Lazerknighta]

Pakistan Cricket Board

Pakistan Cricket has faced a drastic decline over the past few years. From failing to qualify to the knock-outs of the ODI World Cup 2023, losing games to Zimbabwe, Ireland, USA in T20Is, to losing to Bangladesh at home and having the worst home record for a test playing nation (At least we won against England!)

In this thread, I will be simulating all of Pakistan's domestic and international games. From revamping the domestic structure, giving contracts to worthy cricketers in the national side, picking squads for every series, this thread will have it at all!

This will be set starting from the 2024/2025 cricketing season, from August 2024, after Pakistan were knocked out of the T20I World Cup 2024 by the United States and India. There will be a new cricketing calendar made listing all future domestic and international competitions.​

 

[Lazerknighta]

Tentative Schedule

This is the proposed schedule for Pakistan Cricket's 2024/2025 season:

Spoiler: August:

Champions FC Trophy

Spoiler: September:

Champions FC Trophy

2 Match Test Series

3 Match Emerging ODI Series

Spoiler: October:

3 Match Test Series

Emerging T20I Asia Cup

National T20 Cup

Spoiler: November:

National T20 Cup

3 Match ODI Series

3 Match T20I Series

2 Match Emerging First Class Series

3 Match Emerging ODI Series

Spoiler: December:

Quaid e Azam Trophy

3 Match ODI Series

3 Match T20I Series

3 Match T20I Series

3 Match ODI Series

Spoiler: January:

Quaid e Azam Trophy

3 Match Test Series

Spoiler: February:

Quaid e Azam Trophy

ODI Tri-Series

Champions Trophy

Spoiler: March:

Pakistan Super League

Spoiler: April:

Pakistan Super League

Spoiler: May:

Pakistan ODI Cup

Spoiler: June:

Champions LA Trophy

Spoiler: July

Champions LA Trophy

 

[Till Valhalla]

giving contracts to worthy cricketers

Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik ftw!

 

[pillowprocter]

thank you for scrapping the departmental comp

 

[Lazerknighta]

thank you for scrapping the departmental comp

No problem

If there are any suggestions anyone wants to say then please do

 

[Till Valhalla]

No problem

If there are any suggestions anyone wants to say then please do

Junaid Khan and Md Amir opening bowling partnership.

 

[Lazerknighta]

Domestic Cricket

Pakistan's domestic system has undergoed several changes. We have proposed 6 domestic tournaments, 2 in each format.

Province System

We will be retaining the previous province system of 6 teams done previously. However, we're adding 2 new teams - Lahore and Peshawar. Our aim with the province system is to build the best platform for potential cricketers to the Pakistan Cricket Team

First Class: Quaid e Azam Trophy (2nd Tier: Hanif Mohammad Trophy)
List A: Pakistan Cup (2nd Tier: 2nd Tier Pakistan Cup
T20: National T20 Cup (2nd Tier: 2nd Tier National T20 Cup)

Each tournament will have two groups. Each group will play against the other team's group once, and in the same group twice. Top 4 after the group-stage qualifies to the knock-out stage.

Champions System

We're introducing 2 new tournaments (FC & LA) in Pakistan's domestic calendar. Each tournament will compose of the top 60 cricketers in the nation, battling it out in a double-round robin.

Champions First-Class Cup
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Season​	Winners​
2024/2025​	TBD​

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Pakistan Super League

The Pakistan Super League will return as normal, with 6 teams
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[Lazerknighta]

Champions First-Class Cup

60 players will be split into 4 teams - Karachi Dolphins, Lahore Lions, Peshawar Panthers & Sialkot Stallions

Tournament will compromise of a double-round robin. Winner will be decided by the team with the most amount of points

Spoiler: Karachi Dolphins

Karachi Dolphins

Abdul Faseeh
Abdullah Shafique
Ali Zaryab

Saud Shakeel
Tayyab Tahir
Usman Khan
Usman Salahuddin

Faheem Ashraf
Mubasir Khan

Ali Raza
Hunain Shah
Mohammad Abbas

Abrar Ahmed
Mohammad Rameez Jnr
Zahid Mahmood

Spoiler: Lahore Lions

Lahore Lions

Haseebullah Khan
Imran Butt
Saim Ayub

Kamran Ghulam
Shan Masood
Sharoon Siraj

Hussain Talat
Iftikhar Ahmed
Jahandad Khan
Mehran Mumtaz
Mohammad Nawaz

Naseem Shah
Abbas Afridi
Ubaid Shah

Sajid Khan

Spoiler: Peshawar Panthers

Peshawar Panthers

Abdul Wahid Bangalzai
Abid Ali
Fakhar Zaman
Muhammad Hurraira

Irfan Khan Niazi
Mohammad Rizwan
Omair bin Yousuf

Aamer Jamal
Arafat Minhas
Qasim Akram
Khushdil Shah

Mohammad Ali
Mohammad Zeeshan
Shaheen Afridi

Zafar Gohar

Spoiler: Sialkot Stallions

Sialkot Stallions

Imam ul Haq
Mohammad Arif
Sahibzada Farhan

Babar Azam
Haider Ali
Rohail Nazir
Salman Ali Agha

Danish Aziz
Maaz Sadaqat
Shadab Khan

Akif Javed
Kashif Ali
Mir Hamza
Shahnawaz Dahani

Noman Ali

Spoiler: Schedule

Schedule

August 5th 2024, Karachi Dolphins vs Lahore Lions at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad -

August 5th 2024, Peshawar Panthers vs Sialkot Stallions at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi -

August 12th 2024, Karachi Dolphins vs Sialkot Stallions at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad -

August 12th 2024, Lahore Lions vs Peshawar Panthers at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan -

August 19th 2024, Sialkot Stallions vs Karachi Dolphins at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi -

August 19th 2024, Lahore Lions vs Peshawar Panthers at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan -

August 26th, 2024, Lahore Lions vs Karachi Dolphins at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan

August 26th, 2024, Sialkot Stallions vs Peshawar Panthers at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

September 2nd, 2024, Sialkot Stallions vs Karachi Dolphins at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan

September 2nd, 2024, Peshawar Panthers vs Lahore Lions at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

September 9th, 2024, Karachi Dolphins vs Sialkot Stallions at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

September 9th, 2024, Peshawar Panthers vs Lahore Lions at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Spoiler: Grounds

Grounds

Stadium​	Pitch​
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad​	Even​
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi​	Even​
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan​	Dusty​

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[pillowprocter]

no pindi, multan or faisalabad, bro went straight to sialkot

 

[Lazerknighta]

no pindi, multan or faisalabad, bro went straight to sialkot

Lol I used the irl Champions Cup teams (minus Markhors)

 

[Lazerknighta]

CHAMPIONS FIRST-CLASS CUP
August 5th - 9th, 2024/2025
Round 1: Match 1




KARACHI DOLPHINS V LAHORE LIONS
5 Day Match at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

LAHORE LIONS WIN THE TOSS AND ELECT TO BOWL FIRST

- - -

KARACHI DOLPHINS​

KARACHI DOLPHINS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Abdul Faseeh        c. Shah        b. Afridi       39   105    5    0   37.1%
Abdullah Shafique   c. S Khan      b. N Shah       37    66    7    1   56.1%
Usman Khan          c. H Khan      b. Mumtaz       33    64    8    0   51.6%
Tayyab Tahir        c. S Khan      b. Afridi       23    69    2    0   33.3%
Saud Shakeel                       b. J Khan       58    94   12    0   61.7%
Mubasir Khan        c. Masood      b. Mumtaz       23    48    5    0   47.9%
Faheem Ashraf                      b. S Khan       43   134    5    1   32.1%
Mohammad Abbas                     b. Mumtaz        0     1    0    0    0.0%
Hunain Shah         c. H Khan      b. I Ahmed      34    93    6    0   36.6%
Abrar Ahmed                        b. Mumtaz        0    12    0    0    0.0%
Zahid Mahmood       not out                         0     2    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  310/10       Overs:  114.3        Run Rate:  2.71     Extras:  20
 
                             Day 2  11:39 AM

LAHORE LIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Naseem Shah          21.0      7      61      1      2.90     0      0
Jahandad Khan        19.0      4      76      1      4.00     0      1
Abbas Afridi         15.0      6      46      2      3.07     0      1
Iftikhar Ahmed       14.0      5      33      1      2.36     0      3
Mehran Mumtaz        23.3     11      39      4      1.66     0      1
Sajid Khan           16.0      5      32      1      2.00     1      2
Saim Ayub             1.0      0       1      0      1.00     0      0
Hussain Talat         3.0      0       7      0      2.33     0      0
Kamran Ghulam         2.0      1       4      0      2.00     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 8      Leg Byes: 5      Byes: 6

 Total:  310/10       Overs:  114.3        Run Rate:  2.71    Extras:  20

LAHORE LIONS
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LAHORE LIONS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Haseebullah Khan    c. Shafique    b. A Ahmed      61   119   12    0   51.3%
Saim Ayub           c. A Ahmed     b. H Shah        1     4    0    0   25.0%
Shan Masood         lbw            b. H Shah       23    32    5    0   71.9%
Kamran Ghulam                      b. M Khan       25    35    5    0   71.4%
Hussain Talat       lbw            b. Abbas        40    81    7    0   49.4%
Iftikhar Ahmed      c. U Khan      b. H Shah       91   124   19    0   73.4%
Jahandad Khan       c. Shakeel     b. Ahmed        25   105    4    0   23.8%
Sajid Khan          c. M Khan      b. Ashraf       22    74    4    0   29.7%
Mehran Mumtaz                      b. Mahmood      17    29    2    1   58.6%
Abbas Afridi                       b. Abbas         5    17    1    0   29.4%
Naseem Shah         not out
 
 Total:  329/10       Overs:  102.5        Run Rate:  3.20     Extras:  19
 
                             Day 3  1:01 PM

KARACHI DOLPHINS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mohammad Abbas       17.0      4      57      2      3.35     0      0
Hunain Shah          22.0      5      69      3      3.14     1      2
Faheem Ashraf        12.0      2      41      1      3.42     0      1
Abrar Ahmed          22.0      3      97      2      4.41     1      1
Zahid Mahmood        22.5      7      36      1      1.58     0      1
Mubasir Khan          7.0      2      20      1      2.86     1      2


 EXTRAS          Wides: 3      No Balls: 7      Leg Byes: 8      Byes: 1

 Total:  329/10       Overs:  102.5        Run Rate:  3.20    Extras:  19

KARACHI DOLPHINS​

KARACHI DOLPHINS 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Abdul Faseeh        c. Shah        b. S Khan       29    76    5    0   38.2%
Abdullah Shafique   c. H Khan      b. J Khan        6    15    1    0   40.0%
Usman Khan          c. S Khan      b. N Shah       24    41    4    1   58.5%
Tayyab Tahir                       b. Mumtaz       36    71    8    0   50.7%
Saud Shakeel        c. S Khan      b. N Shah       20    31    3    0   64.5%
Mubasir Khan        c. Ayub        b. S Khan       85   112   17    0   75.9%
Faheem Ashraf       lbw            b. N Shah       30    37    7    0   81.1%
Mohammad Abbas      c. Ghulam      b. S Khan        5    13    1    0   38.5%
Hunain Shah         c. H Khan      b. Afridi        0     5    0    0    0.0%
Abrar Ahmed         c. Masood      b. Mumtaz       22    33    4    0   66.7%
Zahid Mahmood       not out                         1     1    0    0  100.0%
 
 Total:  265/10       Overs:  72.2         Run Rate:  3.66     Extras:  7
 
                             Day 4  11:21 AM


LAHORE LIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Naseem Shah          14.0      3      51      3      3.64     0      1
Jahandad Khan        10.0      4      22      1      2.20     0      0
Hussain Talat         5.0      1      12      0      2.40     0      0
Abbas Afridi         10.0      2      18      1      1.80     0      0
Sajid Khan           13.0      4      45      3      3.46     0      0
Mehran Mumtaz        12.2      3      53      2      4.30     0      0
Iftikhar Ahmed        7.0      0      46      0      6.57     1      0
Saim Ayub             1.0      0      13      0     13.00     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 1      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 1

 Total:  265/10       Overs:  72.2         Run Rate:  3.66    Extras:  7

Target: Lahore Lions need 247 runs to win

LAHORE LIONS​

LAHORE LIONS 2nd innings  (Target: 247)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Haseebullah Khan                   b. Ashraf       47    55   10    0   85.5%
Saim Ayub           c. Faseeh      b. Ashraf       47    61   12    0   77.1%
Shan Masood         not out                        84    88   20    1   95.5%
Kamran Ghulam       c. Ali         b. Mahmood      18    27    3    0   66.7%
Hussain Talat       c. Tahir       b. Mahmood      20    49    5    0   40.8%
Iftikhar Ahmed                     b. Abbas        10    20    1    0   50.0%
Jahandad Khan       c. U Khan      b. Ahmed        12    12    2    0  100.0%
Sajid Khan          not out                         1     2    0    0   50.0%
Mehran Mumtaz     
Abbas Afridi      
Naseem Shah       
 
 Total:  248/6        Overs:  52.2         Run Rate:  4.74     Extras:  9
 
                             Day 4  3:55 PM

KARACHI DOLPHINS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mohammad Abbas        9.2      1      51      1      5.46     0      0
Hunain Shah           9.0      1      55      0      6.11     0      0
Faheem Ashraf        13.0      1      61      2      4.69     0      1
Abrar Ahmed           7.0      0      25      1      3.57     0      1
Mubasir Khan          6.0      1      16      0      2.67     0      0
Zahid Mahmood         8.0      0      33      2      4.13     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 0      No Balls: 2      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 4

 Total:  248/6        Overs:  52.2         Run Rate:  4.74    Extras:  9

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Karachi Dolphins    310 & 265
Lahore Lions        329 & 248/6           
 
Lahore Lions won by 4 wickets
 
Man of the match: Shan Masood

It's never easy to bat in the 4th innings, but Pakistan's test captain makes it look easy with a 84* runs of just 88 deliveries, as he helps Lahore Lions win by 4 wickets.​

 

[Lazerknighta]

CHAMPIONS FIRST-CLASS CUP
August 5th - 9th, 2024/2025
Round 1: Match 2




PESHAWAR PANTHERS V SIALKOT STALLIONS
5 Day Match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

SIALKOT STALLIONS WIN THE TOSS AND ELECT TO BOWL FIRST

- - -

PESHAWAR PANTHERS​

PESHAWAR PANTHERS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Muhammad Hurraira   lbw            b. Agha         51    83   10    0   61.4%
Abid Ali            c. N Ali       b. Khan         37    91    7    0   40.7%
Omair bin Yousuf    c. Agha        b. Javed        15    17    3    0   88.2%
Mohammad Rizwan                    b. N Ali        24    33    5    0   72.7%
Irfan Khan Niazi    c. Dahani      b. Khan         25    51    5    0   49.0%
Qasim Akram         c. Nazir       b. Hamza        19    46    3    0   41.3%
Aamer Jamal         lbw            b. Hamza        37    88    7    0   42.0%
Shaheen Afridi      lbw            b. N Ali        29    40    5    1   72.5%
Arafat Minhas       c. Dahani      b. N Ali        17    45    4    0   37.8%
Mohammad Ali        c. N Ali       b. Javed         9    39    2    0   23.1%
Zafar Gohar         not out                         7    22    1    0   31.8%
 
 Total:  286/10       Overs:  91.5         Run Rate:  3.11     Extras:  16
  
                             Day 2  10:09 AM

SIALKOT STALLIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mir Hamza            22.0      6      63      2      2.86     1      2
Akif Javed           17.5      2      61      2      3.42     3      2
Shahnawaz Dahani     12.0      3      34      0      2.83     0      0
Shadab Khan          17.0      6      46      2      2.71     0      0
Noman Ali            17.0      5      54      3      3.18     0      0
Salman Ali Agha       6.0      2      20      1      3.33     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 4      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 6      Byes: 2

 Total:  286/10       Overs:  91.5         Run Rate:  3.11    Extras:  16

SIALKOT STALLIONS
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SIALKOT STALLIONS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Imam ul Haq                        b. Gohar        25    54    5    0   46.3%
Sahibzada Farhan    lbw            b. Minhas       26    22    4    1  118.2%
Babar Azam                         b. M Ali        25    32    5    0   78.1%
Haider Ali          c. Afridi      b. Gohar        68   222   11    1   30.6%
Rohail Nazir                       b. Jamal        21    83    4    0   25.3%
Salman Ali Agha     lbw            b. Gohar         2    19    0    0   10.5%
Shadab Khan         c. Rizwan      b. Minhas       16    76    1    1   21.1%
Noman Ali                          b. Jamal        38   110    7    0   34.5%
Shahnawaz Dahani    lbw            b. Minhas       18    47    3    0   38.3%
Akif Javed          c. M Ali       b. Minhas        0     1    0    0    0.0%
Mir Hamza           not out                         4     6    0    0   66.7%
 
 Total:  255/10       Overs:  111.4        Run Rate:  2.28     Extras:  12
  
                             Day 3  11:36 AM

PESHAWAR PANTHERS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Aamer Jamal          17.4      8      32      2      1.81     1      3
Mohammad Ali         20.0      6      46      1      2.30     0      0
Shaheen Afridi       20.0     10      37      0      1.85     0      0
Arafat Minhas        31.0     11      84      4      2.71     0      0
Zafar Gohar          17.0      6      33      3      1.94     1      0
Qasim Akram           6.0      3      16      0      2.67     0      0


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 3      Leg Byes: 3      Byes: 4

 Total:  255/10       Overs:  111.4        Run Rate:  2.28    Extras:  12

PESHAWAR PANTHERS​

PESHAWAR PANTHERS 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Muhammad Hurraira                  b. N Ali       120   187   25    0   64.2%
Abid Ali            c. Haq         b. Hamza         0     4    0    0    0.0%
Omair bin Yousuf                   b. Hamza        33    69    6    0   47.8%
Mohammad Rizwan     c. Haq         b. Hamza        41    47    3    0   87.2%
Irfan Khan Niazi    st Nazir       b. N Ali        43    70   10    0   61.4%
Qasim Akram         lbw            b. N Ali        21    36    5    0   58.3%
Aamer Jamal         lbw            b. Khan         11    41    2    0   26.8%
Shaheen Afridi      c. Dahani      b. Javed        28    99    9    0   39.2%
Arafat Minhas       c. Nazir       b. N Ali        15    51    3    0   29.4%
Mohammad Ali                       b. Javed        12    35    3    0   34.3%
Zafar Gohar         not out                         0    25    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  342/10       Overs:  109.5        Run Rate:  3.11     Extras:  18
  
                             Day 4  1:25 PM


SIALKOT STALLIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Mir Hamza            21.0      6      71      3      3.38     1      0
Akif Javed           19.5      7      51      2      2.57     2      2
Shahnawaz Dahani     12.0      5      29      0      2.42     0      0
Noman Ali            23.0      2      81      4      3.52     0      1
Salman Ali Agha      12.0      3      24      0      2.00     1      1
Shadab Khan          22.0      5      78      1      3.55     1      1


 EXTRAS          Wides: 5      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 7      Byes: 1

 Total:  342/10       Overs:  109.5        Run Rate:  3.11    Extras:  18

Target: Sialkot Stallions need 374 runs to win

SIALKOT STALLIONS​

SIALKOT STALLIONS 2nd innings  (Target: 374)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Imam ul Haq                        b. Minhas       30    69    5    0   43.5%
Sahibzada Farhan    lbw            b. Jamal        12    33    1    0   36.4%
Babar Azam                         b. Minhas      130   174   28    0   74.7%
Haider Ali          lbw            b. Minhas       35   114    7    0   30.7%
Rohail Nazir        lbw            b. Afridi       18    36    4    0   50.0%
Salman Ali Agha                    b. Gohar        60   119   14    0   50.4%
Shadab Khan                        b. Minhas       47    83   10    0   56.6%
Noman Ali           lbw            b. Afridi        4    37    1    0   10.8%
Shahnawaz Dahani    lbw            b. M Ali         7    37    1    0   18.9%
Akif Javed          c. Gohar       b. M Ali         1     4    0    0   25.0%
Mir Hamza           not out
 
 Total:  364/10       Overs:  116.4        Run Rate:  3.12     Extras:  20
  
                             Day 5  3:42 PM

PESHAWAR PANTHERS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Aamer Jamal          21.0      5      69      1      3.29     2      0
Mohammad Ali         22.0      5      77      2      3.50     2      0
Shaheen Afridi       18.0      6      39      2      2.17     1      1
Qasim Akram           5.0      2      12      0      2.40     0      0
Zafar Gohar          27.0      7      81      1      3.00     1      1
Arafat Minhas        23.4      8      76      4      3.21     0      1


 EXTRAS          Wides: 6      No Balls: 4      Leg Byes: 5      Byes: 5

 Total:  364/10       Overs:  116.4        Run Rate:  3.12    Extras:  20

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Peshawar Panthers   286 & 342
Sialkot Stallions   255 & 364
  
Peshawar Panthers won by 9 runs
 
Man of the match: Arafat Minhas

Babar Azam with a classic classy hundred chasing 374, but Sialkot are unable to cross the finish line thanks to Arafat Minhas​