After the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the action moves on to the white-ball List A tournament Pakistan Cup, which is all set to commence on Saturday, 10 December in Karachi.
The PCB today confirmed 15-player squads of six Cricket Associations teams for the Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season 2022-23 and the squads are available here.
The tournament provides an opportunity to players to get a chance to feature for Pakistan Men’s side that is scheduled to play a white-ball series against New Zealand next month in Karachi.
The tournament will be held on a double-league basis and Balochistan led by Yasir Shah will look to defend the title when they take on Umar Amin-led Northern at the NBP Sports Complex in Karachi.
Aamir Yamin will captain Central Punjab, while Khalid Usman will lead Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Omair Bin Yousaf will lead Sindh whereas Hasan Ali has been handed the captaincy reins of Southern Punjab.
The PCB will live-stream group stage matches scheduled at the State Bank Sports Complex in Karachi. The semi-finals and final at the National Bank Cricket Arena will be broadcast live on PTV Sports.
The tournament carries over Rs. 9 million in prize money. The tournament winners will bag Rs. 5 million, while the runners-up will receive Rs. 2.5 million.
Meanwhile, Cricket Associations Challenge (one-day event) will also start on 10 December. Sindh – the defending champions – will play Southern Punjab at the TMC Ground in Karachi. Balochistan will take on Northern at the KCCA Stadium, while Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will meet at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.
Pakistan Cup 2022-23 Squads
Balochistan
| Yasir Shah | Abdul Wahid | Ali Waqas | Ammad Butt | Aqif Javed |
| Bismillah Khan | Haris Sohail | Haseebullah | Hussain Talat | Imran Butt |
| Kashif Bhatti | Khurram Shahzad | Muhammad Junaid | Nasir Khan | Sajjad Ali |
Central Punjab
| Aamir Yamin | Ahmed Shahzad | Ali Shafiq | Bilawal Bhatti | Hunain Shah |
| Irfan Khan Niazi | Junaid Ali | Mohammad Faizan | Qasim Akram | Rizwan Hussain |
| Saif Badar | Tayyab Tahir | Usama Mir | Waqas Maqsood | Zafar Gohar |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| Adil Amin | Amir Azmat | Ihsanullah | Imran Khan Sr | Khalid Usman |
| Muhammad Amir | Muhammad Haris | Muhammad Imran | Sarwar Afridi | Niaz Khan |
| Khushdil Shah | Sahibzada Farhan | Sajid Khan | Kamran Ghulam | Waqar Ahmed |
Northern
| Omair Bin Yousaf | Afnan Khan | Aliyan Mehmood | Asif Mahmood | Danish Aziz |
| Habibullah | Mir Hamza | Muhammad Suleman | Muhammad Umar | Saad Khan |
| Saifullah Bangash | Saim Ayub | Shahnawaz Dahani | Sharjeel Khan | Sohail Khan |
Southern Punjab
| Hasan Ali | Ali Majid | Arafat Minhas | Hassan Khan | Imran Rafiq |
| Imran Randhawa | Mohammad Ilyas | Sameen Gul | Sharoon Siraj | Tahir Hussain |
| Umer Siddique | Usman Qadir | Usman Salahuddin | Zain Abbas | Zeeshan Ashraf |
Cricket Associations Challenge 2022-23 squads
Balochistan
| Abdul Hanan | Ayaz Tasawar | Azeem Ghuman | Basit Ali | Gohar Faiz |
| Hazrat Wali | Jalat Khan | Kabir Raj | Ibrahim Sr | Muhammad Shahid |
| Najeeb Achakzai | Rasool Baksh | Shoaib Ahmed | Taj Wali | Zubair Mengal |
Central Punjab
| Abdul Samad | Abid Ali | Ahmed Safi | Ali Zaryab | Ali Asfand, |
| Ali Shan | Arham Nawab | Bilawal Iqbal | Imran Dogar | Muhammad Akhlaq |
| Muhammad Saad | Muhammad Waleed | Nisar Ahmed | Sohaibullah | Umaid Asif |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| Abbas Afridi | Ahmed Khan | Aitizaz Habib | Arshad Ullah | Farhan Khan |
| Haseeb Khan | Irfan Ullah Shah | Israr Ullah | Maaz Ahmed | Maaz Khan |
| Muhammad Farooq | Muhammad Mohsin | Nabi Gul | Rehan Afridi | Zeshan Ahmed |
Northern
| Abidullah | Ali Imran | Aqib Liaqat | Farhan Shafiq | Hammad Khan |
| Hassan Raza | Munir Riaz | Nasir Nawaz | Saad Nasim | Shadab Majeed |
| Sufiyan Moqim | Taimoor Khan | Umair Masood | Waqas Ahmed | Aqib Shah |
Sindh
| Ammad Alam | Arish Ali | Ghulam Mudassar | Haseeb ur Rehman | Hassan Mohsin |
| Jahanzaib Sultan | Muhammad Asad | Muhammad Taha | Mustafa Nasir | Rameez Aziz |
| Rizwan Mehmood | Saad Baig | Shahid Mirani | Wahaj Riaz | Waleed Azeem |
Southern Punjab
| Ahmed Hasan | Ameer Maviya | Faisal Akram | Majid Ali | Moinuddin |
| Muhammad Ismail | Muhammad Jahangir | Muhammad Junaid | Muhammad Sadaqar | Muhammad Shahzad |
| Muhammad Sudais | Muhammad Umair | Rameez Alam | Waqar Hussain | Yousaf Babar |
