PCB releases 2022-23 men’s domestic cricket season schedule

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the men’s domestic cricket schedule for the 2022-23 season. 

The season commences with the National T20 cup, comprising 33 matches, scheduled at Rawalpindi and Multan from 30th August to 19th September. 

The second XIs Cricket Association cup will be held simultaneously with the National T20s from 2nd to 15th September at Quetta. 

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan’s premier red-ball tournament, will follow the T20s, taking place from 27th September to 30th November. 

The four-day non-first-class matches will be run concurrently with it. Both these competitions are scheduled at four venues, viz. Abbottabad, Islamabad, Karachi and Rawalpindi.  

The domestic ODI tournament, Pakistan Cup, will be conducted in Karachi from 10th December to 3rd January. In addition, Karachi will also host the Cricket Associations Challenge from 10th to 29th December. 

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In his reaction, PCB's director of high performance, Mr Nadeem Khan, said that the schedule has been prepared to ensure competitive and challenging cricket in the domestic circuit, simultaneously providing the budding players the opportunity to showcase their skills on the big stage. 

“Making the domestic events competitive and challenging, while continuing to provide maximum opportunities to our talented cricketers to demonstrate their talent and help them graduate to the higher level, was the mainstay of our thought process when we finalized the upcoming domestic season calendar,” Khan said. 

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