PCB proposes to start Pakistan Premier League

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has got approval from the Presidency to launch an Indian Premier League (IPL) like Twenty20 league in Middle East in association with Abdul Rehman Bukhatir. A well-placed source in the government were quoted as saying Friday the PCB had sent a proposal to the sports ministry and Presidency for approval under which it would be partners with the Bukhatir group of companies in launching the league. “President Asif Zardari, who is also PCB chief patron, has given his consent to the proposal,” source said. He said that the proposed major cricket league was likely to be launched around October 2010 in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. “The concept is the same as the IPL. The cricket league will have franchised teams around five or six who will be allowed to sign on and play overseas players,” source added.

He said initially the idea was to bid out the teams to interested franchises in Pakistan and perhaps Middle East. He added because of security situation the league could not be started in Pakistan but once the situation improves and teams start touring the country the league would also be held in Pakistan. Source said that Bukhatir, who is well known in cricket circles due to his Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) venture in Sharjah, was keen on the Middleeast Cricket League (MCL) as Ten Sports, the Dubai based channel, would hold broadcasting rights for the T20 tournament. “It is a big opportunity for Pakistan to do something on similar lines as the IPL. Former PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf had initiated the idea of a Pakistan Premier League (PPL) but it didn’t work out because of the security conditions in Pakistan that is why the PCB has gone into a joint venture.”

The PCB and Bukhatir will now work on getting clearance and support from the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its member boards and try to find a window for the MCL later this year. Bukhatir suspended the CBFS series in 2003 in Sharjah after the Indian Cricket Board stopped sending its team for the event that spanned over a decade.

Pakistan Cricket Team Future Plan For Year 2010

The schedule below only lists confirmed tours and series for Pakistan Cricket Team for year 2010.
Updates will be done as soon as we get more information.
Please note that additional One-day, Test or other international series/tours may be arranged by the relevant cricket authorities.



Month(s)    Home/Away      Tournament/Opponent(s)   ODI    Tests  T20
June            Away                       Asia Cup                            7          -        -
June            Away                       England                              5         4        2
Jul               Away                       Australia                             -          2        2
Sep             Home                      Bangladesh                         3          2         *
Oct             Home                      South Africa                       5           3        *
Dec             Away                       New Zealand                    5           3        *


* Unconfirmed Details

Pakistan Domestic First-class Bowling Rankings

First-Class Bowling Rankings January 2010
1 Samiullah Khan          19387
2 Zulfiqar Babar           17671
3 Abdur Rehman          16842
4 Mohammad Rameez   16412
5 Tanvir Ahmed           16262
6 Imran Ali                 16238
7 Asad Ali                  14034
8 Sarfraz Ahmed         13224
9 Tabish Khan             12962
10 Uzair-ul-Haq          12133
11 Naved Arif             10852
12 Kamran Hussain      10776
13 Yasir Shah            10699
14 Mohammad Talha   10686
15 Mohammad Hafeez 10055
16 Fahad Masood        9651
17 Saeed Anwar          9354
18 Junaid Nadir           8868
19 Mohammad Aslam    8850
20 Nayyer Abbas         8818

Pakistan Domestic First-class Batting Rankings

First-Class Batting Rankings January 2010

1 Aamer Sajjad           9212

2 Mohammad Hafeez    8683

3 Naeemuddin             8609

4 Asad Shafiq             7753

5 Fawad Alam             7574

6 Saeed Anwar           7373

7 Misbah-ul-Haq          7262

8 Saeed Bin Nasir         7240

9 Mohammad Ayub       7192

10 Umair Khan             6727

11 Hasan Raza             6562

12 Rafatullah Mohmand  6466

13 Adnan Raees           6393

14 Khalid Latif             6380

15 Nasir Jamshed         6373

16 Khurram Manzoor     6325

17 Naved Yasin           6242

18 Usman Arshad         6176

19 Umar Amin             6015

20 Afsar Nawaz           5724