Pakistan Cup: Final tournament of domestic season to commence from March 2
- By Web Desk -
- Feb 12, 2022
LAHORE: Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season 2021-22, will commence from March 2 to March 31 at three venues across the country, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced.
On the opening day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the defending champions will take on Central Punjab at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
The 33-match tournament, to be played on double-league basis, will be staged at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, Islamabad’s House of Northern and Multan’s Multan Cricket Stadium.
Multan Cricket Stadium will also host the two Pakistan Cup semi-finals on 28 and 29 January and the final on 31 March.
To provide fans ball-by-ball live domestic cricket action, the PCB will live stream 10 group stage matches scheduled at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The decision to broadcast semi-finals and final at the same venue will be taken in due course.
The tournament carries nearly PKR10million in prize money. The tournament winners will bag PKR5million, while the runners-up will receive PKR2.5million.
The best performers of Pakistan Cup – Player of the Tournament, Best Batter, Best Bowler and Best Wicketkeeper – will equally share PKR1million amongst them and PKR800,000 will be handed to 32 player of the match award winners in group matches and semi-finals. The Player of the Final will receive PKR35,000.
Pakistan Cup schedule:
| Date | Teams | Venue | Umpires | Referee |
| 2-Mar | Balochistan-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees |
| Southern Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 4-Mar | Balochistan-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi | |
| Northern-Central Punjab | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| 6-Mar | Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi |
| Sindh-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| Central Punjab-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 8-Mar | Balochistan-Central Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Ghaffar Kazmi-Waleed Yaqub | Ali Naqvi |
| Southern Punjab-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 10-Mar | Balochistan-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad |
| Northern-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Central Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Ali Naqvi | |
| Date | Teams | Venue | Umpires | Referee |
| 13-Mar | Balochistan-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh |
| Central Punjab-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan | Nadeem Arshad | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Imtiaz Iqbal-Imran Jawed | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| 16-Mar | Balochistan-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Northern-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 19-Mar | Balochistan-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees |
| Northern-Sindh | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| 22-Mar | Balochistan-Northern | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees |
| Southern Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| 25-Mar | Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Central Punjab-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees | |
| Northern-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| SEMI FINALS | ||||
| 28-Mar | No. 1 team Vs No. 4 team | Multan Cricket Stadium | Shozab Raza-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Ali Naqvi |
| 29-Mar | No. 2 team Vs No. 3 team | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iqbal Sheikh |
| FINAL | ||||
| 31-Mar | Winner of 1st SF Vs Winner of 2nd SF | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Shozab Raza | Ali Naqvi |