Times of Islamabad

Big achievement for Pakistan s Shahid Afridi and Babar Azam

Big achievement for Pakistan s Shahid Afridi and Babar Azam

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s batsman Babar Azam and former all-rounder ShahidAfridi have been included in the inaugural ‘The Hundred’ player draftscheduled to take place on October 20.

The upcoming 100-ball English tournament would be played among eightcity-based teams, and will take place next year from July 17- August 16,2020. The eight teams will be based in London (two teams), Birmingham,Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton.

The men’s teams will pick their players via a two-stage draft system.

On October 3, teams will be able to select up to three players for theirsquad.