ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s new domestic cricket structure approved by Federalcabinet.
As per the media report, The federal cabinet has approved the new domesticcricket structure proposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
According to the details, six provincial teams will be part of the newdomestic setup, two from Punjab and one each from Sindh, KhyberPakhtunkhwa, Federal Areas and Balochistan.
Teams will participate in matches on a home and way basis, while everysquad will consist of 32 players each — divided equally between a first andsecond eleven.
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The PCB is set to allocate a significant amount of budget, inorder toensure that the new domestic structure is successful, which could be inexcess of one billion Pakistan rupees. The board has claimed that everyplayer can earn up to 2-2.5 million rupees per year, after being part ofthe new setup.
Also another tournament comprising of cities, like Lahore and Karachi, willbe played at a lower level. The top performers in this tournament will beavailable for selection for the provincial first-class tournament. Theprovincial selection committee will have complete authority on selectionmatters.
