LAHORE – Central Punjab’s Muhammad Saad on Sunday became the first-eversubstitute in the history of Pakistan’s domestic cricket after UsmanSalahuddin was ruled out of the remainder of the first match of thefirst-class Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy against Southern Punjab at QaddafiStadium.
Usman Salahuddin was diagnosed with concussion caused by a blow to his neckfrom a stroke by Sami Aslam while fielding at short-leg on the day 1 onSaturday.
Muhammad Saad was a right-handed batsman who has scored 4,045 runs in thefirst-class matches. He formerly played for Water and Power DevelopmentAuthority and started his career in 2009.
Usman Salahuddin was forced to retire on Saturday after being hit on theneck by a forceful sweep from Southern Punjab opener Sami Aslam off thebowling of off-spinner Bilal Asif during the first session of the match onSaturday.
The player was immediately examined for a concussion and was taken off thefield for an X-ray. Salahuddin had “neck pain, headache, and blurred visionimmediately after injury, said a statement by PCB.
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A team is allowed 24 hours to ask for a concussion substitute aftermonitoring the injured player, according to the PCB’s Concussion substituterule.
In August this year, Australia’s top-order batsman Marnus Labuschagnebecame the first substitute in the 142-year history of Test cricket afterSteve Smith was ruled out of the remainder of the second Ashes Test atLord’s against England. Smith was diagnosed with concussion caused by ablow to his neck from England seamer Jofra Archer on Day 4 of the testmatch.
