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43-624: The tournament started off with a scare for the Rams as the Quetta Bears had them on the ropes at 59–5 but the allrounder-wicketkeeper duo of Yasir Arafat and Jamal Anwar successfully revived the scoreboard and set a challenging total of 143 for victory. The score would prove more than enough for the Bears as they succumbed to the seam bowling attack of the Rams with just 67 on the board. Following that comfortable victory, however, they lost to Lahore Lions in

86-580: A crucial fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium . Pursuing 172 for victory, the Rams were all-out for 150 largely because of the handy contributions for the Lions by the left-arm spinner, Sohail Ahmad, who scored an invaluable 24 with the bat and then came back to take 4–13 to end the Rams' chances of qualifying for the semis. Umar Amin was the most productive run-scorer for the Rawalpindi Rams, scoring 72 runs from

129-529: A defeat at the hands of Karachi Dolphins which left them in a do-or-die situation to win their remnant group games or sit out of the semi-final. Chasing a modest score of 146, the Rams lost both their opening batsmen to Tanvir Ahmad's medium pacers with a paltry 33 on board. Subsequent, tight overs from the Karachi spinners ensured that the Rams never really recovered from the early blows and thus cascaded to 136 all out. In their second group game Rawalpindi Rams took on

172-672: A dubious election. The newly sworn in Government of Nawaz Sharif named Najam Sethi as acting PCB Chairman. On 15 October 2013, the governing council of the Pakistan Cricket Board was dissolved by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif , and an interim five man management committee was named consisting of acting chairman Najam Sethi ‚ Shahryar Khan , two former players ( Zaheer Abbas and Haroon Rasheed , and former team manager Naveed Cheema. On 15 January 2014, Zaka Ashraf

215-470: A fast pace. With the Rams going at over 14 runs per over, a huge total was on the cards but the 'Pindi batsman couldn't capitalize on the solid start and ended up at getting 191. In reply, Imran Nazir provided the Stallions with just the initial boost required, scoring 45 from 15 balls, making the target of 192 look achievable but thanks to the bowling efforts of Yasim Murtaza, Hammad Azam and Sohail Tanvir ,

258-421: A flurry of late wickets ensured that the Stallions would sit out of the finals for the first time since 2005. Before this game though, the Rams had got the better of Karachi Zebras by 28 runs in their opening group clash. Afterwards, they had to get past Shahid Afridi 's Karachi Dolphins to reach the finals. After being called in to bat, the Rams scored 209 runs in a mosquito-infested first innings which saw

301-475: A nervy 11-run victory but they couldn't rise up to the big occasion and suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of the eventual champions Sialkot Stallions in the following game due to a 57-ball-95 from the domestically seasoned allrounder Naved-ul-Hasan . The Rams could only muster 180 from the 198 required for victory despite a late surge from Hammad Azam. The top run-getter for the club was Tahir Mughal who racked up 92 runs at an impressive average of 46. Among

344-469: A new Ad Hoc Committee replacing the Board Council in 1978 running Pakistan cricket and again changing the constitution. Provincial Cricket Associations were eliminated and divisional and city CAs became members, giving most of the influence to the city Cricket Association of Lahore and Karachi. The Board now governed a network of teams sponsored by corporations and banks, city associations and clubs. There

387-540: A six before falling the next ball. Dolphins could add only a single run to their total as Raza finished his over with an arm ball that gave Rawalpindi Rams their first ever domestic T20 title. Wicket-keeper batsman Jamal Anwar was the most successful run-getter for the Rams (7th overall) in this edition of the tournament with 131 runs at an average of 43.6. While Raza Hasan was the second most potent bowler in this tournament (after Sohail Khan) with 11 wickets at 6.2 runs per over. The following are some verified records of

430-519: A stepping-stone to the six elite regional teams. The six regional teams (operated by respective six cricket associations) ensure that the affairs of the associations at city level are regulated. They frame policies that will develop cricket at the grassroots, manage club cricket in collaboration with the 90 city associations and also oversee intra-city competitions. The teams are responsible for revenue generation through sponsorship, marketing and strategic collaborations with business conglomerates. Each of

473-442: A tie and a Super Over was called in to provide the final ruling. The best bowler of the tournament was pitted against Awais Zia in the first of the two super overs (one per team). Awais scored 16 runs, including a flat six over midwicket, to give Karachi a challenging total of 17 to win from their 6 legitimate balls. In reply, Khalid Latif struck the very first bowl from left-arm spinner, Raza Hasan, straight back over his head for

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516-663: Is no province-based official team type organisation of domestic cricket in Pakistan and Lahore and Karachi cities are the two top tiers of all cricket, including reservoirs of fresh talent. Pakistan cricket was involved by dissension and controversies over the national team's poor performance during the tour of India and a public uproar forced the end of the Ad Hoc Committee. The chairman and team captain Asif Iqbal had to step down. Air Marshal Nur Khan now became chairman and he saw

559-678: The Pakistan national cricket team . A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, it represents the country's men's and women's national teams in international cricket tournaments played under the ICC. Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent dominion of the British Empire in 1947, professional and amateur cricket commenced in the same year, seeing as local infrastructure had already been established when

602-565: The Rams. In Sohail's next over seasoned Rams opener, Awais Zia , struck four consecutive boundaries and restarted Rams' quick advance towards the target but as so often is the case in cricket the bowler has the last laugh and Sohail ended up stopping the Awais Zia thanks to a superb fielding effort from Haaris Ayaz at mid-wicket who dived full length and pouched the catch with one hand. The match continued to see-saw both ways before it fittingly ended up as

645-607: The Twenty20 cricket form and has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games. However, Pakistan's early exit from the 2007 World Cup cast a shadow and later Dr. Nasim Ashraf 's resigned at the end of 2008. Ejaz Butt was named the PCB Chairman in October 2008. Zaka Ashraf took over from Butt in October 2011. On 28 May 2013, Zaka Ashraf was suspended as PCB Chairman by Islamabad High Court due to

688-462: The previous year's edition of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup ( Quetta Bears , Karachi Zebras , Lahore Eagles , Abbottabad Falcons and Peshawar Panthers ) were left out to set up a Super 8 T20 Cup in which eight teams were divided into two groups of four with top two teams from each group setting up semi-final matches with each other. Rawalpindi Rams started this tournament on a low note with

731-513: The Lions were reduced to 88–8 in 13.2 but a late cameo from Adnan Rasool (41* off 24 balls) restored some parity to the Lions score but they were still left needing 50 runs from the last bowl of the game. On Friday, July 1, 2011, history was written for the Rawalpindi Rams as they beat a strong Karachi Dolphins side in a nerve wrecking finale at a sold-out Iqbal Stadium. The Dolphins were coming back from defeating 5-time champions Sialkot Stallions in

774-491: The PCB constitution. The PCB headquarters are located near the Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore, Pakistan. All PCB Officials sit there during the weekdays from 9AM to 5PM. Pakistan Cricket Board for the first time held inaugural awards in 2012 to recognize, acknowledge and honour Pakistan's prime cricketing talent that has consistently stood out on the field of play. The Australian Higher Commissioner to Pakistan , Peter Heyward, visited

817-548: The PCB headquarters at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 3 September 2012. He appreciated the board's efforts to bring cricket back in Pakistan. He further said he always love to see the Australian team playing against Pakistan in front of Pakistani people and on their home grounds. The Asian Cricket Council Development Committee meeting was held in Islamabad on 24 September 2012 and was chaired by Zaka Ashraf. The Chairman PCB called on

860-626: The advent of domestic List A and T20 forms of cricket in the 1970s and 2000s, there has been no consistent set up (as has been noted for first class cricket in Pakistan). Historically, school and club cricket has also suffered due to inconsistencies in top tier domestic cricket. The consistent changes in the domestic structure and the gradual introduction of departmental teams was encouraged as it provided permanent jobs to players. Matches were rarely televised due to lack of quality cricket and lack of interest in departmental cricket. This inconsistent system

903-449: The banks and other organisations increase their participation on the Board Council in the face of protests from the zonal organisations. A third ad hoc committee under Javed Burki took charge of BCCP affairs in January 1994 and made a new constitution including giving a new name, the Pakistan Cricket Board (P.C.B.) It introduced a chairman and chief executive. After taking heavy criticism on

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946-425: The board in early 1953. The working chairman was always one of the three vice-presidents. In April 1957, Ayub Khan imposed three more new vice-presidents (himself being one of them). Then between December 1958 and September 1969 the post of vice-president disappeared. The response to turmoil within the board has on four occasions been to suspend the rules and appoint an ad hoc committee. The first ad hoc committee

989-428: The bowlers, 17-year-old spinner Raza Hasan impressed with returns of 4–64 in the two games combined. The 2010 Domestic T20 Cup was by far the most illustrious for the club. They defeated the five-time champions Sialkot Stallions , who lost to any team for the first time in as many years. They came with intent in the high-scoring clash at the Gaddafi Stadium with the opening duo of Awais Zia and Naved Malik scoring at

1032-416: The bowlers, all-rounder Hammad Azam topped the charts with 8 scalps at 11.1 runs per over. Despite putting up a satisfactory performance, Rams' success on the ground was overshadowed by allegations of spot-fixing from the PCB. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that an all-rounder (most probably Sohail Tanvir) that played for the Rawalpindi Rams was being investigated for match-fixing. It is suspected that

1075-535: The club. Quetta Bears The Quetta Bears was a domestic T20 and List A team, based in Quetta , Balochistan , Pakistan . The team was established in 2004 and its home ground was Bugti Stadium . Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) formerly known as Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan , is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by

1118-657: The country was part of the British Raj . Cricket matches were arranged informally until 1948, when a Board of Control was formally instituted. Pakistan was admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference (currently known as International Cricket Council) in July 1952, and has since been a full member, playing Test cricket. The team's first Test series took place in India between October and December 1952 . The Pakistan Cricket Board

1161-464: The grounds of corruption and match fixing, the Board was taken over by a fourth Ad Hoc Committee formed on 17 July 1999 which remains in place despite undertakings from Musharraf to bring it to an end. The Pakistan Cricket Board re-emerged by taking the initiative to sponsor the hugely successful 2004 tour of Pakistan by their rivals India . The Pakistan Cricket Board has competed and has associated itself with

1204-484: The home crowd. All such possibilities were shut out by the Rams' wicket-keeper batsman Jamal Anwar who struck 19 from 6 deliveries, included 3 fours & a six to bring the matter to a close. In their third and final group game, Rawalpindi Rams easily got past an off-color Multan Tigers side. The pursuit of a 129-run target on a batting friendly wicket wasn't much of a test for Pindi's batting lineup and they got there with 7 wickets and 5.3 overs to spare, thanks mostly to

1247-478: The home team Faisalabad Wolves in a jam-packed Iqbal Stadium . The Wolves went in first and gave the Rams a quite chase-able total of 141 but Pakistan National Cricket Team veteran, Mohammad Hafeez had other ideas as he triggered a drastic collapse with his off breaks. Rams were once cruising along at 90–0 but then in a matter of minutes were reduced to 120–6 giving the Wolves a sniff of a surprise victory in front of

1290-488: The left arm spin bowling of Raza Hasan (4 for 21 in his 4 overs). Rawalpindi Rams made their first ever appearance in a domestic T20 Cup Final by defeating a star-studded Lahore Lions in an anti-climax of a semi-final. Rams set up a competitive score of 186 in a pressure game thanks to Jamal Anwar's (67 runs off 48 balls including 6 fours & 3 sixes) and Sohail Tanvir 's (60* off 44 balls including 5 fours & 3 sixes) fourth wicket stand of 111 from 68 balls. In reply

1333-441: The members to come over to Pakistan to play cricket. ACC members assured the then Chairman of their support and Chief Executive of ACC Syed Ashraful Haq said they felt no security concern in Pakistan and considered playing cricket here to be safe as anywhere in the world. David Richardson, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council, visited National Cricket Academy on 12 January 2013. He said that Pakistan Cricket Board

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1376-556: The other semi-final and were hot favorites to win the Cup but some tight bowling from the Rams' bowlers especially, slow left armer Samiullah (4 overs for 19 runs), put a cap on Dolphins's batting lineup and kept them to a par score of 164 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply the Rams' openers started off in a typically fast style and were going at almost 10 runs-per-over, however the Dolphins fast-bowler, Sohail Khan took two wickets in an over to stun

1419-534: The player was being paid to play dot balls and bowl loose deliveries. This meant that the Karachi Dolphins successfully chased down 209 runs within 20 overs The PCB announced that another match was also being investigated for fixing. PCB , for the first time, introduced a side tournament to the National T20 cup. Qualification in this tournament was based on a relegation system and the five lowest ranked teams in

1462-440: The proceeding being called off twice. However, the target got chased down with more than an over to spare as Sohail Tanvir's death bowling wavered under pressure, along with the Rams' overall fielding. Shahzaib Hasan , Fawad Alam and Shahid Afridi's innings contributed to the Dolphins' victory. Naved Ashraf was the most productive batsman for the Rams in the tournament, scoring 101 runs at an average in excess of 30. While among

1505-404: The quality of cricket. The new structure also consisted of corresponding second XI, under-19, under-16 and under-13 competitions, and live television coverage of top level matches. The restructuring also reorganised district level cricket into a three tier bottom-up system, with 90 city cricket associations supervising school and club cricket at grassroots level, and inter-city tournaments providing

1548-432: The six regional teams have a chief executive officer and a management committee that has been tasked with supervising all cricketing activities. These changes have been made by the PCB in order to decentralise the administrative body so that it can limit itself to a supervisory role by delegating responsibilities related to the development of the sport to the provincial associations. This tiered structure has been enshrined in

1591-409: The two games with a half century under his belt. Pakistan's future fast-bowling star Mohammad Aamer also turned a few heads at the initial stages of the tournament with 5 wickets at exactly 3.25 runs per over. In the 2009 edition of the domestic tournament, the Rams faltered again at the group stages like the other nine knocked out teams. Their initial group clash with Karachi Zebras ended up with

1634-456: Was appointed in September 1960 and did not disband until May 1963 having created a new constitution. The President of Pakistan would now nominate the board president who would in turn nominate the other members of the executive committee to sit for a period of three years. Representatives of the four provincial cricket associations and Government departments formed the executive committee. The BCCP

1677-558: Was elected as chairman by the management committee. The structure of domestic cricket in Pakistan at the highest level has changed many times since 1947 with the latest restructure being enforced in 2019. Previously domestic cricket operated with departmental, city and regional teams - a set up encouraged by Abdul Hafeez Kardar . Since 1947, the domestic first class cricket system has varied considerably per year with teams ranging from 7 to 26 and tournament matches operating under different formats (often changes occurred every year). With

1720-527: Was inaugurated on 1 May 1949 as the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). The first meeting, held in the committee rooms of Lahore Gymkhana, saw HE Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot , the Nawab of Mamdot , made president and chairman, with Justice A. R. Cornelius as one of three vice-presidents. The following year, Cornelius became chairman of the working committee, until he relinquished his connection with

1763-543: Was re-organised in the 1970s and was headed by former cricketers, professional administrators and trustees, who were often businessmen. In November 1976 players' demands for increased salaries reached a crisis and the Pakistan Sports Board took over running the B.C.C.P.'s affairs. Long-serving president, the formidable Kardar, was in the thick of the dispute. The revolt against Kardar forced him to resign in May 1977 and led to

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1806-411: Was reinstated as PCB Chairman. The PML-N Government was unhappy with the reinstatement (since Ashraf was a PPP appointee), and this led to Ashraf's sacking. In February, PCB Governing Board was dissolved and an eight-member management committee (comprising Shakil Sheikh, Shaharyar Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Iqbal Qasim, Naveed Akram Cheema, Yusaf Naseem Khokar and Faridullah Khan, the secretary IPC). Najam Sethi

1849-401: Was widely criticised on the basis of low quality cricket and reduced competition. In 2019, six regional teams were created on provincial lines. The teams would compete in the principal competitions in all three formats of the game. The competitions are: The PCB's rationale in reducing the number of teams in domestic cricket was to concentrate talent in order to increase competition and improve

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