LAHORE: The draft for the remaining matches of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 6 will be held within a week, sources revealed on Saturday.
According to sources, all of the top players were no longer available for fixtures, while those who were willing to participate in the match can not commit to all the remaining matches.
Cricketers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and the West Indies, meanwhile, are available for participation.
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill will be a part of the remaining fixtures, among the 130 foreign players included in the draft list, sources said.
England cricketers who played in the early matches of the PSL are no longer available to play, whereas players from Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa that are available are not among the top-ranked lot.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had said the remaining matches of the HBL PSL 6 will be held from June 1. According to the PCB announcement on Sunday, “HBL PSL 6 matches will resume on 1 June with the final scheduled for 20 June.”
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The tournament will resume after the players and officials undergo a seven-day quarantine stay at one hotel and following three training sessions, .read the PCB’s press statement.
To ensure all those who will be part of the bio-secure bubble remain safe from the infection this time, the PCB said it in the final stages of appointing “a globally-recognized safety management company that specializes in providing Covid-safe technology solutions, bio-secure monitoring & management, as well as response and reaction to positive tests”.
Schedule
1 June: Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United (N)
2 June: Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings (N)
3 June: Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators (N)
4 June: Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars (N)
5 June: Islamabad United v Karachi Kings (D); Multan Sultans v Quetta Gladiators (N)
6 June: Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings (N)
7 June: Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars (N)
8 June 8: Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi (N)
9 June: Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars (N)
10 June: Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings (N)
11 June: Multan Sultans v Islamabad United (N)
12 June: Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi (D); Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars (N)
13 June: Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi (N)
14 June: Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars (N)
16 June: Qualifier (1 v 2) (N)
17 June: Eliminator 1 (3 v 4) (N)
18 June: Eliminator 2 (loser Qualifier v winner Eliminator 1) (N)
20 June: Final (N)
PCB Hall of Fame
The BoG approved the launch of the PCB Hall of Fame. Among the first six inductees into the Hall of Fame are Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Hanif Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad.
“There will be three more inductions each year from 2021 with the inductees to be chosen by an independent panel and announced on 16 October, day one of Pakistan’s inaugural Test in 1952,” said the PCB.
“Players retired from international cricket for, at least, five years will be eligible for induction into the PCB Hall of Fame,” it added.
Earlier, the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League was postponed last month due to rising COVID-19 cases among the players and officials involved in the tournament.
“Following a meeting with the team owners and considering the health and wellbeing of all participants is paramount, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to postpone the Pakistan Super League 6 with immediate effect,” PCB said.
It said that the decision was made after seven cases were reported in the competition, which had started on 20 February.
