Photo Credit: Pakistan Cricket Board
- Urdu version of the media release attached here
Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season 2021-22, will commence from 2 March to 31 March at three venues across the country. On the opening day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the defending champions will take on Central Punjab at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
The 33-match tournament, to be played on double-league basis, will be staged at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, Islamabad’s House of Northern and Multan’s Multan Cricket Stadium.
Multan Cricket Stadium will also host the two semi-finals on 28 and 29 January and the final on 31 March.
To provide fans ball-by-ball live domestic cricket action, the PCB will live stream 10 group stage matches scheduled at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The decision to broadcast semi-finals and final at the same venue will be taken in due course.
The tournament carries nearly PKR10million in prize money. The tournament winners will bag PKR5million, while the runners-up will receive PKR2.5million.
The best performers of the tournament – Player of the Tournament, Best Batter, Best Bowler and Best Wicketkeeper – will equally share PKR1million amongst them and PKR800,000 will be handed to 32 player of the match award winners in group matches and semi-finals. The Player of the Final will receive PKR35,000.
Tournament schedule:
| Date | Teams | Venue | Umpires | Referee |
| 2-Mar | Balochistan-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees |
| Southern Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 4-Mar | Balochistan-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi | |
| Northern-Central Punjab | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| 6-Mar | Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Ali Naqvi |
| Sindh-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| Central Punjab-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 8-Mar | Balochistan-Central Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Ghaffar Kazmi-Waleed Yaqub | Ali Naqvi |
| Southern Punjab-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Mohammad Anees | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 10-Mar | Balochistan-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Nadeem Arshad |
| Northern-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | House of Northern Islamabad | Saqib Khan-Imran Jawed | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Central Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Ali Naqvi | |
| Date | Teams | Venue | Umpires | Referee |
| 13-Mar | Balochistan-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh |
| Central Punjab-Southern Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan | Nadeem Arshad | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Northern | House of Northern Islamabad | Imtiaz Iqbal-Imran Jawed | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| 16-Mar | Balochistan-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Sindh | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Northern-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Qaiser Waheed-Saqib Khan | Nadeem Arshad | |
| 19-Mar | Balochistan-Central Punjab | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees |
| Northern-Sindh | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| 22-Mar | Balochistan-Northern | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider-Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees |
| Southern Punjab-Sindh | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
| 25-Mar | Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | House of Northern Islamabad | Shozab Raza-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Central Punjab-Sindh | Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad | Zameer Haider Ghaffar Kazmi | Mohammad Anees | |
| Northern-Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium | Aftab Gillani-Waleed Yaqub | Iqbal Sheikh | |
| SEMI FINALS | ||||
| 28-Mar | No. 1 team Vs No. 4 team | Multan Cricket Stadium | Shozab Raza-Nasir Hussain Sr. | Ali Naqvi |
| 29-Mar | No. 2 team Vs No. 3 team | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Imtiaz Iqbal | Iqbal Sheikh |
| FINAL | ||||
| 31-Mar | Winner of 1st SF Vs Winner of 2nd SF | Multan Cricket Stadium | Zameer Haider-Shozab Raza | Ali Naqvi |
Name of Author: PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), formerly the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, is the governing body for cricket in Pakistan. It oversees and organizes all tours and matches for the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, the PCB represents Pakistan’s men’s and women’s teams in international cricket tournaments.
