PCB to hold Under-19 trials from 11th September

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that as many as 291 teenagers will undergo trials for the six U19 Cricket Associations sides.

The trials will be held from 11-19 September.

The players invited to appear for the trials include: Those who have represented Pakistan U19, those who played U19 tournaments in the 2019-20 domestic season, those who played U16 tournaments in the 2018-19 and 2017-18 domestic seasons and top performers of the Inter-district tournament 2018-19.

The trials will be conducted by a four-member selection panel comprising Saleem Jaffar, Sanaullah Baloch, Taufiq Umar and Wajahatullah Wasti, following which teams for the national U19 tournaments will be announced.

Each major cricket centre of every Cricket Association will host trial matches over two days. On 11 and 12 September, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, and Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad, will hold trials for Southern Punjab U19 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19, respectively.

LCCA Ground, Lahore, and Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, will play hosts to trial matches for Central Punjab U19 and Northern U19 sides on 14 and 15 September.

Trial matches to select the Sindh U19 team will be staged at Karachi’s National Stadium on 17 and 18 September.

Bugti Stadium, Quetta will be hosting trial matches on 18 and 19 September for selection of the Balochistan U19.

PCB has announced that the National U19 One-Day Tournament and the National U19 Three-Day Tournament will be played at Lahore, Muridke and Sheikhupura from 13 October to 29 November.