PCB & RBS announce the schedule of RBS Twenty-20 Tournament 28 February - 7 March 2010 by Pakistan Cricket Board

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Event:

Royal Bank of Scotland Twenty-20 Cup 2009/10

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DateLine: 23rd February 2010

 

Media Release - 24 February 2010

 

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in partnership with The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited (RBS) has announced the schedule of RBS Twenty-20 tournament for season 2009-10 commencing from 28 February to 7 March 2010 in Karachi. The tournament is a continuation of RBS’s commitment to domestic cricket and its development for third year consecutively. The schedule of RBS 20:20 tournament was announced at a press conference at National Stadium Karachi, which was attended by the senior management of RBS and Pakistan Cricket Board.

 

The RBS 20:20 tournament is the most popular of the 4 domestic tournaments in the country. A total of thirteen regional teams from all leading cities in Pakistan divided into four groups will participate in this tournament. A total of 18 Matches will be played at National Stadium Karachi and the entire tournament will be telecasted live on Geo Super. All leading national players will be representing their respective regional teams. In addition to action packed cricketing entertainment, this year’s RBS Twenty-20 tournament will help prepare the national team for the upcoming ICC T- 20 World Cup, 2010 to be held in West Indies in May 2010.

 

In his message on the occasion Mr. Wasim Bari COO PCB said: We are very pleased to continue PCB's strong partnership with RBS for the promotion of our domestic game. RBS's commitment towards sports sponsorship will go a long way in promoting the domestic game. We look forward to further strengthening the domestic game in line with our vision of providing opportunities at the grass root level.

 

Commenting on the occasion Mr. Wazir Ali Khoja, Member PCB Governing Board said: We are delighted to once again welcome RBS as lead sponsors of the tournament and are very optimistic that this tournament would be a great success. RBS has been actively supporting domestic cricket in Pakistan. We plan to further boost the revival of domestic cricket in the country on more developed patterns and in line with international standards.

 

Mr. Salman Sarwar Butt, Head of Retail Banking, RBS Pakistan stated:  Domestic Cricket has come a long way. Today, RBS Twenty-20 tournament has become synonymous with show-stopping cricketing action. We are sure this year’s tournament will motivate the teams to exhibit their cricketing skills to the maximum to qualify for playing against international teams in the T- 20 World Cup.

 

The teams have been divided into 4 groups with group winners qualifying for the semi-finals.

 

Group A consists of Peshawar Panthers, Multan Tigers, Lahore Lions and Quetta Bears.

 

Group B has Sialkot Stallions, Rawalpindi Rams, and Karachi Zebras.

 

Group C is made up of Faisalabad Wolves, Islamabad Leopards, and Abbotabad Rhinos.

 

Group D has Karachi Dolphins, Lahore Eagles, and Hyderabad Hawks.

 

The schedule of RBS Twenty20 2009-10 is as follows:

 

Group (A)	Group (B)	Group (C)	Group (D)
Peshawar Panthers	Sialkot Stallions	Faisalabad Wolves	Karachi Dolphins
Multan Tigers	Rawalpindi Rams	Islamabad Leopards	Lahore Eagles
Lahore Lions	Karachi Zebras	Abbottabad Rhinos	Hyderabad Hawks
Quetta Bears

 

Schedule of RBS Twenty20 Cup 2009-2010

 

Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	TV Umpire	R. Umpire	Scorer	Press Scorer	Time
28-Feb	Lahore Lions-Quetta Bears	National Stadium Karachi	Riazuddin-Jamil Kamran	Naeem Ahmed	Saleem Badar	Shozab Raza	Muhammad Ahsan	Salman Hussain	1300 PM
	Peshawar Panthers-Multan Tigers	National Stadium Karachi	Akram Raza-Shozab Raza	Khalid Niazi	Qaiser Waheed	Tahir Shah	Imran Ali	Muhammad Ahsan	1700 PM
	Karachi Zebras-Sialkot Stallions	National Stadium Karachi	Tahir Shah-Ijaz Ahmed	Khalid Niazi	Akram Raza	Jamil Kamran	Salman Hussain	Imran Ali	2100 PM
1-Mar	Faisalabad Wolves-Abbottabad Rhinos	National Stadium Karachi	Ahmed Shahab-Qaiser Waheed	Ilyas Khan	Anisur Rehman	Jamil Kamran	Ziauddin	Muhammad Ahsan	1300 PM
	Multan Tigers-Quetta Bears	National Stadium Karachi	Akram Raza-K.Mahmood Sr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Ahmed Shahab	Ijaz Ahmed	Salman Siddiqui	Imran Ali	1700 PM
	Karachi Dolphins-Hyderabad Hawks	National Stadium Karachi	Ghaffar Kazmi-Anisur Rehman	Khateeb Rizwan	Tahir Shah	Shozab Raza	Shahnawaz Soomroo	Salman Hussain	2100 PM
2-Mar	Lahore Eagles-Hyderabad Hawks	National Stadium Karachi	Saleem Badar-Islam Khan	Muhammad Javed	Iqbal Butt	Ahmed Shahab	Imran Ali	Muhammad Ahsan	1300 PM
	Karachi Zebras-Rawalpindi Rams	National Stadium Karachi	Ghaffar Kazmi-Anisur Rehman	Muhammad Javed	Rasheed Bhatti	Ijaz Ahmed	Salman Hussain	Imran Ali	1700 PM
	Lahore Lions-Peshawar Panthers	National Stadium Karachi	Shakeel Khan-Saleem Badar	Ilyas Khan	Ahsan Raza	Ghaffar Kazmi	Muhammad Ahsan	Salman Hussain	2100 PM
3-Mar	Islamabad Leopards-Abbottabad Rhinos	National Stadium Karachi	Rasheed Bhatti-Ahsan Raza	Musaddaque Rasool	Iqbal Butt	Islam Khan	Imran Ali	Salman Hussain	1700 PM
	Peshawar Panthers-Quetta Bears	National Stadium Karachi	Rasheed Bhatti-Ahsan Raza	Musaddaque Rasool	Riazuddin	K.Mahmood Sr.	Muhammad Ahsan	Imran Ali	2100 PM
4-Mar	Lahore Lions-Multan Tigers	National Stadium Karachi	Shakeel Khan-Iqbal Butt	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Zameer Haider	Kaukab Butt	Salman Hussain	Muhammad Ahsan	1700 PM
	Rawalpindi Rams-Sialkot Stallions	National Stadium Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri-Zameer Haider	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Kaukab Butt	Ihtshamul Haq	Imran Ali	Salman Hussain	2100 PM
5-Mar	Faisalabad Wolves-Islamabad Leopards	National Stadium Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri-Zameer Haider	Naeem Ahmed	Ihtshamul Haq	Islam Khan	Imran Ali	Muhammad Ahsan	1700 PM
	Karachi Dolphins-Lahore Eagles	National Stadium Karachi	Kaukab Butt-Ihtshamul Haq	Arshad Pervaiz	Nadeem Ghouri	K.Mahmood Sr.	Muhammad Ahsan	Salman Hussain	2100 PM
6-Mar	First Semi Final	National Stadium Karachi					Muhammad Ahsan	Imran Ali	1700 PM
	Second Semi Final	National Stadium Karachi					Salman Hussain	Muhammad Ahsan	2100 PM
7-Mar	Final	National Stadium Karachi					Imran Ali	Salman Hussain	2000 PM

 

Note:
First Semi Final between Winner of Group (A) Vs Winner of Group (C)
Second Semi Final between Winner of Group (B) Vs Winner of Group (D)

 

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