Patron's Trophy Grade-II commences on Sunday - Press Release issued by Pakistan Cricket Board.

Lahore -- April 13, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

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The 16-team Patron's Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament will commence across eight different centres of the country from Sunday, 14 April. All matches, except the final, which will be played from 1-4 May at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, will be three-day non first-class fixtures.

The 16 teams have been equally divided into four pools, with the pool-toppers progressing to the semi-finals to be played at the Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad, and Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, from 27-29 April. The schedule can be download from here.

The pools are:

Pool A - Civil Aviation Authority, Haideri Traders, Navy and Omar Associates. All matches will be played in Karachi and will be shared between National Bank Stadium, State Bank ground and UBL Sports Complex.

Pool B - Candyland, Higher Education Commission, Ghani Glass and Port Qasim Authority. All matches will be split between Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, and R. Naveed Academy, Sheikhupura.

Pool C - Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan International Airlines and State Bank. All matches will be shared between Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi and Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad.

Pool D - K-Electric, Karachi Port Trust, Railways and Sabir's Poultry. All matches will be played in Lahore and will be shared between the LCCA Ground and Railway Stadium.

The following is the schedule of first round matches:

14-16 April - Omar Associates v Haideri Traders, State Bank Ground; CAA v Navy, UBL Sports Complex (both Pool A); Port Qasim v Candyland, R.Naveed Academy; HEC v Ghani Glass, Iqbal Stadium (both Pool B); Army v State Bank, Army Cricket Ground, PAF v PIA, Diamond Cricket Ground (both Pool C); Railways v KPT, Railway Stadium; K-Electric v Sabir's Poultry, LCCA Ground (both Pool D).

The following are the 16 sides:

Army - Afzaal Afzal, Ahmed Khan, Arshad Ullah, Hamza Arshad, Hamza Khan, Haseeb ur Rehman, Karamat Ali, Khurram Rasheed, Muhammad Fahad, Muhammad Khayam Khan, Muhammad Massab Shehzad, Muhammad Miqdad Hussain, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Usman, Munir Riaz, Muzaffar Iqbal, Naseem Akram, Qadir Khan, Shoaib Khan and Umair Khan

CAA - Akbar Badshah, Altaf Ahmed, Ashar Qureshi, Farhan Khan, Gohar Ali, Haris Ali Khan, Hazrat Shah, Ishfaq Ahmed, Mirza Ahsan Jameel, Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Usman Usmani, Musaddiq Ahmed, Rameez Ahmed, Shahid Nawaz...