Ramadan cricket bonanza begins at NSK today
KARACHI: The Ramadan T20 Cup 2013, carrying ten teams, will start here on Saturday at the National Stadium with Habib Bank Limited taking on United Bank Limited and Pakistan International...
July 06, 2013
Ten teams of the President Trophy will be participating in the event which is expected to bring back crowds to the National Stadium.
Two matches will be played for the first three days and during Ramadan one match will be played daily
First match of the day will begin at 5:00pm, followed by the second at 9:00pm.
In Ramadan the match will begin at 10:30pm.
The teams have been placed in two groups.
Group A: Habib Bank, United Bank, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and WAPDA.
Group B: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Port Qasim Authority (PQA), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and Khan Research Laboratories (KRL).
Two outfits from each pool will advance into the semi-finals to be held on July 23 and 24, followed by the final on July 25.
As many as 23 matches will be held during the tournament, which is being organised under an agreement between the PCB and Geo Super (Jang Group).
For the league encounters, tickets are priced at Rs50 and Rs100 for the non-seating areas and the seating areas, respectively. But for the knockout stage, these prices would go up to Rs100 and Rs150.
Geo Super will telecast the event live.
Group A schedule: July 6: HBL v UBL (5:00pm), PIA v State Bank (9:00pm), July 7: PIA v UBL (5:00pm), HBL v WAPDA (9:00pm), July 8: WAPDA v State Bank (5:00pm), HBL v PIA (9:00pm) July 9: State Bank v UBL (10:30pm), July 11: HBL v State Bank (10:30pm), July 12: WAPDA v UBL (10:30pm).
Group B schedule: July 13: NBP v PQA (10:30pm), July 14: SNGPL v ZTBL (10:30pm), July 15: ZTBL v PQA (10:30pm), July 16: KRL v NBP (10:30pm), July 17: KRL v PQA (10:30pm), July 18: SNGPL v NBP (10:30pm), July 19: SNGPL v PQA (10:30pm), July 20: KRL v ZTBL (10:30pm), July 21: SNGPL v KRL (10:30pm), July 22: ZTBL v NBP (10:30pm).
Semi-finals: July 23 and 24 (10:30pm).
Final July 25 (10:30pm).
