da bet esporte： LCCA Blues will defend its title in the Quaid-i-Azam crickettrophy Grade-I tournament starting throughout the countryfrom Jan 2
01-Dec-2001LCCA Blues will defend its title in the Quaid-i-Azam crickettrophy Grade-I tournament starting throughout the countryfrom Jan 2.According to the draws announced by the PCB Friday, LCCABlues who recorded sensational one wicket win over KCCAWhites in the final at Karachi to win the country mostprestigious cricket tournament last year, were placed inGroup-II. In all, 18 teams will vie for the main trophy. Theteams have been divided into two groups I and II.Top teams of each group will play the final to be held fromMarch 1 to 5. The winning team will get Rs 1,00,000 whilethe runners-up Rs 50,000. Besides it, cash prizes of Rs10,000 will be given each to best batsman, bowler, fieldersand wicket-keeper of the tournament.Teams from all the four provinces are also taking part. Theanother significant feature of the tournament is the thatthe first class matches will be held at Gymkhana CricketGround, Okara, and the Country Club, Muridke, for the firsttime.One bottom team from each group, except of the provincialteams will be relegated to Grade-II for the next season(2002- 2003).The group position is as under:Group-I: KCCA Whites, KCCA Blues, Hyderabad,Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Rest of Baluchistan andRest of Sindh, Gujranwala. Group-II: LCCA Whites, LCCABlues, Sheikhupura, Peshawar, Sialkot, Islamabad,Rawalpindi, Rest of Punjab, Rest of NWFP.Following are the draws (details as: date, teams, venue):Jan 2 to 5, 2002: KCCA-W vs KCCA-B, KCCA Stadium,Karachi; Hyderabad v Bahawalpur, Niaz Stadium; Sargodha vFaisalabad, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Rest of Baluchistan vRest of Sindh, National Stadium, Karachi, (Group-I)LCCA-W v LCCA-B, LCCA ground; Sheikhupura v Sialkot, CountryClub, Muridke; Islamabad v Rawalpindi, KRL Stadium; Rest ofPunjab vs Rest of NWFP, Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar (Group-II).Jan 8 to 11: KCCA-W v Rest of Sindh, NationalStadium, Karachi; KCCA-B v Rest of Baluchistan, KCCAStadium,Karachi; Hyderabad v Faisalabad; Iqbal StadiumFaisalabad; Sargodha v Gujranwala, Jinnah Stadium,Gujranwala; (Group-I).LCCA-W v Sheikhupura, Sheikhupura Stadium; LCCA-B v Sialkot,LCCA ground; Peshawar vs Rest of NWFP, Arbab Niaz Stadium,Peshawar; Rawalpindi v Rest of Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium(Group-II)Jan 14 to 17: KCCA-W v Rest of Baluchistan, NationalStadium; KCCA-B v Rest of Sindh, KCCA Stadium; HyderabadvSargodha, Sports Stadium, Sargodha; Bahawalpur v Gujranwala,Bahawalpur Stadium; (Group-I)LCCA-W v Sialkot, Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; Rawalpindi vPeshawar, Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi; LCCA-B v Rest ofPunjab, Gaddafi Stadium; Islamabad v Rest of NWFP, KRLStadium, Rawalpindi; (Group-II)Jan 20 to 23: KCCA-W v Gujranwala, National Stadium,Karachi; KCCA-B v Faisalabad, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad;Hyderabad v Rest of Baluchistan, Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad;Rest of Sindh v Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur Stadium, (Group-I)LCCA-W v Pehsawar, LCCA ground; LCCA B v Islamabad, KRLStadium, Rawalpindi; Islam Khan- Rawalpindi v Rest of NWFP,Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi; Sheikhupura v Rest of Punjab,Gaddafi Stadium (Group-II).Jan 26 to 29: Gujranwala v Hyderabad, Niaz Stadium,Hyderabad; KCCA-B v Sargodha, Sports Stadium, Sargodha;Faisalabad v Rest of Sindh, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad,Bahawalpur v Rest of Baluchistan, Bahawalpur Stadium;(Group-I).LCCA-W v Rest of Punjab, Gaddafi Stadium; Sialkot vRawalpindi, Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; Islamabad v Peshawar,Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Sheikhupura v Rest of NWFP,Sheikhupura Stadium (Group-II).Feb 1 to 4: KCCA-B v Gujranwala, Jinnah Stadium,Gujranwala; Bahawalpur v KCCA-W, Bahawalpur Stadium;Faisalabad v Rest of Baluchistan, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad;Sargodha v Rest of Sindh, Sports Stadium, Sargodha (GroupI).LCCA-B v Sheikhupura, Sheikhupura Stadium; LCCA-W vIslamabad, LCCA ground, Peshawar v Rest of Punjab, GaddafiStadium; Sialkot v Rest of NWFP, Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot(Group-II).Feb 7 to 10: KCCA-W v Hyderabad, Niaz Stadium;Bahawalpur v Faisalabad, Bahawalpur Stadium; Gujranwala vRest of Sindh, Country Club, Muridke; Sargodha v Rest ofBaluchistan, Sports Stadium, Sargodha (Group-I).LCCA B v Rest of NWFP, LCCA ground; Sheikhupura vRawalpindi, Sheikhupura Stadium; Sialkot v Peshawar, JinnahStadium, Sialkot; Rest of Punjab v Islamabad, Gym. CricketGround Okara (Group-II).Feb 13 to 16: KCCA-W v Faisalabad, National Stadium,Karachi; Bahawalpur v Sargodha, Sports Stadium, Sargodha;KCCA-B v Hyderabad, KCCA Stadium; Gujranwala v Rest ofBaluchistan, Country Club, Muridke (Group-I).LCCA-B v Peshawar, Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; LCCA-W vRawalpindi, Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi; Sheikhupura vIslamabad, Sheikhupura Stadium; Sialkot v Rest of Punjab,Gym Cricket Ground, Okara (Group-II).Feb 19 to 22: KCCA-W v Sargodha, KCCA Stadium,Karachi; KCCA-B v Bahawalpur, National Stadium, Karachi;Gujranwala v Faisalabad, Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala;Hyderabad v Rest of Sindh, Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (Group-I).LCCA-W v Rest of NWFP, LCCA ground; LCCA B v Rawalpindi,Gaddafi Stadium;, Sheikhupura v Peshawar, Arbab Niazstadium; Sialkot v Islamabad, KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi Final:March 1 to 5. (Venue will be announced later).