Postponement of Sri Lankan A team tour of Pakistan

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As a proud Pakistani, the indefinite postponement of Sri Lanka A's tour of Pakistan due to mass protests in Islamabad is a critical blow to our international image. This incident, stemming from political unrest led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters and their leader, former captain and prime minister Imran Khan, casts a shadow over our nation's ability to host international events smoothly and securely. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) attributed the postponement to "political activity" in Islamabad, our nation's capital, and Rawalpindi's twin city. "The Pakistan Cricket Board, in consultation with Sri Lanka Cricket, has postponed the last two 50-over matches of the Pakistan Shaheens-Sri Lanka A series due to political activity in the federal capital," stated the PCB. The two matches, initially set for Wednesday and Friday at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, are now in limbo as both boards scramble to finalize new dates. This disruption follows the PCB's earlier move to relocate the first one-dayer to Islamabad Club, away from Rawalpindi Cricket Ground, due to escalating concerns over the PTI protests. Despite these preventive measures, the subsequent games on November 27 and 29 were also jeopardized by the continued unrest. The protests, which have effectively paralyzed the capital, underscore a tense standoff between Imran Khan's supporters and the federal government, diverting crucial attention from sporting events. This situation is not merely an inconvenience; it is a stark reminder of the volatile political climate that can disrupt even the most meticulously planned international fixtures. The presence of PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the country's Interior Minister, in managing this crisis highlights the intersection of sports and politics that Pakistan must navigate. The postponement tarnishes Pakistan’s efforts to rebuild its image as a safe and welcoming destination for international sports. Our successful lead in the one-day series, with a decisive 108-run victory in the first match and a 1-0 win in the preceding two-match first-class series, is overshadowed by this turmoil. To regain our standing, we must demonstrate stability and ensure that political conflicts do not undermine our commitments to the international sporting community. Only by addressing these challenges head-on can we reaffirm Pakistan's resilience and dedication to hosting world-class events.

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PCB Broadcasting Woes

The ongoing legal feud between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Television (PTV) has been

settled outside of court, mediated by the Prime Minister Imran Khan's office. Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation. The revenue sharing model, ESPNcricinfo understands, has also been revised, allowing PCB to take 72% of the share while PTV will take 28% out of the commercial deals, a significant change from the previous 57.5 - 42.5 arrangement.

The PCB had signed a three-year broadcast deal last year in September with PTV to broadcast home cricket, as well as an agreement with I-Media Communications Services, to ensure the PCB's broadcast content is not redistributed illegally by cable operators. The model could have potentially had them earn in excess of USD $200 million, but last month new PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had unilaterally suspended the deal with PTV and terminated the I-Media contract to open a new tender for the media rights for Pakistan's upcoming series against West Indies and Australia.

 

PTV had gone to Lahore Civil Court to obtain a stay order against PCB's abrupt move, and the two parties were struck in a legal wrangle - PCB going to the High Court - with the West Indies series around the corner. The courts adjourned the hearings while the PCB was keen to go into fresh bidding and bring in a new broadcaster; PTV, the state broadcaster, was unhappy with this and had a number of meetings to renegotiate with PCB, citing that they had never violated their agreements or defaulted on their payments.

 

The expected earnings from this deal would come from advertising revenue and also, for the first time in Pakistan, distribution revenue from the cable operators - the equivalent of revenues that broadcasters make from subscriptions - through I-Media was meant to ensure that the distribution of cricket content would only be done through licensed cable operators, and the value of the content would be protected against potential illegal distribution. The production rights however had to be regulated by PCB on their own.

 

The deal with I-Media now stands terminated due to non-compliance on payments. The Pakistan government is yet to implement the Digital Pakistan policy, one part of which regulates the illegal cable operator business, though the plan is to have it done within a year.

 

The broadcast deal until last year was signed in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic in a shrinking broadcast market. It ended a long-running broadcast relationship between the PCB and Ten Sports, and there were no potential overseas takers at the time as international rights for PCB's home series were sold separately to various channels around the world.

 

Recently though, Pakistan has had a few local sports broadcasters to choose from. The ARY Group has launched an HD sports channel, A-Sports, which covered the T20 World Cup and is presently broadcasting the Lankan Premier League. PTV broadcasts its content in standard definition, but as per ESPNcricinfo, the state broadcaster is set to upgrade their broadcasting quality to HD within a month.

Shame that 2022, and still State Television on SD Quality

Broadcasting Contracts for Cricket (Television)

Event	Broadcaster	Rights Details
ICC Events	Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar	Global audio visual rights for all events organized by ICC for 8-year period 2015–2023. Starts after 2015 World cup.[5][6] Camera, Commentary and the whole production rights are retained by ICC and taken care by an umbrella organisation called ICC TV.[7]
English Cricket Domestic Rights	Sky Sports BBC Sport (Highlights)	UK and Ireland rights on all platforms for all games organized by ECB including International, Domestic and T20 League for 5-year period 2020–24[8]
Indian Cricket Domestic Rights	Star Sports, Disney+Hotstar and state owned free to air channel DD Sports (only ODIs and T20)	Global rights for all games organized by BCCI other than Indian Premier League for the 5-year period 2018–23.[9]
Indian Premier League	Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar	Global rights for IPL on all platforms for the 5-year period 2018–2022[10]
Australian Cricket Domestic Rights	Channel 7 (only test matches and Big Bash League) and Fox Cricket (all matches and Big Bash League)	Australian rights for all Cricket organized by CA including International, Domestic and Big Bash League for 6-year period 2018–2024.[11]
South African Cricket Domestic Rights	Supersport	Rights for all cricket organized by CSA from May 2015 through April 2021[12]
Pakistani Cricket Domestic Rights	PTV Sports , Daraz	All International & Domestic Cricket Matches in Pakistan organized by PCB from 2020 to 2023 for Broadcast in Pakistan (does not include Pakistan Super League)[13] Daraz has rights for live streaming Pakistan vs New Zealand and all other upcoming Pakistan series. in 2021.
Pakistan Super League	Geo Super and PTV Sports , Sky Sports , Sky NZ Super Sports , Willow TV , Sony Sports India, Flow Sports
West Indian Cricket Domestic Rights	Flow Sports
New Zealand Cricket Domestic Rights	Spark Sport from April 2020
Sri Lankan Cricket Domestic Rights	Sony Pictures Networks India[14]
Bangladeshi Cricket Domestic Rights	Gazi Television(GTV) and T SPORTS
Bangladesh Premier League	GTV, Maasranga Television, Rabbithole Sports	Channel 9 was the official broadcaster From 2012 to 2016. Later on, GTV and Maasranga Television bought the right to broadcast on Satellite TV.[15] As well as Rabbithole Sports is digitally live streaming all the matches.[16]

First, PTV sports was launched in sd video quality. A few weeks ago, PTV Home was launched in hd quality. Now, Officials has started PTV Sports Hd in hd quality. PTV News was also started in hd video quality. Now, PTV Sports hd is started in hd format. PTV Sports hd is a Government channel. This channel will telecast ICC Cricket WorldCup 2021. You can watch ICC Cricket WorldCup 2021 in HD video quality on PTV Sports hd. You can tune new frequency of PTV Sports hd by following this frequency.

Ptv Sports HD New Frequency

• Channel Name : PTV Sports HD
• Satellite Name : Paksat-1R
• Direction : @38.0° East
• Frequency : 4052
• Symbol Rate : 5800
• Polarity : Vertical
• Picture Quality : MPEG-4 HD (720×576)
• Encryption : No
• Package : No

 

 

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World Cup 1992 anniversary

25th March 1992 marks the anniversary
of Pakistan's only 50 over CWC trophy

The 1992 Cricket World Cup was the fifth staging of the Cricket World Cup, which was organised by the International Cricket Council (the ICC), which was jointly held in Australia and New Zealand from 22 February to 25 March 1992, and finished with Pakistan beating England on this same vary day by 22 runs in the final to become the World Cup champions for the first time.

Obstacles for team Pakistan

Pakistan team was in shambles, because Pakistan's building momentum to the tournament was still being trial-and-tested, as Waqar Younis who was supposed to be heading Pakistan's bowling was at the 11th hour retired due to hairline fracture, furthermore Saeed Anwar the opening batter and companion for Aamir Sohail was also out due to fitness issues, therefore the whole team of World Cup 1992 combination was still being jelled during the tournament kicked started, but like it is always being said, leadership matters, because it is the leader who emphasis' on building a team who makes sure that the team functions accordingly to his plans, which was a major problem for Imran Khan to initiate his plans in accordance, and therefore he required someone who could help him initiate and continue with his plannings.

They were the opposites of each other, but for the country
they shred their grudges and played for the single cause
which sans in today's time

Turbulent times back home

1992 was a year mixed with euphoria and tragedy for Pakistan. While Pakistan won the finals of the Cricket World Cup, thousands died in the flooding that occurred in the northern regions of Pakistan as a result of torrential rains swelling the Indus river. The Nawaz government inaugurated a few projects in the province of Punjab towards the betterment of road networks and ordered a military operation in the province of Sindh to counter the growing language riots and ethnic tension.

Javed Miandad and Imran Khan

They were partners alright, but they always had difference in opinions; totally opposites, and bitter rivals; but they had a common goal, vision and purpose, but also separated by their differentiated backgrounds and nature. Somehow they saw through the mist of bitterness and understood that they were better cooperating instead of  fighting. In the process, enough magic was released to launch a golden era, which also includes the cricket world cup 1992 triumph.

Much has been said about the rivalry between Lahore and Karachi as the basis of the tensions between Imran and Miandad, but it probably had more to do with the taboo subject of social class. They were both burdened by him in their own way: one having less and the other having more. Approaching cautiously, they communicated natural reactions of their kind and accumulated resentments. Class may be a tricky and awkward subject, but it's one for which cricket, a sport that once distinguished between gentlemen and players, is no stranger.

The slights that Miandad perceived are specific, while Imran's are vague. In 1982, Imran testified in a feather field when Miandad was not 280 years old and looked good for 400; this still makes Miandad furious. Imran was also the axis of the rebellion against the initial captaincy spell of Miandad in 1981; This also continues to annoy. On the other hand, Imran's complaints are more about Miandad's intrigues, his penchant for confrontation, and his capacity for political intrigue.

Whatever the circumstances

They both put aside their grudges and grievances placing Pakistan on the numero-uno position in Cricket World Cup 1992 which also known as the Benson-and-Hedges Cricket World Cup 1992, and placed such a partnership in between himself and Miandad which was exception because for the team, they both put aside their egos for the betterment of Pakistan cricket and because of which Pakistan was actually placed into a bowling machine because of Imran Khan's leadership quality, where Imran Khan emphasized on Wasim Akram, and Aqib Javed  in absence of Waqar Younis as mentioned above due to a hairline fracture, but he had faith on his team and I need not to mention the speech and explanation he gave at the toss and when the commentator asked about the t-shirt. Although others have largely criticized his decisions in team selection but still it was the team combination which he and Miandad created which in the end and in the longer run, these were the finds who benefited Pakistan with the likes of Inzamam, Aqib Javed, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail (whose replacement we are still in search of by the time I am writing this), Mushtaq Ahmed and the two wicket keepers i.e. Rashid Latif and Moin Khan.