# Muzaffarabad Tigers in 2022

Muzaffarabad Tigers is a franchise cricket team that represents Muzaffarabad in the Kashmir Premier League. Mohammad Hafeez was the captain and Misbah-ul-Haq was the coach of the team. Mohammad Hafeez was announced as Muzaffarabad Tigers’ icon player.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are correct as of 21 July 2022
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 5 | Usman Maroof | Pakistan | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 26) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 47 | Aqib Ilyas | Oman | (1992-09-05)5 September 1992 (aged 29) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Off spin | 2022 | |
| 75 | Taimoor Sultan | Pakistan | (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 27) | Silver | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| 77 | Salman Fayyaz | Pakistan | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 24) | Silver | Left-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 7 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 24) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2021 | |
| 8 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | (1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 41) | Icon | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Captain |
| 10 | Saad Bin Zafar | Canada | (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 35) | Kashmiri | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | (1984-12-01)1 December 1984 (aged 37) | Platinum | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 48 | Anwar Ali | Pakistan | (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 34) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | |
| 95 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 31) | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 13 | Haseebullah Khan | Pakistan | (2004-03-04)4 March 2004 (aged 18) | Diamond | Left-handed | | 2022 | |
| 60 | Zeeshan Ashraf | Pakistan | (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 30) | Gold | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| | Ameer Hamza | Pakistan | (1995-09-22)22 September 1995 (aged 26) | Supplementary | Right-handed | | 2022 | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 9 | Amir Khan | Pakistan | (2001-09-09)9 September 2001 (aged 20) | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 14 | Ahmed Daniyal | Pakistan | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 25) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 35 | Arshad Iqbal | Pakistan | (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 21) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 42 | Aaqib Liaquat | Pakistan | (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 21) | Emerging | Right-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| 92 | Mir Hamza | Pakistan | (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 29) | Silver | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| | Ahmed Safi Abdullah | Pakistan | (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 24) | Silver | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Osama Fazil | Pakistan | | Kashmiri | | Right-arm fast | 2022 | |

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Mirpur Royals (C) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.409 |
| 2 | Bagh Stallions (R) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.449 |
| 3 | Overseas Warriors (3rd) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.207 |
| 4 | Kotli Lions (4th) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.457 |
| 5 | Jammu Janbaz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.322 |
| 6 | Rawalakot Hawks | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.613 |
| 7 | Muzaffarabad Tigers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.699 |
* Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1
Notes:
* C = Champions;
* R = Runner-up;
* (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

## League fixtures and results

* Match 3 14 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Bagh Stallions 52/4 (5 overs) | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers 53/3 (4.4 overs) |
| Mohammad Sarwar 25* (15) Mir Hamza 2/17 (2 overs) Arshad Iqbal 2/17 (2 overs) | | Iftikhar Ahmed 24* (8) Ali Majid 2/15 (1.4 overs) |
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 7 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Mir Hamza (Muzaffarabad Tigers)
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 6 16 August 2022 14:00 Scorecard
| Muzaffarabad Tigers 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Rawalakot Hawks 155/0 (17.2 overs) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 43 (33) Amad Butt 2/24 (4 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 74* (55) Saad Bin Zafar 0/15 (4 overs) |
* Rawalakot Hawks won by 10 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Waleed Yaqub (Pak) Player of the match: Amad Butt (Rawalakot Hawks)
* Rawalakot Hawks won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match 8 17 August 2022 14:00 Scorecard
| Jammu Janbaz | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers |
* Match Abandoned Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi (Pak) and Qaiser Waheed (Pak)
* Match 13 19 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers 138/9 (20 overs) |
| Saif Badar 57* (40) Arshad Iqbal 3/17 (4 overs) | | Ameer Hamza 31 (24) Muhammad Shehzad 2/2 (1 over) |
* Overseas Warriors won by 9 runs Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Nasir Hussain (Pak) Player of the match: Saif Badar (Overseas Warriors)
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match 16 21 August 2022 10:00 Scorecard
| Kotli Lions 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers 149/4 (17.4 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 37 (34) Arshad Iqbal 2/40 (4 overs) | | Haseebullah Khan 67 (50) Irfanullah Shah 2/24 (3 overs) |
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 16 runs (DLS method) Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Saqib Khan (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Haseebullah Khan (Muzaffarabad Tigers)
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match abandoned due to wet outfield.
* Match 19 22 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Muzaffarabad Tigers 135/8 (20 overs) | v | Mirpur Royals 136/4 (14.3 overs) |
| Anwar Ali 44 (29) Shadab Majeed 2/13 (3 overs) | | Muhammad Akhlaq 50* (34) Arshad Iqbal 2/36 (4 overs) |
* Mirpur Royals won by 6 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak) and Sajid Afridi (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Majeed (Mirpur Royals)
* Mirpur Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Muzaffarabad Tigers were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Haseebullah Khan | 5 | 5 | 142 | 28.40 | 67 | 0 | 1 |
| Anwar Ali | 5 | 5 | 108 | 36.00 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 5 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 4 | 4 | 74 | 24.67 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Ameer Hamza | 3 | 3 | 40 | 20.00 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
| Arshad Iqbal | 5 | 18.0 | 9 | 15.89 | 3/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Mir Hamza | 5 | 16.0 | 4 | 34.25 | 2/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Salman Fayyaz | 2 | 6.2 | 2 | 30.50 | 2/27 | 0 | 0 |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 11.3 | 2 | 58.50 | 1/20 | 0 | 0 |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 4 | 15.0 | 1 | 94.00 | 1/25 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo