‘HBL PSL Cricket Development Excellence Award’ unveiled

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the procedure to award one franchise the prestigious and inaugural HBL PSL Cricket Development Excellence Award worth USD 200, 000. The 2026 award will consider the development work done by franchises since the HBL PSL 3 season till the HBL PSL 11, i. e. from the period during which a minimum of six franchises participated in the league. After the 11th edition of the tournament, only the development work done between two latest editions will be considered and evaluated for this award. The franchises will self-assess and mark themselves using a scoring model devised by the HBL PSL in the first phase and submit it to an assessment committee formulated by the PCB. The five-member committee includes independent experts as well as internal stakeholders, who will be tasked with the responsibility to verify and confirm each score against the evidence supplied, using verifiable data points. 80% of the final score will be assessed through this mechanism. Thereafter, competing franchises will be asked to publish a presentation depicting cricket development work carried by them on official PSL social media handles. Fans will be entitled to vote and rank the franchises development performance, and their votes will carry 20 per cent weightage in the final scores. Copyright Business Recorder, 2026

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