Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a new fitness policy for the domestic cricket season 2026-27, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
According to PCB, the new fitness policy will be applicable to regional, departmental, district and zonal teams.
A comprehensive fitness testing and fitness improvement plan has been introduced for players of all ages.
Director Sports and Exercise Medicine, Javed Mughal has prepared a two-tier fitness plan.
The new fitness policy has been formulated keeping in mind the requirements of international cricket.
Tier one will include regional, first-class and grade-2 departmental teams.
Tier two will include players from senior district, under-19, under-17 and under-15 teams.
Tier one players will take 11 different tests while tier two players will undergo a total of eight different tests.
A player who gets eight or more red scores in tier one will be declared fail.
A player with six or more red scores in tier two will be considered a failure in the fitness test.
Players who fail the fitness test will have to retake all the tests.
Successful players will be re-evaluated for fitness after six months.
PCB-approved strength and conditioning coaches will conduct fitness tests across the country.
Fitness test results will be sent to the National Cricket Academy and the Medical and Sports Science Department.
Reporter: Hamad Angariya