Pakistan, Sept. 18 -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has launched a $200,000 award to recognise the PSL franchise making the strongest contribution to cricket development. The inaugural HBL PSL Cricket Development Excellence Award will assess franchises across player development, infrastructure, grassroots programmes and welfare.

For the 2026 award, franchises will receive scores based on development work carried out from PSL 3 through PSL 11. However, after the 11th edition, the assessment will focus only on work completed between the two most recent seasons. This approach will allow the PCB to evaluate recent development efforts more closely.

Franchises will first assess their own work using a scoring model designed by the HBL PSL. ...