|
|
|
| July 21, 2002 | Sunday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 10,1423 |
Sri Lanka ‘A’ to tour Pakistan
LAHORE, July 20: The Sri Lankan “A” cricket team will tour Pakistan next month to play unofficial Test and One-day matches against the Pakistan Under-19 team.
A member of the national selection committee and a coach of the Muridke Regional Academy, former Test paceman Aaqib Javed told journalists that the number of the matches were yet to be decided.
He said that the Pakistan Under-19 team would be picked from the players who were attending the regional academies in four different cities.
Aaqib said that in the first phase of selection 30 probables would be selected after holding inter-academy matches. The final 15-member team will be selected from the list of 30 players, he said.
He said that the Sri Lankan cricket board had agreed for the tour, but the details of matches were yet to be decided.
It was learnt that the negotiations are underway to hold two Test and three One-day matches during the tour.
|
|
|
|
