October 25, 2002	Friday	Sha’aban 18,1423

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LAHORE, Oct 24: The One-day match being held at the Gaddafi Stadium Friday, now will be a day and night match, starting at 11.00am instead of 9am.

The match is being held to test form and fitness of senior and junior players before announcing Pakistan team for the forthcoming tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa starting from Nov 1.

PCB has already announced its Greens and Reds teams for this match which are a blend of experience and youth.

However, PCB did not announce the names of the two captains of either side. However, it is likely that Wasim Akram will lead the Greens while Moin Khan the Reds.

International umpires Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri will be supervising the 50-over-a-side match.

The match is expected to finish around 6.45pm which means that the cold evening weather and dew could create problems for the players near the end of the match.

Test discard Ijaz Ahmad and Azhar Mahmood have also been called up for the match, but both have expressed their unavailability due to different reasons. PCB has included Yousuf Youhana and Saleem Elahi in their place.

Teams:

PCB Greens: Saeed Anwar, Rifatullah, Yousuf Youhana, Usman Tariq, Saleem Elahi, Kamran Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Wasim Akram, Abdul Rauf, Danish Kaneria, Bazid Khan. Junaid Zia (12th man).

PCB Reds: Salman Butt, Babar Naeem, Ijaz Ahmad Junior, Naveed Latif, Shahid Afridi, Moin Khan, Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan, Mohammad Zahid, Umar Gul, Irfanuddin, Yasir Hameed. Najaf Shah (12th man).