November 7, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 1,1423

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KARACHI, Nov 6: Promising Karachi batsman Saeed bin Nasir was a late inclusion Wednesday in Team ‘D’ squad for next week’s Super League One-day Ramazan Cup.

Saeed was inexplicably not considered by national selectors when the squads were originally announced some days ago.

Selectors have also inducted two other players. Mian Nafees, the Quetta batsman who represented Rest of Balochistan last season, has been named in Team ‘C’ squad. Shahbaz Bashir Khan is the other one who is included in Team ‘B. He made 356 runs in five matches for Sibi in the recent National Junior Cup (Under-19) Grade-II Championship.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday also named coaches for all four teams. Former Test players Haroon Rasheed and Azhar Khan are assigned to work with Team ‘B’ and Team ‘D’ respectively while Naved Anjum takes over Team ‘C’. Team ‘A’s coach is Shahid Aslam.

Tournament opens Monday with a match between Team ‘A’ and Team ‘C’.

Remaining league ties in the double league tournament are:

Team ‘B’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 12), Team ‘A’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 13), Team ‘B’ v Team ‘C’ (Nov 15), Team ‘A’ v Team ‘B’ (Nov 16), Team ‘C’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 17), Team ‘B’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 19), Team ‘B’ v Team ‘C’ (Nov 20), Team ‘A’ v Team ‘C’ (Nov 21), Team ‘C’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 23), Team ‘A’ v Team ‘B’ (Nov 24), Team ‘A’ v Team ‘D’ (Nov 25).

The day-night final has been put back by a day and now will be played Nov 28.

Two league matches (Nov 17 and Nov 24) are day/night fixtures will contests on Nov 16 and Nov 23) are all night affairs.