December 3, 2002	Tuesday	Ramazan 27,1423

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LAHORE, Dec 2: Former Test cricketer Manzoor Elahi has been named captain of the Lahore City Cricket Association Blues side and Tariq Mahmood of Whites. Both the teams will take part in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I, starting from Dec 21.

Manzoor, earlier was named as member of the LCCA selection committee, but later he showed his interest for playing as a member of the team. Manzoor is the only Test cricketer representing LCCA in the country’s sole first class tournament.

The selection committee headed by LCCA president, Aamir Hayat Khan Rokri, selected 25 players for each side included 20 seniors and five Under-19 after holding three days trials at the Model Town Greens ground from Nov 28 to 30.

Blues: Manzoor Elahi (captain), Sohail Idrees, Ali Hussain, Ziaur Rehman, Latif Gohar, Kashif Mehmood, Ashraf Ali, Hafiz Yawar, Ali Raza (wicketkeeper), Shahzad Butt, Mohammad Khalil, Mohammad Afzal, Ahmed Khan, Moeez Siddiqi, Kashif Ejaz, Mustaqeem Ahmed, Faisal Mehmood, Ahmed Dar, Kashif Shafi, Mohammad Shafiq. Under- 19: Amjad Ali, Atif Ejaz, Kashif Mehmood, Khurram Irshad, Salman Qadir.

Whites: Tariq Mehmood (captain), Tariq Rasheed, Aamir Sajjad, Khurram Siddique, Rizwan Aslam,Adnan Usman Khan, Muntazir Mehdi, Irfan Munawar, Saleem Shehzad, Faisal Javed, Attiqur Rehman, Ikramullah (wicketkeeper), Imran Butt, Sajid Ali, Khurram Chuhan, Mudassar Mehboob, Hafiz Azam Khan, Mohammad Asif, Salman Khan, Irfan Sohail. Under-19: Shahnawaz Malik, Umer Javed, Fahadul Haq, Adnan Butt, Wahab Riaz.