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| December 16, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 11, 1423 |
Rashid to captain ABL
KARACHI, Dec 15: Pakistan wicket-keeper Rashid Latif, who has retired from Test cricket, will captain Allied Bank Limited (ABL) in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship.
Rashid, who is currently in South Africa with the one-day squad, is expected to return home later this week after the limited-overs series concludes Wednesday with the last match in Cape Town, a day-night fixture.
Former Test off-spinner Arshad Khan has been nominated as Rashid’s deputy in the 16-man squad announced by ABL manager Shoaib Habib on Sunday.
ABL have included two newcomers in their squad. All-rounder Bilal Asad and medium-pacer Tanvir Ahmed played for Pak PWD in the Patron’s Trophy last season as well as representing Islamabad and Karachi Whites respectively in the Quaid Trophy.
ABL are red-hot favourites to top Group-II where their rivals are Pak PWD, Karachi Whites, Bahawalpur, Multan and first-class debutants Dadu.
The formidable bankers open their season against Multan at Multan Cricket Stadium from Saturday.
Squad: Rashid Latif (captain), Arshad Khan (vice-captain), Usman Tariq, Wajahatullah Wasti, Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmed Junior, Aamir Hanif, Manzoor Akhtar, Aaley Haider, Humayun Farhat, Taimur Khan, Bilal Asad, Tanvir Ahmed, Aamir Hanif, Ata-ur-Rehman Sr and Mohammad Zahid Sr. Officials: Shoaib Habib (manager) and Raj Hans (coach).
Karachi TEAMS
Former Pakistan under-19 skipper Maisam Hasnain and Khalid Latif will lead Karachi Whites and Karachi Blues respectively.
According to Sirajul Islam Bukhari, the honorary secretary of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA), the elevation of Maisam and Khalid on Sunday is part of KCCA’s drive to groom them to lead future teams at national level.
KCCA selection committee, meanwhile, has directed the following members of the two teams to report for nets at Pakistan Customs Academy, Federal ‘B’ Area, at 2.00pm Monday:
Karachi Whites: Maisam Hasnain (captain), Asim Kamal, Mohammad Masroor, Agha Sabir, Asif Zakir, Wasim Naeem, Fahadullah, Farhan Iqbal, Amin-ur-Rehman, Rizwan Qureshi, Faisal Mirza, Rizwan Saeed, Tahir Khan, Irfanuddin, Nasir Khan, Arif Mahmood, Owais Athar, Iqbal Shaikh, Adnan Malik, S.M. Babar, Naveed Khan, Mubashir Ahmed, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Ali Zafar and Fahad Iqbal. Officials: Qasim Usmani (manager) and Zafar Ahmed (coach).
Karachi Blues: Khalid Latif (captain), Wajid Ali, Ashraf Ali, Tariq Haroon, Zahid Ghauri, Mohammad Hasnain, Raheel Sayani, Mansoor Baig, Saqib Zia, Anis Shaikh, Rashid Hanif, Iftikhar Ali, Imranullah, Sajid Hanif, Ibrahim Qureshi, Jaffar Qureshi, Mohammad Zafar, Ali Mohammad, Haris Ayaz, Kamran Ali, Sharjeel Ashraf, Khurram Manzoor, Faraz Patel, Sharif Asadullah and Sami Faridi. Officials: Shafiq Kazmi (manager) and Musheer Rabbani (associate manager).
Defending champions Karachi Whites, who play all their Group-II matches in the city, start their campaign against Bahawalpur at National Stadium from Saturday.
Karachi Blues are placed in Group-IV along with PIA, KRL, ADBP, Peshawar and Rawalpindi. Their first game is against last season’s runners-up Peshawar at Arbab Niaz Stadium.
KCCA also instructed the following Karachi Greens probables for nets at NSK Regional Academy Ground from Dec 23 at 2.00pm:
Mohammad Farooq, Atif Ali Zaidi, Ariz Kamal, Mir Rashid, Asadullah Sumairi, Owais Ahmed Rehmani, Nadeem Shad, Shahid Dawood, Nasir Aziz, Adnan Kalim, Zeeshan Essa, Faraz Ahmed Khan, Sajjad Mirza, Ashfaq Shafi, Mansoor Ali, Fahad Khan, Asif Ghauri, Daniyal Ahsan, Akbar Rehmani, Hassan Saud, Tahir Aziz, Fahad Maqsood, Immad Hameed, Tariq Sabzwari, Adeel Malik, Javed Mansoor, Mohammad Ghazan, Mohammad Imran (Zone-IV), Raheel Waris, Rashid Ali, Akhtar Hussain and Zeeshan Baig.
More cricketers are likely to be inducted as their performances are being monitored in the ongoing KCCA Inter-zonal cricket tournament.
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