LAHORE, Oct 25: The inter-department cricket qualifying round for 2003-04 commences from Monday.
After a long time Bagh-i-Jinnah and the Railways Stadium of Lahore have been included in the list of venues where the pool “C” matches will be played.
In all, 27 teams will take part and have been divided into four pools ‘A’ to ‘D’. Pool ‘D’ has six teams while the others pool having seven sides, each. Following is the pool position: Pool A: PIA, Customs, PPWD,Navy, KESC, DFML, DHA.
Pool B: KRL, Wapda, PTCL, Army, ARL, PTV, POF.
Pool C: PAF, HEC, ZTBL, KPT, Service Inds, Railways, NBP.
Pool D: HBL, ABL, Sui Gas, Saga, PEB, Leo International.
Following are the draws (date, teams, venue):
POOL-A. 27-29 Oct.PIA-Customs,Quaid-e-Azam Park KHI. PPWD-Navy, Asghar Ali Shah Std, Karachi Karachi KESC-DFML, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi
Oct 31 to Nov 2: PIA-PPWD, Quaid-e-Azam Park Karachi. Customs-Navy PCB Academy Karachi. KESC-DHA, UBL Ground No.1 Khi. Nov 04-06:PIA-Navy, PCB Academy Karachi; Customs-PPWD, Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi; DFML-DHA, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi.
Nov 8-10: PIA-KESC, National Stadium Karachi; Customs-DFML, UBL Ground No.1 Khi; PPWD-DHA, Quaid-e-Azam Park Khi. Nov 12-14. PIA-DFML, Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi; Customs-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Khi;Navy-DHA, PCB Academy Karachi.
Nov 16-18. Customs-DHA, National Stadium Karachi; PPWD-DFML, Quaid-e-Azam Park Khi; Navy-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi.
Nov 20-22. PIA-DHA, National Stadium Karachi; PPWD-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi. Navy-DFML, PCB Academy Karachi.
Nov 08-10. NBP-PAF,LCCA Ground Lahore; ZTBL-Service Ind. Country Club Muridke; Railways-KPT, Railways Stadium Lahore.
12-14 Nov. NBP-Railways, Country Club Muridke; ZTBL-HEC,LCCA Ground Lahore;PAF-KPT, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore. Nov 16-18. NBP-KPT, Country Club Muridke; ZTBL-Railways, Gymkhana Ground Okara; Service Ind.-HEC; LCCA Ground Lahore.