18 February 2004	Wednesday	26 Zilhaj 1424

LAHORE, Feb 17: Pakistan hockey head coach Roelant Oltmans has succeeded in having inside-right Muhammad Sarwar get into the 18- member team announced on Monday for Olympic qualifying round to be held at Madrid, Spain from March 2 to 13.

Sarwar had decided to quit international hockey after he was denied a chance to play Champions Trophy last year and said at the time that he was doing so on the selectors' advice.

Oltmans had surprised everyone when he called up Sarwar for the national training camp for Madrid, which started on Feb 4, and later succeeded in getting approval from PHF for his inclusion in the camp. The team was picked from 22 probables.

Besides Qasim who was replaced by Sarwar, Sameer Husain (HBL), Abdul Aasim Khan (NBP) and Nasir Ahmad (Sindh) were dropped. In a related development, PHF once again named Col Muhammad Yousuf Baig as manager of the team, a post which the federation had abolished after it hired the services of Oltmans in December last. Yousuf had earlier been performing as doctor for the camp.

Pakistan will play a Test match against Britain on Feb 25 and face Holland on Feb 28 before it leaves for Madrid.

Team: Muhammad Nadeem (captain), Ahmad Alam, Salman Akbar (goalkeepers), Ali Raza, Sohail Abbas, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ghazanfar Ali, Muhammad Saqlain, Dilawar Husain, Wasim Ahmad, Adnan Maqsood, Rehan Butt, Mudassar Ali Khan, Kashif Jawwad, Shabbir Husain, Shakil Abbasi, Muhammad Sarwar, Salim Khalid.

Manager: Col Muhammad Yousuf Baig.

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans.

Coach: Tahir Zaman.

Video Analyst: Roberto Tolentino.

Goalkeeper Trainer: Ronald Jansen.

Physiotherpaist: Derek Verder.