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| August 24, 2005 | Wednesday | Rajab 18, 1426 |
Olivier to play against Pakistan Academy
LAHORE, Aug 23: South African Academy team will have the services of medium-pacer Mario Olivier against the Pakistan Academy team in the three One-day series as a two match ban imposed on him has been lifted.
The series is starting on Wednesday with the first match being held at the Bagh-i-Jinnah ground.
Olivier was banned by the match-referee Khateeb Rizwan in the second Four-day match between the two teams held at the Qadhafi Stadium and ended on Sunday. He was suspended for allegedly using foul language against a Pakistani batsman Khalid Latif on the final day.
The South African management had appealed to the PCB chairman Shaharyar M Khan, who on technical grounds, lifted the ban.
The non-availability of Olivier was a major loss for the visitors as their key batsman J P Duminy was also on the injury list missing the first two matches.
South African Academy: F. Du Plessis (captain), B Adams, R. Canning, J Coetezee, U Govender, M Markel, Nikuna, M Olivier, V Philander, K Smit, T Tshahalala, V Ven Jaarsveld, M Williamson, A Philander.
Pakistan Academy: Hasan Raza (captain), Zulqarnain Haider, Khurram Manzoor, Fawad Alam, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Agha Sabir, Yasir Ali, Najaf Shah, Rizwan Akbar, Mohammad Irshad, Janisar Khan, Mansoor Amjad, Tahir Khan, Shahid Yousaf. Umpires: Rashid Bhatti, Shakeel Khan.
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