LAHORE, Oct 4: The PCB on Tuesday announced squads of Lahore Shalimar, Lahore Ravi, Hyderabad, Abbottabad and Quetta Regions for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and the Inter-region under-19 tournament.
The Lahore Shalimar squad for the Quaid Trophy Gold League mainly features players who did not play in the Inter-district senior tournament. For example, the team will be led by Junaid Zia, who did not play in the district event.
One glaring omission is former Test wicket-keeper Humayun Farhat, who played four matches in the district tournament and was one of the highest scorers. He was surprisingly placed in the reserves’ list.
Salman Qadir, son of the leg-spinning legend Abdul Qadir, who was also one of the Lahore selectors, has been named as vice-captain of Lahore Ravi squad.
Quaid-i-Azam Trophy squads:
LAHORE SHALIMAR (Gold League): Junaid Zia (captain), Sohail Ahmed (vice-captain), Kamran Sajid, Khaqan Arsal, Arsalan Mir, Jahangir Mirza, Amir Sajjad, Aizaz Cheema, Fahad Maqsood, Bilal Hayee (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Ashfaq, Kashif Shafi, Ali Hussain, Imran Qadir, Sajid Ali.
HYDERABAD (Silver League): Faisal Athar (captain), Akram Khan, Aqeel Anjum, Rizwan Ahmed, Shahid Qambrani, Hanifur Rahman, Taj Muhammad, Farrukh Sheikh, Hanif Malik (wicket-keeper), Shoaib Leghari, Naeemur Rahman, Farhan Ayub, (three guest players to be added).
Reserves: Zafar Ali (wicket-keeper), Nasir Awais, Pir Zulfiqar Ali, Sufyan Ali, Khadim Hussain Shah.
ABBOTTABAD (Silver League): Sajid Shah (captain), Bilal Marwat (vice-captain), Adnan Raees, Sajid Rasheed, Zafar Jadoon, Sajjad Ali, Ahmed Said (wicket-keeper), Shakeelur Rahman, Mohammad Siddique, Nasir Jalil, Fawad Ahmed, Amjad Waqas (three guest players to be added).
Reserves: Almar Afridi, Saleem Khan, Umair Khan, Mohsinuddin, Dilawar Khan.
QUETTA (Silver League): Faisal Irfan (captain), Shoaib Khan, Hameedullah, Nasim Khan, Jalat Khan, Azizullah Khan, Sanaullah Khan (wicket-keeper), Arun Lal, Naseer Khan, Ghulam Sarwar, Sabir Hussain, Abdul Kabir (three guest players to be added).
Reserves: Mohammad Shahzad, Abdul Malik, Umar Ajmal, Abdul Rahman, Qadir Khan.
Inter-region under-19 squads:
LAHORE SHALIMAR: Nasir Jamshed (captain), Ali Abbas, Qasim Ali, Ahmad Butt, Usman Salahuddin, Ali Zahid, Imran Maqsood, Sunny Irshad, Shahzad Ali, Raza Rehman Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper).
Reserves: Ali Haider, Hashim Almas, Muzammil Ikram, Asif Raza, Azfar Zaidi (wicket-keeper).
LAHORE RAVI: Abid Ali (captain), Mehrooz Khan, Junaid Malik, Asif Ghafoor, Mohammad Asim, Waqas Ahmed, Hafiz Zohaib (wicket-keeper), Awais Asif, Saadullah Ghouri, Raheel Younis, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Adnan, Hafiz Saad Naseem, Muhammad Jamshed, Ahmad Rauf.
Reserves: Liaquat Ali Khan (wicket-keeper), Irfan Sarfraz, Khalid Usman, Abdul Samad, Faisal Sattar.
QUETTA: Hasnain Ali (captain, wicket-keeper). Mir Waiz, Muhammad Aslam (vice-captain), Alamgir Khan, Mohibullah, Umair Liaqat, Abdul Jabbar, Ataur Rahman, Zahoor Ahmed, Gohar Faiz, Nazar Hussain, Nazir Ahmed, Kamran Khan, Tahir Ali, Matiullah.
Reserves: Manzoor Ahmad (wicket-keeper), Aimal Khan, Ahmed Wali, Munir Ahmad, Sher Hasan.