Banks name squads

Published December 18, 2008

KARACHI, Dec 17: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) have announced their respective squads for the forthcoming NBP Gold Cup Hockey Tournament to be played at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, from Dec 22 to 30.

NBP squad:

Goalkeepers: Salman Akbar, Fasih-ur-Rehman.

Fullbacks: Zeeshan Ashraf (captain), Mohammad Ateeq, Imran Warsi.

Halfback: Sumair Saleem, Adnan Maqsood, Asim Khan, Kashif Javed, Zahid Hameed.

Forwards: Yasir Shabbir, Mohammad Taufeeq, Haseem Khan, Tariq Aziz, Akhtar Ali, Ammar Ishrat, Naeem Akbar, Rehman Khan.

Officials: Anwer Farooqui (coach), Abuzur Umrao (goalkeeper coach) and Rehman Khan (manager).

HBL squad: Mubashir Mukhtar (captain), Shahid Maqbool, Amir Zafar, Zubair Ahmed, Khuram Shahzad, Imran Shah, Fareed Ahmed, Junaid Hussain, M. Khaliq, Adeel Hussain, Rashid Imran, Ijaz Rasool, Shahbaz Ali, Shahzad Nasir, Ali Azlan Khan, Abdul Rizwan Khan, Umer Butta Mohammad Khalid.

Officials: Haider Hussain (manager) and Abdul Ghafoor (coach).

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