West Indies U-19 face PCB Junior XI

Published January 20, 2006

KARACHI, Jan 19: The touring West Indies junior side start their short trip to Karachi with the one-day game against PCB XI under-19 at National Stadium on Friday.

Caribbean squad arrived on Wednesday on a 11-day trip in their build-up for the Junior World Cup to be held at various venues in Sri Lanka from Feb 5 to 19, play five one-dayer against Pakistan Ur-19.

During their stay in Karachi touring side besides playing a one-dayer game against PCB XI will be play four ODIs against Colombo-bound Pakistani under-19 squad.

West Indies boys underwent three hour training and practice session at National Stadium under the supervision of their coach Roddy Estwick and manager Jimmy Adams.

Messrs Riazuddin and Z.I. Pasha will supervise the match while Khateeb Rizwan will be the match referee.

Teams from: PCB Under-19 XI: Sadullah Ghouri, Adnan Munir, Ali Abbas, Hafiz Zohaib, Yasin Murtaza (captain), Zeeshan Ali, Mudassar Ibrahim, Ahmed Butt, Lal Kumar, Muhammad Asim, Fahad Zaman, Mohammad Imran, Hafiz Saad Wasim, Zahoor Ahmed, Shan Masood. West Indies: Leon Johnson (captain), Jason Mohammed, Richard Ramdeen, Gajanand Singh, Andre Fletcher, Nelon Pascal, Kemar Roach, Javon Searles, Sharmarh Brooks, Andre McCarthy, William Perkins, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Richie Bachan.—APP

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