KARACHI: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami has been named to lead Dollar East cricket team in various Ramazan tournaments.

Sami staged a comeback in the recent Twenty20 and ODI series at home against Zimbabwe and was quite successful with his pace bowling.

“Besides Sami we are also fielding rising Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan and international Faisal Athar and a number of experienced first- class cricketers in our team,” head of sports Zaheer Ahmed said while announcing the squad on Thursday.

Dollar East will be taking part in four events including Omar Associates Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Festival, M.A.Shah Night Trophy, Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament and Naya Nazimabad Ramadan Cup.

Squad:

Mohammad Sami (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Faisal Athar, Mohammad Rizwan, Khurram Shehzad, Waqas Haroon, Tariq Haroon, Shehzad Azam, Taha Mamsa, Nasir Awais, Amjad Manzoor, Furqan Khalil, Ejaz Ali Shah, Umar Imtiaz, Zeeshan Jamil, Kashif Bhatti, Usman Qadir, Shahrukh Dar.

Published in Dawn, June 19th, 2015

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