Inzamam, Wasim to lead

Published June 25, 2005

KARACHI, June 24: A galaxy of Test and International stars will turn out for Pakistan XI versus Rest of Pakistan XI in the Twenty20 clash to be played under lights at National Stadium for the Rashid Khan benefit match on July 2.

Inzamamul Haq and Wasim Akram will skipper Pakistan XI and Rest of Pakistan XI. Also to be seen in action will be Moin Khan, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana who all have captained Pakistan.

The match is being organised for current PIA coach, Rashid Khan, who represented Pakistan in Tests and One-day Internationals as well as in 1983 World Cup in England. He played first class cricket for 23 years for PIA, Sindh and Karachi.

Sindh Governor, Dr. Ishratul Ebad will be the chief guest.

Teams from the following:

Pakistan XI: Inzamamul Haq (Captain), Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Yasir Hameed, Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Bazid Khan, Shahid Nazir Arshad Khan, Shabbir Ahmed.

Rest of Pakistan XI: Wasim Akram (captain), Moin Khan, Rashid Latif, Imran Nazir, Faisal Iqbal, Hasan Raza, Shadab Kabir, Naumanullah, Faisal Athar, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Aminur Rehman, Noman Alvi, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor.—Agencies

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