Younis and Yousuf, to lead

Published February 24, 2006

KARACHI, Feb 23: Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousuf will lead Peshawar Panthers and LWahore Eagles in the Twenty20 Cup starting from Friday.

Imran Nazir and Junaid Zia will skipper Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Lions.

Teams:

Peshawar Panthers: Younis Khan, Yasir Hameed, Riffatullah Khan, Aftab Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Akhtar Sarfraz, Sajjad Ahmed, Zulfiqar Jan, Arshad Khan, Aslam Qureshi, Umar Gul, Fazl-e-Akber, Riaz Afridi, Jan Nisar Khan, Taimur Khan. Officials: Sabih Azhar (coach), Asghar Ali (manager).

Lahore Eagles: Muhammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Kashif Siddique, Taufie Umar, Rashid Riaz, Adnan Raza, Salman Qadir, Shahnawaz Malik, Rizwan Ahmed Sr., Zulfiqar Haider, Ali Azmat, Imran Tahir, Wasim Khan, Shahzad Butt, Wahab Riaz. Officials: Muhammad Jamil (coach), Hafeezur Rehman (manager).

Lahore Lions: Junaid Zia, Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Amir Sajjad, Kamran Sajid, Arsalan Mir, Ashfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Khalil, Sajid Ali, Waqas Ahmed, Kashif Shafi, Sohail Ahmed, Fahad Masood. Officials Naveed Anjum (coach), Nawab Mansoor (manager).

Sialkot Stallions: Imran Nazir, Faisal Naveed, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Shehzad Malik, Bilal Hussain, Hafiz Khalid, Tahir, Qasier Abbas, Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rehman, Muhammad Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan. Officials: Azmat Rana (coach), Abdul Qadeer Chand (manager).—APP

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