KARACHI, Jan 5: Professional Gymkhana’s cricket team will leave for Kuwait and Sharjah on January 10 to play three matches each in the two countries. The Professional Gymkhana team is making this visit at the invitation of M. M. Asad Baig, Chief Executive of the Kuwait Cricket Association.

Squad: Haji Mohammad Ashraf (captain), Dr. Younus Paracha (vice-captain), Mansoor Akhtar, Ashraf Pagali, Munirul Haq, Nadeem Moosa, Mohammad Zubair, Mohammad Jaffar Qureshi, Tahir Rasheed, Wasim Ahmed, Mohammad Imran Afzal, Ashiq Siddiqui, Atiq-ur-Rehman Zaidi, Ameer Akram Khan, Masood Anwar and Masom Ali Shah. —PPI

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