Third volleyball Test today

Published June 30, 2007

ISLAMABAD, June 29: Pakistan and India will lock horns in the third volleyball clash of their first-ever Test series, an encounter that is expected to generate great attraction for the local spectators at the Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar on Saturday.

The third game of the first leg of the eight-match series, which is being played in Pakistan, will start at 5:30pm.

Volleyball, a traditional sport in the NWFP plus the free entry announced for the spectators for the Pak-India match today, is set to make things more interesting as the regular rivals can anticipate a big crowd at the Qayyum Complex.

In the second match of the series, played at the POF Cantt, Wah on Thursday, Pakistan outclassed their rivals 3-1 to make the series 1-1. The tourists had won the first game.The fourth clash of the first leg of the series will be staged at the Wapda Sports Complex, Lahore on Monday.

Pakistan squad: Mohammad Zaman Butt (captain), Irfan Nawaz, Mohammad Yasin, Mohammad Zahid, M. Tariq Wasim, Ashfaq Hussain, Kashif Mansoor, Naeem Jan, Muhib Rasool, Sayyad, Naseer Ahmed, Zaheer Abbas, Ali Abbas, Mohammad Farooq, Mohammad Azhar, Mohammad Riaz, Bakht Rasal, Mohammad Ismail.

Indian squad: Ukkra Pandian, Blawinder Singh, Vibin M. George, Lalit Kumar, Rampal Singh, Sube Singh, Somnathgiri Gowda, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Singh, P.S Srikanth, Gurchand Singh, K.P. Sayem, G Pardeep, Shelton Moses, Surdeep, Vijesh. –Agencies

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