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KARACHI, March 13: PIA, already possessing the services of Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq and Azhar Mahmood, are further strengthened by the return of Abdul Razzaq, Yousuf Youhana, Faisal Iqbal and Shoaib Malik for their fourth round match in the National One-day Cricket Championship Thursday.
Razzaq, Youhana, Shoaib and Faisal were unavailable for PIA’s three games because of their involvement in the Asian Test Championship final against Sri Lanka at Lahore.
With the availability of the quartet, the likes of Shoaib Mohammad, Saleem Jaffar, Fazle Akbar and Asif Mujtaba will find themselves on the sidelines for the match against Karachi Whites at National Stadium.
Another team to benefit are Habib Bank. Their current Test players Shahid Afridi, Taufiq Umer are certain to play against Faisalabad in the Pool ‘C’ fixture at Faisalabad. But there is grave doubts about star batsman Younis Khan’s availability because of a bereavement in his family on Sunday.
Fourth round schedule (March 14):
Pool A: PIA v Karachi Whites at National Stadium, Karachi; Pakistan Customs v Bahawalpur at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; Hyderabad v Lahore Whites at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad.
Pool B: Sialkot v Rest of Balochistan at Saga Ground, Sialkot; Gujranwala v National Bank at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Sui Gas v Karachi Blues at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Pool C: Sheikhupura v Rest f Punjab at Sheikhupura Stadium; Faisalabad v Habib Bank at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Sargodha v Wapda at Sports Stadium, Sargodha.
Pool D: Peshawar v Allied Bank at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Rawalpindi v ADBP at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; KRL v Rest of NWFP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.
Standings
(Tabulated under played, won, lost, no result, points, net run-rate):
Pool A
Karachi Whites 3 3 0 0 12 +1.80
Customs 3 3 0 0 12 +1.14
PIA 2 2 0 0 8 +2.91
Bahawalpur 2 1 1 0 4 +1.00
Hyderabad 2 0 2 0 0 -2.67
Rest of Sindh 3 0 3 0 0 -1.66
Lahore Whites 3 0 3 0 0 -1.78
Pool B
National Bank 2 2 0 0 8 +1.47
Karachi Blues 3 2 1 0 8 -0.05
Pak PWD 3 1 1 1 5 +0.01
Gujranwala 3 1 1 1 5 -0.06
Sialkot 3 1 2 0 4 -0.55
Balochistan 2 0 1 1 1 -0.03
Sui Gas 2 0 1 1 1 -1.55
Pool C
Lahore Blues 3 3 0 0 12 +0.78
Habib Bank 2 2 0 0 8 +1.59
Wapda 2 1 1 0 4 -0.36
Faisalabad 3 1 2 0 4 -0.12
Sargodha 3 1 2 0 4 -0.21
Sheikhupura 2 1 1 0 4 -0.28
Rest of Punjab 2 0 2 0 0 -1.11
Pool D
KRL 3 2 0 1 9 +1.67
ADBP 3 2 0 1 9 +1.31
Allied Bank 2 2 0 0 8 +0.37
Peshawar 3 1 2 0 4 -1.30
Rawalpindi 2 0 1 1 1 -0.25
Islamabad 3 0 2 1 1 -0.97
Rest of NWFP 2 0 2 0 0 -0.55
Note: Net run-rate of the Allied Bank-Rawalpindi fixture could not be calculated as the rain-hit match was decided by Duckworth/Lewis method.
