KARACHI, July 29 The City District Government Karachi (CDGK), in consultation with the Ministry of Sports, has appointed 18 paid cricket coaches having rich experience in the field aimed at raising teams in all towns of the metropolis.

The list of experts was finalised by a four-member committee headed by Sindh Sports Minister, Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah the other day. Other members include Rehana Saif, Faisal Sabzwari and Khurram Arif.

The coaches have been hired on a monthly emoluments of Rs25,000, to be paid by respective towns.

A four-member selection committee has also been formed in all towns under the coaches which include two former Test cricketers, internationals or PCB certified coaches and a representative of respective town to select a 25-member team by conducting open trials.

They have been directed to focus on players between 16 to 23 years of age during trials. Once selected, the players will be eligible to get a sum of Rs10,000 per month.

Meanwhile, the four-day trials which are underway in all towns are due to conclude on Thursday.

“It's a landmark decision and will go a long way in unearthing budding cricketers of the city in the days to come,” the Sindh Sports Minister told Dawn on Wednesday.

Coaches

Basit Ali (New Karachi Town); Moin-ul-Atiq (Orangi Town); Tauseef Ahmed (Shah Faisal Town); Saleem Jaffer (Baldia Town); Shoaib Mohammad (Gulshan Town); Sajid Ali (Landhi Town); Mansoor Akhtar (North Nazimabad Town); Hasan Raza (Liaquatabad Town); Farhan Adil (Malir Town); Nomanullah (Saddar Town); Jalaluddin (Site Town); Sikander Bakht (Gulberg Town); Sadiq Mohammad and Ghulam Ali (Gadap Town); Azam Khan (Bin Qasim Town); Aftab Baloch (Lyari Town); Mohammad Sami (Jamsher Town); Mohammad Aslam (Korangi Town) and Javed Qadeer (Kemari Town).

Selectors Mansoor Baig and Tabish Nawab (New Karachi Town); Ilyas Khan and Mahmood Hamid (Orangi Town); Atiq-ur-Rehman and Sohail Farooqi (Shah Faisal Town); Sajid Abbas and Jameel Kareemi (Baldia Town); Mahmood Rasheed and Ameeruddin (Gulshan Town); Aamir Hanif and Zahid Ali (Landhi Town); Fahadullah and Iqbal Shaikh (North Nazimabad Town); Sajid Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed (Liaquatabad Town); Asim Kamal and Athar Laeeq (Malir Town); Mohinder Kumar and Arif Mahmood (Saddar Town); Jawwad Ali and Taufeeq (Site Town); Wisal Ansari and Babar Basharat (Gulberg Town); Fareeduddin and Zahid Hussain (Gadap Town); Shaheen Malik and Ijaz Ahmed (Bin Qasim Town); Fakhruddin Baloch and Sharjeel Ashraf (Lyari Town); Asim Rizvi and Mutahir Shah (Jamshed Town); Waheed Mirza and Shakil Sajjad (Korangi Town) and Fareed-ul-Hasan and Ghayasuddin (Kemari Town).