Team leaves for Colombo today

Published March 12, 2006

KARACHI, March 11: A 25-member Pakistan cricket squad is due to leave for Colombo on Sunday morning on a 27-day tour of Sri Lanka. The squad, led by Inzamamul Haq, will play three One-day Internationals and a two-match Test series against the hosts.

As many as eight officials, including manager Zaheer Abbas and coach Bob Woolmer, are accompanying the 17 cricketers.

SQUAD: Inzamamul Haq (captain), Younis Khan (vice-captain), Salman Butt, Mohammad Yousuf, Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar, Rana Naved, Danish Kaneria, Umar Gul, Tahir Khan, Abdul Rahman.