Karachi : Pakistan domestic season, 2008/09 Younis rules out of the announced Pentangular Cup
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced schedule and teams for the Pentangular Cup - First Class Tournament, starting from October 25, with some notable changes in the format to make the tournament more competitive.
Earlier this year, in the previous season of Pentangular Cup 2007/08 was set to identifying fitness and performance of players for their selection in a challenging upcoming home series against Australia, which however was postponed by the Australia due to the security and safety concerns. Though, this 2008/09 season initiated with the premier first-class campaign will also identify the best performance ahead for the home series against India next year.
Tournament’s six matches, which would be played at Karachi and Lahore center will be broadcasting live at a local sports channel. For the very first time in Pentangular, the top two teams of the competition will be combating in the Final on November 24 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Bugti Stadium in Quetta and Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar also have been set up to host whereas two matches in Karachi, two in Diamond Cricket Ground of Islamabad and four including final in Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore.
Younis Khan has ruled out of the national first-class campaign because of his commitments with the South Australia, therefore Umer Gul would be leading the NWFP with Yasir Hameed the deputy. Pakistan veteran batsman, Khan, earlier before national Twenty20 decided to skip his first Sheffield Shield game in Australia and will be available for sensational national Twenty20 campaign and for the next month’s four-nation T20 in Toronto. Younis was scheduled to play for South Australia’s opening game against Victoria on October 14.
Due to the jagged consequences in the previous season of Pentangular Cup, mainly team like Balochistan – who hadn’t even won a single match, the suggestion by the top officials to split up the 75 players, thus nine players from Punjab and one from Sindh have been included to strengthen the Balochistan region, with Misbah ul Haq to lead the region, Abdur Rauf the promising fast bowler, Gulraiz Sadaf, Bilal Khilji, Saeed Anwar Jr, Saeed Bin Nasir, Kamran Hussain, Azharullah, Muhammad Irshad.
NWFP Team
Umar Gul (captain), Yasir Hameed (v-captain), Raffat Ullah Mohmand, Aftab Alam, Adnan Raees, Riaz Kail, Zulfiqar Jan (wicket-keeper), Nauman Habib, Waqar Ahmed, Junaid Khan, Shakil ur Rehman, Yasir Shah, Aslam Qureshi, Wajid Ali, Shoaib Khan. Reserves: Fawad Khan (Wicket-Keeper), Arghaman Elahi(fast bowler) Officials: Zahid Saeed (Manager), Taimur Azam (Coach), Sajjad Akhtar (fielding coach), Ibrar Ahmed (trainer), Liaqat Khan (physio).
Sindh Team
Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Asif Zakir, Naumanullah, Faisal Iqbal (v-captain), Faisal Ather, Shahid Khan Afridi (captain), Rizwan Ahmed, Fawad Alam, Danis Kaneria, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper), Sohail Khan, Tanvir Ahmed. Anwar Ali, Naeem ur Rehman. Reserves: Azam khan, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik (wicket-keeper) Officials: Mehdi Hassan (manager), Jalaluddin (coach), Amir Iqbal (feilding coach), Muhammad Javed Sheikh (trainer), Asif Gulzar (physio).
Federal Area Team
Raheel Majeed, Afaq Raheem, Umair Khan, Bazid Khan, Naveed Qureshi, Usman Saeed, Ashar Zaidi, Umar Amin, Naeem Anjum (wicker-keeper), Immad Wasim, Sohail Tanveer (v-captain), Shoaib Akhtar, Yasir Arafat, Rao Iftikhar (captain), Yasir Ali. Reserves: Shahzad Azam Rana (medium fast bowler), Jamal Anwar (wicket-keeper) Officials Nasir Iqbal (manager), Sabih Azhar (coach), Rauf Mirza (feilding coach), Muhammad Yamin (trainer), Iftikhar (physio).
Balochistan Team
Shoaib Khan, Usman Tariq, Saeed Anwar Jr, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Naseem Khan, Saeed Bin Nasir, Rameez Alam, Taimur Ali, Kamran Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Azharullah, Muhammad Irshad, Nazar Hussain, Gulraiz Sadaf, Bilal Khilji Reserves: Irfan Ismail (Sr), Sanaullah Khan (wicker-keeper) Officials: Rana Zafar Iqbal (manager), Abdur Rehman (coach), Aqil Khan (feilding coach), Ajab Khan (trainer), Muhammad Tayyab (physio).
Punjab Team
Nasir Jamshed, Salman Butt, Muhammad Yousaf (v-captain), Shoaib Malik (captain), Ammar Mehmood, Muhammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper), Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Khalil, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Zia, Muhammad Talha, Adnan Raza. Reserves: Adil Raza (fast bowler), Muhammad Salman Officials: M. Jalal Akbar (manager), Shahid Anwar (coach), Muhammad Bilal (feilding coach), Yasir Malik (trainer), Muhammad Asad (physio).
Schedule - RBS Pentangular Cup
Date Game Venue Umpires Referee Scorer
25-28 Oct, 2008 Sindh vs Federal Areas National Stadium Karachi Nadeem Ghouri, Zameer Haider Anwar Khan Muhammad Ahsan
25-28 Oct, 2008 NWFP vs Balochistan Bugti Stadium Quetta Ahmed Shahab, Ahsan Raza Ishtiaq Ahmed Fahim Tariq
31Oct - 03 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Federal Areas Diamond Ground Islamabad Saleem Badar, Iqbal Butt Khalid Niazi Shakeel Ahmed
31Oct - 03 Nov, 2008 Sindh vs Balochistan National Stadium Karachi Mian Aslam, Iftikhar Malik Anwar Khan Salman Hussain
06 - 09 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Sindh Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Riazuddin, Nadeem Ghouri Anwar Khan Azhar Hussain
06 - 09 Nov, 2008 NWFP vs Federal Areas Arbab Niaz Std, Peshawar Saleem Badar, Rasheed Bhatti Khalid Niazi Nadeem Akhtar
12 - 15 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Balochistan Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Riazuddin, Iqbal Butt Abdul Sami Khan Abdul Hameed
12 - 15 Nov, 2008 Sindh vs NWFP Arbab Niaz Std, Peshawar Mian Aslam, Rasheed Bhatti Ishtiaq Ahmed Nadeem Akhtar
18 - 21 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs NWFP Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Saleem Badar, Nadeem Ghouri Khalid Niazi Masood Ahmed
18 - 21 Nov, 2008 Federal Areas vs Balochistan Diamond Ground Islamabad Iftikhar Malik, Zameer Haider Abdul Sami Khan Adnan Farooq
24 - 28 Nov, 2008 not know vs not know, Final Gaddafi Stadium Lahore - - -
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced schedule and teams for the Pentangular Cup - First Class Tournament, starting from October 25, with some notable changes in the format to make the tournament more competitive.
Earlier this year, in the previous season of Pentangular Cup 2007/08 was set to identifying fitness and performance of players for their selection in a challenging upcoming home series against Australia, which however was postponed by the Australia due to the security and safety concerns. Though, this 2008/09 season initiated with the premier first-class campaign will also identify the best performance ahead for the home series against India next year.
Tournament’s six matches, which would be played at Karachi and Lahore center will be broadcasting live at a local sports channel. For the very first time in Pentangular, the top two teams of the competition will be combating in the Final on November 24 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Bugti Stadium in Quetta and Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar also have been set up to host whereas two matches in Karachi, two in Diamond Cricket Ground of Islamabad and four including final in Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore.
Younis Khan has ruled out of the national first-class campaign because of his commitments with the South Australia, therefore Umer Gul would be leading the NWFP with Yasir Hameed the deputy. Pakistan veteran batsman, Khan, earlier before national Twenty20 decided to skip his first Sheffield Shield game in Australia and will be available for sensational national Twenty20 campaign and for the next month’s four-nation T20 in Toronto. Younis was scheduled to play for South Australia’s opening game against Victoria on October 14.
Due to the jagged consequences in the previous season of Pentangular Cup, mainly team like Balochistan – who hadn’t even won a single match, the suggestion by the top officials to split up the 75 players, thus nine players from Punjab and one from Sindh have been included to strengthen the Balochistan region, with Misbah ul Haq to lead the region, Abdur Rauf the promising fast bowler, Gulraiz Sadaf, Bilal Khilji, Saeed Anwar Jr, Saeed Bin Nasir, Kamran Hussain, Azharullah, Muhammad Irshad.
NWFP Team
Umar Gul (captain), Yasir Hameed (v-captain), Raffat Ullah Mohmand, Aftab Alam, Adnan Raees, Riaz Kail, Zulfiqar Jan (wicket-keeper), Nauman Habib, Waqar Ahmed, Junaid Khan, Shakil ur Rehman, Yasir Shah, Aslam Qureshi, Wajid Ali, Shoaib Khan. Reserves: Fawad Khan (Wicket-Keeper), Arghaman Elahi(fast bowler) Officials: Zahid Saeed (Manager), Taimur Azam (Coach), Sajjad Akhtar (fielding coach), Ibrar Ahmed (trainer), Liaqat Khan (physio).
Sindh Team
Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Asif Zakir, Naumanullah, Faisal Iqbal (v-captain), Faisal Ather, Shahid Khan Afridi (captain), Rizwan Ahmed, Fawad Alam, Danis Kaneria, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper), Sohail Khan, Tanvir Ahmed. Anwar Ali, Naeem ur Rehman. Reserves: Azam khan, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik (wicket-keeper) Officials: Mehdi Hassan (manager), Jalaluddin (coach), Amir Iqbal (feilding coach), Muhammad Javed Sheikh (trainer), Asif Gulzar (physio).
Federal Area Team
Raheel Majeed, Afaq Raheem, Umair Khan, Bazid Khan, Naveed Qureshi, Usman Saeed, Ashar Zaidi, Umar Amin, Naeem Anjum (wicker-keeper), Immad Wasim, Sohail Tanveer (v-captain), Shoaib Akhtar, Yasir Arafat, Rao Iftikhar (captain), Yasir Ali. Reserves: Shahzad Azam Rana (medium fast bowler), Jamal Anwar (wicket-keeper) Officials Nasir Iqbal (manager), Sabih Azhar (coach), Rauf Mirza (feilding coach), Muhammad Yamin (trainer), Iftikhar (physio).
Balochistan Team
Shoaib Khan, Usman Tariq, Saeed Anwar Jr, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Naseem Khan, Saeed Bin Nasir, Rameez Alam, Taimur Ali, Kamran Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Azharullah, Muhammad Irshad, Nazar Hussain, Gulraiz Sadaf, Bilal Khilji Reserves: Irfan Ismail (Sr), Sanaullah Khan (wicker-keeper) Officials: Rana Zafar Iqbal (manager), Abdur Rehman (coach), Aqil Khan (feilding coach), Ajab Khan (trainer), Muhammad Tayyab (physio).
Punjab Team
Nasir Jamshed, Salman Butt, Muhammad Yousaf (v-captain), Shoaib Malik (captain), Ammar Mehmood, Muhammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper), Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Khalil, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Zia, Muhammad Talha, Adnan Raza. Reserves: Adil Raza (fast bowler), Muhammad Salman Officials: M. Jalal Akbar (manager), Shahid Anwar (coach), Muhammad Bilal (feilding coach), Yasir Malik (trainer), Muhammad Asad (physio).
Schedule - RBS Pentangular Cup
Date Game Venue Umpires Referee Scorer
25-28 Oct, 2008 Sindh vs Federal Areas National Stadium Karachi Nadeem Ghouri, Zameer Haider Anwar Khan Muhammad Ahsan
25-28 Oct, 2008 NWFP vs Balochistan Bugti Stadium Quetta Ahmed Shahab, Ahsan Raza Ishtiaq Ahmed Fahim Tariq
31Oct - 03 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Federal Areas Diamond Ground Islamabad Saleem Badar, Iqbal Butt Khalid Niazi Shakeel Ahmed
31Oct - 03 Nov, 2008 Sindh vs Balochistan National Stadium Karachi Mian Aslam, Iftikhar Malik Anwar Khan Salman Hussain
06 - 09 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Sindh Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Riazuddin, Nadeem Ghouri Anwar Khan Azhar Hussain
06 - 09 Nov, 2008 NWFP vs Federal Areas Arbab Niaz Std, Peshawar Saleem Badar, Rasheed Bhatti Khalid Niazi Nadeem Akhtar
12 - 15 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs Balochistan Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Riazuddin, Iqbal Butt Abdul Sami Khan Abdul Hameed
12 - 15 Nov, 2008 Sindh vs NWFP Arbab Niaz Std, Peshawar Mian Aslam, Rasheed Bhatti Ishtiaq Ahmed Nadeem Akhtar
18 - 21 Nov, 2008 Punjab vs NWFP Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Saleem Badar, Nadeem Ghouri Khalid Niazi Masood Ahmed
18 - 21 Nov, 2008 Federal Areas vs Balochistan Diamond Ground Islamabad Iftikhar Malik, Zameer Haider Abdul Sami Khan Adnan Farooq
24 - 28 Nov, 2008 not know vs not know, Final Gaddafi Stadium Lahore - - -
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