Pakistan vs Pakistan- Practice matches

Since the 'goras' aren't coming over and the other Asian sides are busy the PCB have decided to have a couple practice matches between the top Pakistani players( good move).


"A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman on Saturday announced a list of 40 players for the three practice games to be played from August 5 to 9 in Lahore. He said that Afridi and Butt will not be playing in the matches because of fitness problems."

The players’ list: Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Ahmed Shahzad, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Bazid Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Hafeez, Raheel Majeed, Fahad Iqbal, Ali Asad, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Yasir Arafat, Mansoor Amjad, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Ali, Rao Iftikhar, Sohail Khan, Abdul Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Aamer, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Talha, Naeem Anjum and Yasir Shah.

The matches will be played in UAE because the players are worried about security

embee wrote:The matches will be played in UAE because the players are worried about security

oh have these games in Sharjah please...Pakistan almost always wins there so now with a 100% chance of another Pakistani team winning the record will be unbreakable.

First match was washed out.



Dello bhai can you please make this a sticky.
thanks

I reckon a team called Pakistan stands a good chance of taking this one...

PlanetPakistan wrote:First match was washed out.



Dello bhai can you please make this a sticky.
thanks

Why do the words piss up and brewery come to mind.

Following on from Lever's:

If Pakistan lose, will the result be amended retrospectively?

Why can't England play England in Monte Carlo?

If England could play England for the Ashes that would be cool...

You mean. play with themselves?

Friday, August 08, 2008
By our correspondent

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board was on Thursday forced to shift a couple of practice matches involving the country’s leading cricketers from Lahore to Multan because of heavy rains in the Punjab capital.

A PCB spokesman said that the Multan has been chosen to host the two day-night practice matches among members of Pakistan’s preliminary Champions Trophy squad on August 8 (today) and 9 because it hasn’t been affected by wet weather. The Board was forced to move the matches out of Lahore after heavy rains washed away the opening match which was supposed to take place on August 5.

A total of 27 players will feature in the matches which will be witnessed by the national selectors, who are to name Pakistan’s 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy on August 11.

Senior all-rounder Shahid Afridi and opener Salman Butt will miss the matches because of fitness problems while all-rounder Yasir Arafat is unavailable because of English county commitments. The main purpose behind the practice games is to provide an opportunity to the players to prove their form and fitness ahead of the Champions Trophy squad selection.

The spotlight will be on controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who is aiming to make his international return in the Champions Trophy. Fit-again pacer Umar Gul also has to prove his match fitness.

Players’ list for the games: Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Khurram Manzoor, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Bazid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Hafeez, Mansoor Amjad, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Ali, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Sohail Khan, Abdul Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Aamer, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdul Rehman and Saeed Ajmal.

taipan wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:First match was washed out.



Dello bhai can you please make this a sticky.
thanks

Why do the words piss up and brewery come to mind.

I don't even want to guess what comes and goes to your mind.

JKLever wrote:If England could play England for the Ashes that would be cool...

Excelllent point.