Arbab Niaz Stadium ready to host Pak-India U-19 4-Dayer

PESHAWAR: Brisk arrangements continue to hold the second four-day match between India and Pakistan Under-19 cricket teams here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on September 13-16.
In this connection a meeting of the organizing committee was held here Friday with Regional Development Manager (RDM) of Pakistan Cricket Board in the chair. The meeting was also attended by police personnel, district government, health, Wapda and provincial government representatives.
The meeting has given top priority to the security of the teams besides discussing in detail various measures that have been taken for the smooth conduct of the match. The NWFP Police was represented by DSP Perviaz Khattack who assured that foolproof measures would be taken to ensure teams' security.
Perviaz Khattack informed the meeting that police forces would be deployed in and around the stadium besides ensuring that the cricket enthusiasts would face no difficulties so far as access to their respective enclosures is concerned.
Earlier, it was expected that the match would have been shifted to Abbottabad due to the on- oing work at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium but after the visit of PCB Senior Curator Haji Bashir to provincial capital the ground has been declared playable.
Talking to APP, RDM Anwar Zen Jan said they had discussed all the arrangements in detail and hoped that the match would be held in cordial atmosphere.
Jan said that they had visited the ground with PCB Senior Curator Haji Bashir and in line with the guidelines of the NWFP Curator, the ground has become in excellent condition.
There are rough patches at the Eid Ghah end which have been filled with grass, he said adding that the hard rolling of the ground was carried out to keep the surface in leveling.
Haji Bashir on this occasion lauded the role of NWFP Curator for their excellent work in leveling and planting new grass. He said the grip has been developed between the grass and soil because of the use of proper seeds. He also expressed his satisfaction over the preparation of new pitches. Pakistan and Indian Under-19 teams will be arriving a day earlier from the match, he said.


The following is the schedule of Indian cricket team's tour of

Pakistan: -

Sept. 7-10, 2006 4-Day match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Sept. 13-16, 2006 4-Day match at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium

Sept. 19, 2006 First One-Day at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore

Sept. 21, 2006 2nd One-Day at Sheikhpura Stadium

Sept. 23, 2006 3rd One-Day at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

Sept. 24, 2006 4th One-Day at Gaddaffi Stadium Lahore

Sept. 25, 2006 India U-19 team departs