Malik to lead Punjab in Pentangular Cup
Afridi, Younis to lead Sindh, NWFP
Bureau Report

LAHORE—Pakistan Cricket captain, Shoaib Malik will lead Punjab in the ABN-AMRO Pentangular Cricket Cup which will play Federal Areas in the opening match on February 10 at Gadaffi stadium.
The formations of the teams, officials and venues were released at a news conference here on the Cup unveiling ceremony at a local hotel on Wednesday.
Stylish batsman Younis Khan will captain NWFP, Shahid Afridi Sindh, Shoaib Akhtar Federal Areas, and Naseem Khan Balochistan.
The ceremony was attended by Chief Operating Officer, Pakistan Cricket Board, Shafqat Nagmi,Chief selector, Salahuddin, Salman Sarwar Butt, Country head ,Consumer Department,ABN-AMRO,Zakir Khan,Director Cricket Operations, PCB,Dr Ahsan Malik, Director Media, selectors Shafqat Rana and Salim JaffaR. Following are the teams:
(Punjab): Shoaib Malik (Captain), Mohammad Yousaf, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah Ul Haq (VC), Kamran Akmal (WK), Naveed Latif, Adnan Raza, Ammar Mahmood, Junaid Zia, Wahab Riaz, Waqas Ahmad, Mansoor Ahmad, Mohammad Khalil, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Salman (WK), Aizaz Cheema, Kashif Raza, Nasir Jamshed, Azhar Ali. Muhammad Asif will be included in the team after his fitness.
(NWFP): Younas Khan (Captain), Yasir Hahmeed (VC), Riffatullah Mohmmand, Wajid Ali, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Riaz Kail, Asad Shafiq, Zufiqar Jan (WK), Aslam Qureshi, Yasir Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Nauman Habib, Fazl-e-Akbar, Adnan Raees, Waqar Ahmad, Fawad Khan (WK), Junaid Khan, Samiullah Niazi. Umar Gul will be included in the team after his fitness.
(SINDH): Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Shadab Kabir , Shahid Khan Afridi (Captain), Naumanullah, Hassan Raza, Faisal Iqbal (VC), Asim Kamal, Fawad Alam, Rizwan Ahmad, Sohail Khan, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sami, Faisal Athar, Danish Kenaria, Sarfraz Ahmad (WK), Hanif Malik (WK), Tahir Khan, Uzair Ul Haq, Asif Zakir.
(BALOCHISTAN): Usman Tariq, Imran Nazir, Saeed Anwar (JR), Shoaib Khan, Naseem Khan (Captain), Sohaib Maqsood, Rameez Alam, Bilal Khiljee, Saeed Bin Nasir, Jalat Khan, Abdur Rauf (VC), Kamran Hussain, Azharullah, Tanvir Ahmad, Mohammad Irshad, Imranullah Aslam, Gulraiz Sadaf (WK), Nazar Hussain, Faisal Irfan, Yasir Arafat.
(FEDERAL AREAS): Shoaib Akhtar (Captain), Rao Iftikhar (VC), Yasir Arafat, Sohail Tanvir, Rauf Akbar, Naeem Anjum (WK), Afaq Raheem, Raheel Majeed, Naveed Qureshi, Usman Saeed, Bazid Khan, Shahzad Azam Rana, Omair Khan, Atif Maqbool, Fayyaz Ahmad, Bilal Asad, Asher Zaidi, Babar Naeem, Yasir Ali, Asadullah Sumeri.
ABN AMRO Pentangular Cup Prize Money, Winning Team, 1,000,000, Runner-up 500,000, Best Bastman of the Tournament, 50,000, Best Bowler of the Tournament, 50,000, Best Wicket Keeper of the Tournament, 50,000, Best Fielder of the Tournament, 50,000, Player of the Tournament, 1600 CC Car, Total 1,700,000.
ABN AMRO Pentangular Cup Match Fee Playing 11 will be entitled for PKR 25,000/- per match. Non playing members will be entitled for PKR 10,000/- per match. Winning Team of all the matches will receive a cash award of PKR 100,000/-. Following is the match programme ,to be read as dates of matches,names of teams, venues,umpires, referee, scorer and tv umpire.
(Feb 10-13): Sindh-NWFP, National Stadium Karachi, Riazuddin-Saleem Badar, Anwar Khan, Muhammad Ahsan, Ahsan Raza, Punjab-Federal Areas, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Aleem Dar-Nadeem Ghouri, Muhammad Anees Azhar Hussain.
(Feb 22-25): Sindh-Baluchistan, National Stadium Karachi, Riazuddin-Saleem Badar, Naeem Ahmed, Imran Ali, Ahmed Shahab, NWFP-Federal Areas, Arbab Niaz Std. Peshawar, Nadeem Ghouri-Ahsan Raza, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Nadeem Akhtar. (Feb 28-Mar 2) Sindh-Federal Areas, National Stadium Karachi, Saleem Badar-Ahsan Raza, Naeem Ahmed, Salman Hussain, Punjab-Baluchistan, Jinnah Stadium Sialkot, Nadeem Ghouri-Ahmed Shahab, Abdul Sami Khan, Tahir Suhaib.
(Mar 05-08): Federal Areas-Baluchistan, Diamond Ground Islamabad, Ahmad Shahab-Ahsan Raza, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmed, Punjab-NWFP Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Asad Rauf-Zameer Haidar, Abdul Sami Khan Najamus Saeed.
(Mar 11-14): Punjab-Sindh, National Stadium Karachi, Asad Rauf-Riazuddin, Anwar Khan, Imran Ali, Saleem Badar, NWFP-Baluchistan, Bughti Stadium Quetta, Zameer Haider-Ahmad Shahab, Muhammad Anees, Fahim Tariq.

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