Asian Test Final: Sri Lankan team, ACC president due today (10 March 1999)

10 March 1999

Asian Test Final: Sri Lankan team, ACC president due today

Our Sports Reporter

A 14-member Pakistan cricket team, led by Wasim Akram, arrived in the city yesterday morning to take on Sri Lanka in the first Asian Test Championship final to be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium from March 12 to 16.

Upon their arrival at ZIA, the team, which had a long journey from Lahore to Dhaka via Karachi immediately after the Lahore Test on Monday evening, moved to their hotel under strict security arrangements.

The team had complete rest at the hotel yesterday and will have their first practice session at the Bangabandhu National Stadium this morning.

Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan team headed by Aravinda de Silva will reach Dhaka this morning.

Tickets for the match have already gone on sale through eleven branches of Al Baraka Bank from yesterday.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Thilanga Sumathipala, who is also chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, will arrive in the city this morning along with the Sri Lankan team.

He will be accompanied by his general secretary Saliya Ahangama and tournament director Duleep Mendis.

The ACC officials will stay in the city till the final of the Asian Test final ends on March 16.

The following cricketers and officials of the Pakistan team arrived yesterday:

Wasim Akram (captain), Moin Khan, Saeed Anwar, Wajahatullah Wasti, Ijaz Ahmed, Imran Nazir, Shahid Nazir, Shoaib Akhter, Yousaf Youhana, Arshad Khan, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Mahmood, Saqlain Mushtaq and Inzamamul Haq.

Officials: Miah Mohammad Munir (manager), Javed Miandad (coach) and Dr. Dan Keisel (physio).

Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)