Lahore and Karachi to compete the final of the Veterans Tournament

Lahore and Karachi would vie for top honours in the limited overs final of the Ideal Inter City Veterans Cricket Cup-2001, which will be played under lights at the National Stadium Karachi on Monday, 19th February.

Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA), aiming to look after the welfare of Veterans Cricketers in all the four provinces of Pakistan has previously conducted five Veterans Tournaments in Karachi during 1998 and 2000, whereas two tournaments have been conducted on All Pakistan bases in 1998 and 1999. The present tournament, called the Third Ideal Inter City Veterans Cricket Cup, started on 3rd January 2001 in different centres of Lahore and Karachi. In addition to the four teams from Karachi and two from Lahore, veteran cricketers representing Faisalabad, Quetta, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Peshawar competed the tournament. Okara, Sheikhupura, and Kasur (OSK) sent a combined team to take part in the competition.

As expected, Karachi Whites, led by Mansoor Akhtar, and Lahore Whites, led by Ashiq H. Qureshi, trampled their opponents to reach to final of the tournament, which promises to be a thrilling competition between two balance sides.

LAHORE WHITES VETERANS XI

1. Ashiq H. Qureshi Captain
2. Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia
3. Saddat Ali
4. Azhar Khan
5. Ali Zia
6. Asad Rauf
7. Tariq Mansoor
8. Sarfaraz Ahmad
9. Ashraf Ali
10. M. Riaz
11. Nazeer Junior
12. Ajaz Ahmad
13. Ali Ahmad
14. Col. M. Pervez

KARACHI WHITES VETERANCS XI

1. Mansoor Akhtar Captain
2. Raees Ahmad
3. Nasir Shah
4. Iqtidar Ali Shah
5. Col. Mustehsin Billah
6. Tahir Nisar
7. Khawaja Kaleem
8. Khalid Mehmood
9. Zafar Ahmad
10. Ashraf Ali
11. Yaseem Mirza
12. Naeem Ahmad
13. Arshad Nawaz
14. Aftab Siddiqui