Pakistan agrees to play against Windies in Toronto (25 August 1999)

25 August 1999

Pakistan agrees to play against Windies in Toronto

The Dawn

Islamabad, Aug 24: Pakistan on Tuesday officially accepted to play against West Indies in a three-match one-day series at Toronto from Sept 16-19.

Making the announcement at a Press briefing at Redco cricket ground Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ad hoc Committee Mujeebur Rehman said that TWI has been given the official consent for the Toronto Mini-Series. Pakistan will play the first match on Sept 16 followed by back to back contests on 18th and 19th.

The chairman ad hoc committee stated that Pakistan always wanted to contest the Sahara Cup series or for that matter any important competition where the team is offered its due share. He maintained that the offer given would earn half a million dollars in guarantee money besides sharing the profit or loss from the event.

Mujeebur Rehman further added that a 10-day training camp to pick a 15-member Pakistan team will be held from Sept 1 at Qadhafi Stadium, Lahore. Except for the threeplayers presently banned by the PCB Ad hoc committee including skipper Wasim Akram, Salim Malik and Ijaz Ahmed who are under investigation in connection with match-fixing and betting issue, the list of probables for training camp will be announced in a couple of days.

Chairman PCB Ad hoc selection committee Col (R) Noushad Ali will meet with other members, Ramiz Raja and Abdul Raqueeb, to finalise the probables list. Col Noushad said that coach of Pakistan team Waseem Raja will also be arriving in a couple of days.

It was stated that the decision with regard to appointing the captain of Pakistan team will also be taken within a week. It was maintained that vice captain Moin Khan was not appointed as captain so far.

The Pakistan team will depart for Toronto on Sept 12, the chairman ad hoc committee said.

Source :: The Dawn(www.dawn.com)