Teams for warm-up ties against England

Karachi, Oct 1: The selectors have submitted teams for the warm-up and first-class matches against England in the forthcoming series.

According to informed sources, the teams for two one-dayers and three first-class games scheduled for Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Lahore were recently submitted to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief.

The one-dayers will be played in Karachi on Oct 20 and 22. The opening game of the three-match one-day international series will be played here on Oct 24.

The sources added that the selectors have recommended Abdur Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood as captains of teams for the one-dayers. However, their appointments would depend on how the team performs in Kenya.

"If Pakistan qualify for the final, the two would not be included in the warm-up games because there is a gap of just nine days between the final (in Kenya) and first one-dayer."

Youngsters like Naumanullah, Bazid Khan, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Hasan Raza, Shahid Afridi, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Javed Qadeer, Shoaib Malik, Wajahatullah Wasti, Ali Naqvi, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmad, Kabir Khan, Shahid Nazir, Mohammad Shafiq, Humayun Farhat, Qaisar Abbas etc have been picked for the games.