Shoaib Malik should be back to lead his strong Punjab side out against Younis Khan's unfancied NWFP team. This match will be very interesting on many fronts not least of all the fact that the actual Pakistan Captain will be taking on many people's preferred choice for Pakistan Captain.
Younis nearly pulled off a miracle against Shahid Afridi's much stronger Sindh side nearly a fortnight ago, what can he do against Malik's Punjab team which isnt as strong (on paper) as Afridi's side.
It's not long until this game starts but unfortunately it wont be televised and there's no ball by ball coverage either so we'll have to rely on the end of day match reports and scorecards!
Below are the Squads for both teams...
NWFP: Younis Khan (capt), Yasir Hameed (vice-capt), Riffatullah Mohmmand, Wajid Ali, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Riaz Kail, Asad Shafiq, Zulfiqar 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 Khan, Umar Gul (will be included after a fitness test).
Punjab: Shoaib Malik (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq (vice-capt), Kamran Akmal (wk), Naved Latif, Adnan Raza, Ammar Mahmood, Junaid Zia, Wahab Riaz, Waqas Ahmad, Mansoor Amjad, Mohammad Khalil, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Salman (wk), Aizaz Cheema, Kashif Raza, Nasir Jamshed, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Asif (will be included in the team after a fitness test).
Younis nearly pulled off a miracle against Shahid Afridi's much stronger Sindh side nearly a fortnight ago, what can he do against Malik's Punjab team which isnt as strong (on paper) as Afridi's side.
It's not long until this game starts but unfortunately it wont be televised and there's no ball by ball coverage either so we'll have to rely on the end of day match reports and scorecards!
Below are the Squads for both teams...
NWFP: Younis Khan (capt), Yasir Hameed (vice-capt), Riffatullah Mohmmand, Wajid Ali, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Riaz Kail, Asad Shafiq, Zulfiqar 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 Khan, Umar Gul (will be included after a fitness test).
Punjab: Shoaib Malik (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq (vice-capt), Kamran Akmal (wk), Naved Latif, Adnan Raza, Ammar Mahmood, Junaid Zia, Wahab Riaz, Waqas Ahmad, Mansoor Amjad, Mohammad Khalil, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Salman (wk), Aizaz Cheema, Kashif Raza, Nasir Jamshed, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Asif (will be included in the team after a fitness test).
