Quaid-i-Azam Trophy probables announced

The Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA) on Tuesday finalised a list of 25 players to be submitted with the Pakistan Cricket Board for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.

Following two days of trials at the Fatima Jinnah Park, the chairman of ICA, Syed Mansur Ahmed announced the following players:

Bilal Asad, Irfan Bhatti, Azhar Mahmood, Ali Naqvi, Nadeem Hussain, Saeed Anwar Jnr, Saeed Ajmal, Stephen John, Rao Iftikhar, Asif Ali Saeed, Ashar Zaidi, Tauseef Satti, Naseer Ahmed, Ali Raza, Rauf Akbar, Anwarul Haq, Atif Ashraf Qureshi, Abdul Qayum, Shahid Iqbal, Ishtiaq Rabbani, Waseem Akhtar, Hashim Khan, M. Zahid, Sajid Mahmood, Yasir Javed.

The chairman also named Qaiser Hussain, Mustafa Bashir and Fazeel Ahmed as the reserves.

The boys have been directed to report to ICA secretary Irfan Manzur on Wednesday alongwith their photographs and their identity cards and a proof of their residence. Meanwhile, in accordance with the new policy of the PCB that allows the associations to include any under-19 player in the playing XI for the Quaid Trophy, the ICA named the following youngsters:

Raheel Majeed, Farrukh Hayat, Rashid AMin Butt, Muhammad Altaf, Shakir Mahmood, Talat Hussain, Saifur rehman, Muhammad Shahzad, Jawad Hassan, Ameer Khan, Raja Kashif.

The Rawalpindi Cricket Association (RCA) meanwhile shortlisted 52 players. Their team for the Quaid Trophy will be announced after a series of matches.

The probables: Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Waseem, Nasir Ahmed, Asif Mahmood, Shahid Javed, Arif Butt, Pervez Aziz, Mujahid Hameed, Tassawar Hussain, Babar Naeem, Hasham Iqbal, Nauman Aman, Shah Faisal, Waseem Ahmed, Maqsood Aslam, Muhammad Saleem, Mazhar Abbas, Raja Jahanzeb, Zahid Khan, Ehsan Khan, Makhdoom Shah, Ziaul Haq, M. Sultan, Sohail Nasir, M. Yaqoob.

Fast bowlers: Shoaib Akhtar, Naeem Akhtar, Yasir Arafat, Azhar Bhatti, Muhammad Fayyaz, Shahid Mahmood, Zaheer Ahmed, Ziaul Haq, Zaheeruddin Babar, Sahd Altaf, Junaid Zia, Najaf Shah, Shakeel Nawaz, Tahawar, M. Afzal, Yasir Ashfaq.

Spinners: Shakeel Ahmed, Jawad Hameed, Sheraz Khalid, Iftikhar Mahmood, Ayaz Akbar, Riasat Mahmood, Munir Ansari.

Wicketkeepers: Nadeem Abbasi, Muhammad Zubair, Mehboob Rasheed, SM Suleman.