Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy arrived Kathmandu today afternoon for three one-day matches against Nepal’s national team.
The PCB Academy, that flew in from Bangladesh, will play Nepal on May 8, 9 and 11 at the TU Cricket Ground.
Former Pakistani Test player Ijaz Ahmed is the coach of the team that is led by Khalid Latif. Latif made his debut in the One-Day International (ODI) for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in January this year.
The Pakistani team won a triangular one-day series playing against academy sides of Bangladesh and South Africa. They lost against South Africa by six runs in a league matches and won all other four matches including the final.
They also defeated Bangladesh Academy in two four-day matches by identical margin of eight wickets.
The series is an opportunity for Nepal to prepare for the World Cricket League Division 5 tournament to be held in Jersey later this month.
PCB Academy squad: Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor Khan, Rahil Majid, Wahad Riaz, Mohammad Aamer, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Adil Raza, Naeem Anjum, Ahmed Shehzad, Fawad Alam, Azhar Ali, Syed Imad Wasim, Ali Asad, Anwar Ali Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sheikh Mohammad Asad, Syed Azhar Hussain Zaidi (manager), Ijaz Ahmed (cooch), Saboor Ahmed (trainer), Mohd Adil Iqbal Bajwa (physio) and Umer Farooq Qureshi (analyst).
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