Pakistan: National cricket camp in full swing

Lahore, Dec 18: Players had their match practice for about two hours in the afternoon session of the National Cricket camp here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.

The practice started at 2.30 p.m. Those, who were seen batting were Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Muhammad Wasim, Shahid Afridi, Yousuf Youhanna and Azhar Mahmood. Coach Intikhab Alam supervised the training of the boys along with Azmat Rana. The camp is in full swing.

During the morning session, held between 10:30 am to 12 noon, full attention was given to fielding practice. On Friday four players namely, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Ejaz Ahmad and Abdul Razzaq had batting practice.

From Monday onwards, on the orders of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ad hoc committee chairman, Lt.-Gen. Tauqir Zia, the floodlights of the Gaddafi Stadium will be switched on at 4 pm and the afternoon session will last till 5:30 pm to give opportunity to all the batsmen for batting practice.

Lt.-Gen. Tauqir Zia held discussion with captain Wasim Akram in the ground on Saturday. He was also seen busy discussing important matters with the newly-appointed manager of the Australia-bound Pakistan team Brig (rtd) Khawaja Muhammad Nasir. He also shook hands with all the trainees.

Test opener Aamir Sohail has also been called in the national camp but he will not be included in the team right now. Aamir Sohail did not report in the camp on Saturday. He will be leading the PCB team in the match on Dec 22.