Malik to lead PIA in Quaid Trophy

KARACHI: Former Test Captain Shoaib Malik has been named to lead PIA in the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy starting simultaneously at six centres of the country from Saturday.Deputy General Manager PIA Sports and former Test opener Shoaib Muhammad while announcing the team on Wednesday, said Faisal Iqbal will be Malik’s deputy.Team  will be selected from among the 20 as per the availability of the players from the national duty.
Malik was not considered in the Pakistan team for upcoming series against South Africa starting from October 25 in United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was named skipper of the Pakistan team to take part in Super Sixes to be held in Hong Kong next month.PIA will be facing defending champion Karachi in their opening 4-day league tie at National Stadium.The national carrier has included four members of the colts team including Zia-ul-Haq, Fawad Khan and Maroof Aziz.Moin Khan, Zahid Ahmed (Coaches) and Aqeel Memon (Manager) will be the officials of the team.PIA squad: Khurram Manzoor, Agha Sabir, Kamran Sajid, Asad Shafiq , Shoaib Malik (Captain), Faisal Iqbal (Vice Captain), Sheharyar Ghani, Anwar Ali,  Sarfraz Ahmed, Shezar Muhammad, Anop Ravi (wk), Ali Imran Pasha,  Zia-ul-Haq,  Fawad Khan,  Aizaz Bin Ilyas, Fahad Iqbal, Tahir Khan, Jannisar khan, Maroof Aziz, Noman Alvi – App