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Having decided a continuous cricket history was too restrictive I am now just going to play different series from throughout history, leaping through time as I see fit.
The first tour I will cover is one of my favourite, an India tour of Pakistan in 2003/4.
I increased the length of the tour to 6 Tests and added some practice games to the schedule, I also increased the size of the India squad.
I will be using the Injury Rules from the Welcome Back to the West Indies set, and Enhanced New Ball Rules, and ignoring the too frequent in game Injuries.

India Tour Of Pakistan 2003/4 - Schedule

4 day match v Pakistan Board President's XI at Lahore
4 day match v PCB XI at Rawalpindi
4 day match v Pakistan A at Karachi
1st Test v Pakistan at Peshawar
2nd Test v Pakistan at Multan
4 day match v BCCP XI at Faisalabad
3rd Test v Pakistan at Lahore
4 day match v PCB Patron's XI at Peshawar
4th Test v Pakistan at Karachi
4 day match v BCCP President's XI at Multan
5th Test v Pakistan at Rawalpindi
4 day match v Punjab Governor's XI at Lahore
6th Test v Pakistan at Faisalabad
50 over match v Pakistan A at Lahore
1st ODI v Pakistan at Karachi
2nd ODI v Pakistan at Rawapindi
3rd ODI v Pakistan at Multan
4th ODI v Pakistan at Lahore
5th ODI v Pakistan at Peshawar
6th ODI v Pakistan at Karachi
7th ODI v Pakistan at Lahore
1st T20I v Pakistan at Rawalpindi
2nd T20I v Pakistan at Lahore
3rd T20I v Pakistan at Karachi
4th T20I v Pakistan at Peshawar
5th T20I v Pakistan at Multan
6th T20I v Pakistan at Lahore
7th T20I v Pakistan at Karachi

India Tour of Pakistan 2003/4 - India Squad

V.Sehwag
A.S.Chopra
W.Jaffer
R.S.Dravid (vc)
S.R.Tendulkar
S.C.Ganguly
V.V.S.Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
M.Kaif
H.K.Badani
P.A.Patel (wk)
I.K.Pathan
A.B.Agarkar
Harbhajan Singh
A.Kumble
R.R.Powar
M.Kartik
Z.Khan
L.Balaji
A.Nehra

 

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Match Preview

Pitch: (1999-2005) - 99 - Hard and rather bumpy, this wicket should help the pace bowlers early on.
Torrential rain for three days has been followed by a three week drought and beneath the hard crust here is probably a layer of moist soil.
If the surface goes through aw seems likely the spinners may be able to exploit the damage later in the match. Batting is not going to be easy at any time in this match.
Day 1 Starting Pitch: 6A - Hard Pitch with Excessive Bounce
Day 1 Weather: 4 - Cloudy, Some Sunny Intervals

Pakistan Board President's XI

Saleem Elahi
Imran Nazir
Shadab Kabir
Misbah-ul-Haq
Hasan Raza
Shahid Afridi
Rashid Latif (wk) (c)
Shahid Nazir
Fazl-e-Akbar
Mushtaq Ahmed
Arshad Khan

Indians:

W.Jaffer
A.S.Chopra
V.V.S.Laxman
S.C.Ganguly (c)
Yuvraj Singh
M.Kaif
P.A.Patel (wk)
Harbhajan Singh
M.Kartik
Z.Khan
L.Balaji


Gaddafi Stadium. Lahore, hosts the 1st match of the tour

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Indians 1st Innings

Half centuries to VVS Laxman, Saurav Ganguly, and Harbhajan Singh gave the Indians a solid 1st Innings total of 329 all out.
Laxman top scored with 83 in the Number 3 position as the Pakistan Board President's XI spinners shared 8 wickets.
Legspinner Shahid Afridi and offspinner Arshad Khan enjoyed the extra turn on offer to take 3 wickets apiece.

Indians 1st Innings 329/10 All Out (Overs 114.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
W Jaffer	c Shadab Kabir	b Shahid Nazir	4	12	9	0	0
AS Chopra	c Saleem Elahi	b Arshad Khan	26	89	54	0	0
VVS Laxman	c Mushtaq Ahmed	b Shahid Afridi	83	127	126	11	0
SC Ganguly*		b Shahid Afridi	56	130	129	5	0
Yuvraj Singh	lbw	b Mushtaq Ahmed	10	24	22	0	0
M Kaif		b Shahid Afridi	28	90	80	0	0
PA Patel+	lbw	b Shahid Nazir	4	15	16	0	0
Harbhajan Singh		b Mushtaq Ahmed	54	156	133	3	0
M Kartik		b Arshad Khan	24	124	97	1	1
Z Khan	c Imran Nazir	b Arshad Khan	11	30	21	0	1
L Balaji	not out		3	11	10	0	0
extras		(b14 lb0 w4 nb8)	26
TOTAL		10 wickets for	329

FOW
1-8(W Jaffer) 2-79(AS Chopra) 3-133(VVS Laxman) 4-157(Yuvraj Singh)
5-212(SC Ganguly) 6-222(PA Patel) 7-231(M Kaif) 8-312(M Kartik)
9-312(Harbhajan Singh) 10-329(Z Khan)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Shahid Nazir	23	3	62	2
Fazl-e-Akbar	21	2	70	0
Arshad Khan	30.1	11	65	3
Mushtaq Ahmed	23	4	67	2
Shahid Afridi	13	3	33	3
Shadab Kabir	4	0	18	0

VVS Laxman top scored for the Indians with 83

 

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Pakistan Board President's XI 1st Innings

Misbah-ul-Haq played a lone hand of 92 as the home side posted a 1st innings total of 218 to trail the Indians by 111 runs late on Day 2.
The Indian bowlers shared the wickets around with each of the 6 bowlers used chipping in, Yuvraj Singh finishing with 3 wickets after an expensive start.

Pakistan Board President's XI 1st Innings 218/10 All Out (Overs 70.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Saleem Elahi	c SC Ganguly	b Z Khan	11	42	30	0	0
Imran Nazir	c SC Ganguly	b L Balaji	23	57	45	2	0
Shadab Kabir		b L Balaji	3	30	16	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c VVS Laxman	b M Kartik	92	132	123	11	0
Hasan Raza	st PA Patel	b SC Ganguly	12	20	13	0	0
Shahid Afridi	c PA Patel	b SC Ganguly	0	3	1	0	0
Rashid Latif*+	c PA Patel	b Harbhajan Singh	31	73	64	2	1
Shahid Nazir		b Yuvraj Singh	18	50	46	2	0
Fazl-e-Akbar	c VVS Laxman	b Yuvraj Singh	3	24	23	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed	c W Jaffer	b Yuvraj Singh	10	41	40	0	0
Arshad Khan	not out		7	33	30	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb7)	8
TOTAL		10 wickets for	218

FOW
1-30(Saleem Elahi) 2-36(Imran Nazir) 3-48(Shadab Kabir) 4-72(Hasan Raza)
5-72(Shahid Afridi) 6-162(Rashid Latif) 7-186(Misbah-ul-Haq) 8-199(Fazl-e-Akbar)
9-202(Shahid Nazir) 10-218(Mushtaq Ahmed)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Z Khan	10	1	26	1
L Balaji	10	1	27	2
SC Ganguly	8	1	33	2
Harbhajan Singh	21	4	64	1
M Kartik	12	7	21	1
Yuvraj Singh	9.3	1	47	3

Misbah-ul-Haq top scored for the home side with 92

 

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Indians 2nd Innings

Half centuries to VVS Laxman and Mohammad Kaif and an unbeaten hundred to captain Saurav Ganguly set up a 4th innings target of 430 on a pitch offering increasing help to spin.

Indians 2nd Innings 318/4 Declared (Overs 89.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
W Jaffer		b Arshad Khan	46	115	83	4	0
AS Chopra	c Rashid Latif	b Fazl-e-Akbar	8	24	24	0	0
VVS Laxman		b Shahid Afridi	71	105	91	7	0
SC Ganguly*	not out		108	188	177	10	0
Yuvraj Singh	c Shahid Nazir	b Arshad Khan	31	44	47	4	0
M Kaif	not out		51	127	117	2	0
PA Patel+	dnb
Harbhajan Singh	dnb
M Kartik	dnb
Z Khan	dnb
L Balaji	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb2)	3
TOTAL		4 wickets for	318

FOW
1-16(AS Chopra) 2-122(W Jaffer) 3-132(VVS Laxman) 4-192(Yuvraj Singh)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Shahid Nazir	15	1	56	0
Fazl-e-Akbar	14.2	1	54	1
Arshad Khan	26	4	80	2
Mushtaq Ahmed	17	3	63	0
Shahid Afridi	11	1	46	1
Shadab Kabir	6	0	19	0

Saurav Ganguly leaves the field after completing an unbeaten hundred

 

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Pakistan Board President's XI 2nd Innings

Imran Nazir top scored with 70 in the Pakistan Board President's XI 2nd Innings as Harbhajan Singh claimed 7-63 with his offspin to wrap up a 222 run for the visitors.
Saurav Ganguly was named Man of the Match after an excellent allround game.

Pakistan Board President's XI 2nd Innings 207/10 All Out (Overs 76.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Saleem Elahi	c VVS Laxman	b L Balaji	6	21	18	0	0
Imran Nazir		b Harbhajan Singh	70	189	149	3	0
Shadab Kabir	c Yuvraj Singh	b Harbhajan Singh	38	93	77	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c AS Chopra	b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	2	0	0
Hasan Raza	c AS Chopra	b Harbhajan Singh	31	52	48	4	0
Shahid Afridi	c Yuvraj Singh	b Harbhajan Singh	0	6	6	0	0
Rashid Latif*+	not out		41	93	90	2	0
Shahid Nazir	lbw	b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	2	0	0
Fazl-e-Akbar	c AS Chopra	b M Kartik	8	35	35	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed	c Yuvraj Singh	b M Kartik	2	24	22	0	0
Arshad Khan		b Harbhajan Singh	4	15	15	0	0
extras		(b3 lb0 w0 nb4)	7
TOTAL		10 wickets for	207

FOW
1-15(Saleem Elahi) 2-86(Shadab Kabir) 3-86(Misbah-ul-Haq) 4-144(Hasan Raza)
5-147(Shahid Afridi) 6-154(Imran Nazir) 7-154(Shahid Nazir) 8-182(Fazl-e-Akbar)
9-198(Mushtaq Ahmed) 10-207(Arshad Khan)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Z Khan	12	1	30	0
L Balaji	10	2	35	1
SC Ganguly	4	1	15	0
Harbhajan Singh	24.4	1	63	7
M Kartik	17	7	26	2
Yuvraj Singh	9	0	35	0

Harbhajan Singh celebrates a wicket on his way to 7-63

 

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Pakistan Board President's XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Lahore - 2003/4 - Match Summary

Pitch: 99 (6A,3,7,8A,8)
Weather: 4,3,3,2
Toss: Indians
Indians won by 222 runs
Man of the Match: S.C.Ganguly

Indians 329 all out (V.V.S.Laxman 83, S.C.Ganguly 56, Harbhajan Singh 54; Arshad Khan 3-65, Shahid Afridi 3-33)
Pakistan Board President's XI 218 all out (Misbah-ul-Haq 92, Rashid Latif 31; Yuvraj Singh 3-47)
Indians 318/4 declared (W.Jaffer 46, V.V.S.Laxman 71, S.C.Ganguly 108*; Yuvraj Singh 31, M.Kaif 51*)
Pakistan Board President's XI 207 all out (Imran Nazir 70, Shadab Kabir 38, Hasan Raza 31, Rashid Latif 41*; Harbhajan Singh 7-63)


Indians captain Saurav Ganguly was named Man of the Match

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - Match Preview

Pitch: (1998-2005) - 63 - This looks a poorly prepared track hardly fit to stage a one day game and certainly not a Test match.
The pitch is hard and bumpy, promising all sorts of problems for the batsmen, and it is already showing signs of cracking.
The fast bowlers will relish bowling on such a helpful surface but any further damage will produce a wicket on which all types of bowler will pose problems.
Day 1 Starting Pitch: 6A - Hard Pitch with Excessive Bounce
Day 1 Weather: 4 - Cloudy, Some Sunny Intervals

PCB XI

Khurram Manzoor
Salman Butt (c)
Yasir Hameed
Mohammad Wasim
Mohammad Ayub
Azhar Mahmood
Mohammad Salman (wk)
Naved-ul-Hasan
Abdur Rehman
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Asif

Indians:

V.Sehwag
A.S.Chopra
R.S.Dravid (c)
S.R.Tendulkar
H.K.Badani
P.A.Patel (wk)
I.K.Pathan
A.B.Agarkar
A.Kumble
R.R.Powar
A.Nehra


Pindi Club, Rawalpindi, hosts a 4 day match between PCB XI and the Indians

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - PCB XI 1st Innings

PCB XI captain Salman Butt made a hundred and 4 other batsman made half centuries in a first innings total of 452 all out.
Offspinner Ramesh Powar was the best of the bowlers with 3 wickets as the seamers struggled on a pitch which didn't help them.

PCB XI 1st Innings 452/10 All Out (Overs 138.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Khurram Manzoor		b SR Tendulkar	61	100	75	6	0
Salman Butt*		b IK Pathan	100	229	197	5	0
Yasir Hameed		b A Kumble	56	113	114	6	0
Mohammad Wasim		b IK Pathan	42	78	76	3	0
Mohammad Ayub	c HK Badani	b RR Powar	71	168	141	8	0
Azhar Mahmood	c AS Chopra	b A Nehra	69	196	141	5	0
Mohammad Salman+		b V Sehwag	1	10	13	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	c PA Patel	b RR Powar	5	13	12	0	0
Abdur Rehman	c AS Chopra	b RR Powar	8	25	25	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	not out		12	48	43	0	0
Mohammad Asif	c PA Patel	b A Nehra	0	5	1	0	0
extras		(b18 lb0 w4 nb5)	27
TOTAL		10 wickets for	452

FOW
1-116(Khurram Manzoor) 2-232(Yasir Hameed) 3-240(Salman Butt) 4-295(Mohammad Wasim)
5-390(Mohammad Ayub) 6-397(Mohammad Salman) 7-408(Naved-ul-Hasan)
8-425(Abdur Rehman) 9-448(Azhar Mahmood) 10-452(Mohammad Asif)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
IK Pathan	25	1	84	2
AB Agarkar	21	2	78	0
A Nehra	21.1	2	83	2
A Kumble	32	6	86	1
RR Powar	23	7	54	3
SR Tendulkar	7	2	21	1
V Sehwag	6	0	15	1
HK Badani	3	0	13	0

PCB XI captain Salman Butt scored a hundred

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - a Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - Indians 1st Innings

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar made half centuries in the Indians first innings total of 235 all out.
Offspinner Saeed Ajmal took 5-53 on a helpful surface and right arm fast medium bowler Mohammad Asif gave him strong support with 3 wickets.
PCB XI captain Salman Butt elected to bat again rather than enforce the follow on despite his team leading by 217 runs.

Indians 1st Innings 235/10 All Out (Overs 70.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
V Sehwag	c Mohammad Ayub	b Mohammad Asif	82	121	104	8	3
AS Chopra		b Azhar Mahmood	8	26	15	0	0
RS Dravid*		b Azhar Mahmood	0	4	2	0	0
SR Tendulkar		b Saeed Ajmal	67	125	101	3	0
HK Badani	lbw	b Saeed Ajmal	0	3	4	0	0
PA Patel+	lbw	b Saeed Ajmal	0	15	9	0	0
IK Pathan		b Saeed Ajmal	22	59	46	2	0
AB Agarkar	c Mohammad Salman	b Saeed Ajmal	0	6	4	0	0
A Kumble	not out		39	104	94	2	0
RR Powar	lbw	b Mohammad Asif	0	19	14	0	0
A Nehra	c Abdur Rehman	b Mohammad Asif	8	44	37	0	0
extras		(b3 lb0 w2 nb4)	9
TOTAL		10 wickets for	235

FOW
1-29(AS Chopra) 2-29(RS Dravid) 3-135(V Sehwag) 4-135(HK Badani) 5-151(PA Patel)
6-162(SR Tendulkar) 7-170(AB Agarkar) 8-201(IK Pathan) 9-206(RR Powar)
10-235(A Nehra)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Mohammad Asif	20.4	1	62	3
Naved-ul-Hasan	9	1	37	0
Azhar Mahmood	9	1	35	2
Saeed Ajmal	21	5	53	5
Abdur Rehman	11	0	45	0

PCB XI offspinner Saeed Ajmal took 5-53

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - PCB XI 2nd Innings

Salman Butt added 76 to his first innings 100 as PCB carried their lead to 391 before being dismissed shortly before Stumps on Day 3.
Left arm fast medium bowler Irfan Pathan and legspinner Anil Kumble found form for the visitors as they shared 7 wickets.

PCB XI 2nd Innings 174/10 All Out (Overs 68.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Khurram Manzoor		b IK Pathan	3	12	13	0	0
Salman Butt*		b IK Pathan	76	185	149	6	0
Yasir Hameed	c AS Chopra	b IK Pathan	12	48	31	1	0
Mohammad Wasim	c AB Agarkar	b A Kumble	6	34	34	0	0
Mohammad Ayub	c PA Patel	b A Kumble	17	29	23	2	0
Azhar Mahmood		b IK Pathan	32	66	63	4	0
Mohammad Salman+	st PA Patel	b RR Powar	5	34	19	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	c PA Patel	b AB Agarkar	0	4	3	0	0
Abdur Rehman		b A Nehra	6	29	26	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	not out		8	35	28	0	0
Mohammad Asif		c&b A Kumble	7	23	24	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb2)	2
TOTAL		10 wickets for	174

FOW
1-4(Khurram Manzoor) 2-40(Yasir Hameed) 3-56(Mohammad Wasim) 4-86(Mohammad Ayub)
5-137(Salman Butt) 6-148(Azhar Mahmood) 7-149(Naved-ul-Hasan)
8-157(Mohammad Salman) 9-159(Abdur Rehman) 10-174(Mohammad Asif)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
IK Pathan	12	4	22	4
AB Agarkar	10	1	35	1
A Nehra	11	1	32	1
A Kumble	18.3	5	34	3
RR Powar	10	2	28	1
SR Tendulkar	3	1	6	0
V Sehwag	2	0	9	0
HK Badani	2	0	8	0

Left arm fast medium bowler Irfan Pathan took 4-22 for the visitors

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - Indians 2nd Innings

On a wicket which was Breaking Up the Indians had little chance of survival and were eventually all out for 144 to lose to the PCB XI by 247 runs.
Left arm spinner Abdur Rehman took 4-18 to hasten the visitors slide, with Salman Butt named Man of the Match for his excellent double with the bat.

Indians 2nd Innings 144/10 All Out (Overs 52.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
V Sehwag		b Mohammad Asif	24	17	22	3	0
AS Chopra	c Yasir Hameed	b Azhar Mahmood	8	66	39	1	0
RS Dravid*		b Azhar Mahmood	12	40	31	0	0
SR Tendulkar	c Azhar Mahmood	b Mohammad Asif	32	85	67	1	0
HK Badani	c Azhar Mahmood	b Abdur Rehman	11	29	22	1	0
PA Patel+		b Saeed Ajmal	0	3	2	0	0
IK Pathan		b Abdur Rehman	25	88	81	1	0
AB Agarkar	lbw	b Saeed Ajmal	0	5	1	0	0
A Kumble	not out		26	58	35	0	1
RR Powar	lbw	b Abdur Rehman	0	3	2	0	0
A Nehra		b Abdur Rehman	2	12	15	0	0
extras		(b1 lb0 w2 nb1)	4
TOTAL		10 wickets for	144

FOW
1-25(V Sehwag) 2-46(RS Dravid) 3-47(AS Chopra) 4-75(HK Badani) 5-75(PA Patel)
6-100(SR Tendulkar) 7-100(AB Agarkar) 8-130(IK Pathan) 9-130(RR Powar)
10-144(A Nehra)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Mohammad Asif	13	3	41	2
Naved-ul-Hasan	10	0	44	0
Azhar Mahmood	10	0	24	2
Saeed Ajmal	10	5	16	2
Abdur Rehman	9.2	2	18	4

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Left arm spinner Abdur Rehman took 4-18

 

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PCB XI v Indians - 4 day match - at Rawalpindi - 2003/4 - Match Summary

Pitch: (1999-2005) - 63 - (6A,7,9,10)
Weather: 4,3,6,4
Toss; PCB XI
PCB XI won by 247 runs
Man of the Match: Salman Butt

PCB XI 452 all out (Khurram Manzoor 61, Salman Butt 100, Yasir Hameed 56, Mohammad Wasim 42, Mohammad Ayub 71, Azhar Mahmood 69; R.R.Powar 3-54)
Indians 235 all out (V.Sehwag 82, S.R.Tendulkar 67, A.Kumble 39*; Mohammad Asif 3-62, Saeed Ajmal 5-53)
PCB XI 174 all out (Salman Butt 76, Azhar Mahmood 32; I.K.Pathan 4-22, A.Kumble 3-34)
Indians 144 all out (S.R.Tendulkar 32; Abdur Rehman 4-18)


PCB XI captain Salman Butt was named Man of the Match