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Monday, October 03, 2011

Squads and officials released for Afghanistan v UAE

Afghanistan will take on United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 5-8 October in the second-round fixture of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Sharjah.The home side, in this instance Afghanistan, which plays its home fixtures in the UAE, will be led by Nowroz Mangal, while UAE will be under the captaincy of Khurram Khan in this fixture that will complete the second round of the tournament.Afghanistan and UAE are also scheduled to play two games as part of the Associate and Affiliate 50-over League on 10 and 12 October. ICC Regional Match Referee Graeme Le Brooy will be overseeing both the Intercontinental Cup fixture and the 50-over matches.Squads and match officials for Afghanistan v UAE, Second Round Intercontinental Cup, 5 to 8 October, SharjahAFGHANISTAN (squad): Nowroz Mangal (captain), Mohammed Nabi, Mohammad Stanikzai, Mohameed Shahzad, Javid Ahmadi, Samiullah Shinwari, Karim Sadiq, Hamid Hassan, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Dollat Zadran, Izzatullah Dawlatzai, Amir Hamza HotakUAE (squad): Khurram Khan (captain), Arshad Ali, Swapnil Patil, Amjad Ali, Palekar Hamid, Vikrant Shetty, Amjad Javed, Fayyaz Ahmed, Ahmed Raza, Shadeep Silva, Shoiab Sarwar, Ramveer Rai, Abdul Rehman, Asadullah ShareefUmpires: Buddhi Pradhan of the ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel and Ahsan Raza of the Emirates International Panel of ICC UmpiresMatch referee: Graeme Le BrooySquads and match officials for Afghanistan v UAE, Associate and Affiliate 50-over League, 10 and 12 October, SharjahAFGHANISTAN (squad): Nowroz Mangal (captain), Mohammed Nabi, Mohammad Stanikzai, Mohameed Shahzad, Javid Ahmadi, Samiullah Shinwari, Karim Sadiq, Hamid Hassan, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Dollat Zadran, Izzatullah Dawlatzai, Amir Hamza HotakUAE (squad): Khurram Khan (captain), Amjad Javed, Arshad Ali, Faizan Asif, Shoiab Sarwar, Palekar Hamid, Shadeep Silva, Vikrant Shetty, Asadullah Shareef, Shaiman Anwar, Fayyaz Ahmed, Rohan Mustafa, Ahmed Raza, Amjad AliUmpires: Buddhi Pradhan of the ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel and Ahsan Raza of the Emirates International Panel of ICC UmpiresMatch referee: Graeme Le Brooy