Mohammad Nissar trophy, 07 : Mumbai v Karachi from Sep 8-11

[shailesh]

rediff.com Mumbai, the Ranji Trophy champions, will take on Pakistan's national champions Karachi next month in a four-day cricket match for the prestigious Mohammad Nissar trophy. A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that the match between the domestic cricket champions of India and Pakistan will take place from September 8 to 11 at the National stadium. "It is a match that will also kick off Pakistan's new domestic and international cricket season," the official said. The first match for the Mohammad Nissar trophy was played last year in Dharmasala and the Uttar Pradesh team convincingly beat Sialkot by 316 runs. The Karachi City Cricket Association has also announced a strong side to play against Mumbai led by Test discard, Hasan Raza. The KCCA have also included left hander Asim Kamal in the Karachi line-up. Karachi squad: Hasan Raza, Faisal Iqbal [images], Asim Kamal, Agha Sabir, Khurrum Manzoor, Asif Zakir, Saeed Bin Nasir, Athar Nawaz, Mohtasham Ali, Imran Javed, Amin-ur-Rehman, Malik Aftab, Tanvir Ahmed, Tahir Khan, Azam Hussain and Nauman Alvi. ======== should be an interesting contest between two domestic champions.

[The Outsider]

I think Karachi should win this one. Bombay team is seriously depleted.

[Chandan]

Mumbai team is as follows: Wasim Jaffer (capt), Vinayak Mane, Sahil Kukreja, Hiken Shah, Vinit Indulkar, Abhishek Nair, Omkar Gurav (wk), Avishkar Salvi, Rajesh Verma, Iqbal Abdulla, Vikrant Yelligatti, Prashant Naik, Ajinkya Rahane and Nilesh Kulkarni. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombay does not seem to have a strong team with two of its main pace bowlers doing international duties and their young batting hope busy in ODIs and T20s as well. Even Majumdar is busy playing league cricket in England.

[Guest dada_rocks]

where is kambli

[The Outsider]

Kambli hasn't played any FC cricket since the '04-'05 yaar.

[Chandan]

Kambli se kya hota hai! Mumbai will be missing Sachin, Zaheer, Agarkar, Rohit Sharma and Majumdar. That is half the side!

[Dravid]

sachin is not playing 20-20...he should have played

[Chandan]

He'll be busy in ODIs, no? ODI fixture

[beetle]

Pak team mein bhi to bas Hasan Raza, Faisal Iqbal aur Asim Kamal hee to top players hain... I say Mumbai will rock!

[Dravid]

o damn.. eng odi's end on sept 8th..

[Guest BossBhai]

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[zubinpepsi]

you forgot "The Whale" :D

news frm northampton: all the matches have been cancelled at this ground for a year cuz of the damage caused by the whale while fielding on saturday 18th Aug.. the whale apprently caused severe damage on the outfiled when throwing its weight while doing ground fielding..the damage is estimated to b 4million pounds.

[Chandan]

you forgot "The Whale" :D

:D OK. So that makes it 6 members: Sachin, Majumdar, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer, Agarkar and Powar!! It is more than half the side!

[Ram]

news frm northampton: all the matches have been cancelled at this ground for a year cuz of the damage caused by the whale while fielding on saturday 18th Aug.. the whale apprently caused severe damage on the outfiled when throwing its weight while doing ground fielding..the damage is estimated to b 4million pounds.

:haha:

[Chandan]

:D OK. So that makes it 6 members: Sachin, Majumdar, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer, Agarkar and Powar!! It is more than half the side!

And now Jaffer is out as well Posted online: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 0000 hours IST Mumbai: The Mumbai cricket team scheduled to play in the Mohammed Nissar Trophy against Karachi Urban in Pakistan next month received a set-back with skipper Wasim Jaffer dropping out due to an injured knee. With Amol Muzumdar committed to club cricket in England, the Indian Test opener had been appointed captain last week. “Wasim will not go to Pakistan, he had called and told us about his knee injury on Sunday. He needs at least five weeks to recover fully,” Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint-secretary Hemant Waingankar told The Indian Express. The stylish opener will be replaced by middle-order batsman Bhavin Thakkar. The new captain will be named on Tuesday, according to Waingankar. Left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni has the experience of leading the team before and seems to be the best bet. “Having Jaffer makes a huge difference. But last year too we were without key players and managed to win, so we’re hoping for the same,” Mumbai coach Praveen Amre said. --------------------------------------------------------- Hasn't Kulkarni joined ICL?

[Aditi]

Kambli se kya hota hai! Mumbai will be missing Sachin, Zaheer, Agarkar, Rohit Sharma and Majumdar. That is half the side!

Zaheer doesn't even play for Mumbai.

[The Outsider]

Zaheer doesn't even play for Mumbai.

He does now. I think he moved last season from Maharashtra.

[Aditi]

Ah okay, must have missed that. My bad...thanks for clarifying. It's weird, cuz according to his profile on Cricinfo:

Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Asia XI, Baroda, Surrey, Worcestershire

[Cricketics]

Ah okay, must have missed that. My bad...thanks for clarifying. It's weird, cuz according to his profile on Cricinfo:

he even played ranji trophy final recenty which was against bengal..

[MundaPakistani]

Over the years most of the great bowlers have come from Punjab and looking at this Karachi bowling line up i feel that the trend wont be changing soon.