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LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced the programme of country wide trials for the selection of teams to take part in the Quaid-i-Azam Cup and Trophy Cricket tournaments which will commence from February 8.

The one-day matches will be followed up by the four-day first-class matches.

Nine regions of the country including Multan, Lahore, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Peshawar and Quetta will take part in the competition.

The trials for the selection of regional teams will commence from January 26. The four-member regional selection committee will comprise a national senior/junior selector, who will be the chairman of the regional selection committee, a PCB nominated coach, PCA nominate player and PCA nominated member. The selectors will pick 20 players each for their respective regions, said a spokesman of the PCB here Friday.

However, Hyderabad and Quetta teams will be entitled to field a maximum of five guest players. Cricketers, who have performed well in the Inter-District tournaments and Under-19 Inter-District and Inter-Regional competitions, will be invited for the trials. He said it has been made mandatory for Pakistan senior and junior players to appear in, at least, the initial round matches of the Quaid-i-Azam Cup and Trophy.

The following is the schedule of trials:

(Quetta Region: January 26-27) Venue: Shola Ground. National Selector: Abdul Raqib. PCB Coach: Raj Hans. PCA nominated player: Taslim Arif. PCA nominated member: Salman Tahir.

(Multan Region: January 26-27) Venue: Multan Cricket Stadium. National Selector: Azhar Khan. PCB Coach: Ali Zia/Nazir Junior. PCA nominated player: Arif Butt. PCA nominated member: Naveed Anjum.

(Lahore Region: January 26-27) Venue: LCCA ground. National Selector: Sultan Rana. PCB coach: Shahid Aslam. PCA nominated player: Shafqat Rana. PCA nominated member: Tahir Shah.

(Islamabad/Rawalpindi Region: January 26-27) Venue: KRL Stadium. National Selector: Iqbal Qasim. PCB coach: Sahib Azhar. PCA nominated player: Ashraf Ali. PCA nominated member: Khurshed Akhtar.

(Sialkot: January 26-27) Venue), Jinnah Stadium. National Selector: Ehtshamuddin. PCB coach: Mohsin Kamal/Manzoor Elahi. PCA nominated player: Azmat Rana. PCA nominated member: Fazal Gillani.

(Faisalabad Region: January 29-30) Venue: Iqbal Stadium. National Selector: Iqbal Qasim. PCB coach: Mansoor Rana/Wasim Haider. PCA nominated player: Mohammad Ilyas. PCA nominated member: Jalal Akbar Khan.

(Karachi Region: January 28-29) Venue: PCB Regional Academy. National Selector: Wasim Bari. PCB coach: Sadiq Mohammad. PCA nominated player: Aftab Baloch. PCA nominated member: Asif Ahmed.

(Hyderabad Region: January 30-31) Venue: Niaz Stadium. National Selector: Abdul Raqib. PCB coach: Mansoor Akhtar. PCA nominated player: Iqbal Sheikh. PCA nominated member: Anwar-ul-Haq.

(Peshawar Region: January 30-31) Venue: Arbab Niaz Stadium. National Selector: Maazullah Khan. PCB coach: Farrukh Zaman. PCA nominated player: Javed Akhtar. PCA nominated member: Ishtiaque Ahmed.