Under-19 to Meet Australia in ODIs at Mirpur Azad Kashmir
Pakistan Times Sports Desk

MIRPUR (AJK): Pakistan’s Under-19 will meet their Australian counterpart in two one-day international cricket matches at Quaid-e-Azam International Sports Stadium in Mirpur, Azad Jammu Kashmir, on Oct 10 and 12, it was officially stated here Wednesday.

“Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will host both the matches with the coordination of Mirpur Divisional and District Administrations and Mirpur Development Authority”, Chairman MDA Sardar Muhammad Rahim Khan told 'Pakistan Times' [Daily Web Newspaper] at a meeting held here to review the security and other arrangements for holding the schedule ODIs in a befitting manner.

The meeting was attended by senior MDA, district administration and AJK Cricket Board officials besides security officials including Director MDA Raja Jalil Ahmed.

ASP Sheheryar briefed the meeting about the security arrangements for the safety of players.

Sardar Rahim continued that both the scheduled ODI cricket matches would be the mega events in cricket history of Mirpur that would help to promote the first class cricket in the area.

The MDA Chairman said that a six-member team of Australian Cricket team include Paul Marsh, Chief Executive Officer Australian Cricket Association, Geoffery Allardic, Danryl Foster, Team Manager Stephen Barnard, both team managers, Micheal Braon, General Manager Cricket Operation and Reginald Dickson, Security Manager of the Australian Cricket team will be visiting Mirpur on Wednesday to review and assess the arrangements for holding of the scheduled one-day contests between Under-19 teams of Australia and Pakistan here.

He said that during stay the Australian cricket managers will visit local Quaid-i-Azam Sports Stadium, the venue of the scheduled ODIs besides attending meetings with the local organizers to discuss and review the arrangements for holding of the scheduled contests in a appropriate manner.

Three matches of global repute have so far been played at the Quaid-e-Azam Sports Stadium Mirpur.

The matches played so far included exhibition benefit match between Pakistan Cricketers-XI and Film Star-XI for Tsunami victims in Spring 2005, one-day match between County-Cricket-XI and Veterans-XI on November 9, last year for the benefit of October 2005-earthquake victims and the first class cricket contest under Pakistan Under-19 championship played this year.●