Media Release - 30 December 2004

The schedule for the ABN-AMRO Cup is as follows:

Pool A
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
7-Jan	Lahore (B)- Peshawar	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.	Z I Pasha- Nadeem Ghauri	Khalid Niazi	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi(B)- Sialkot	Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot	Siddiq Khan- Zameer Haider	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
	Faisalabad- Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi Cricket, Stadium	Mian Aslam- Nazir jnr	Khateeb Rizwan	Adnan Farooq
9-Jan	Lahore (B)- Karachi (B)	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Nazir jnr- Z I Pasha	Azhar Khan	Najam-us- Saeed
	Sialkot- Faisalabad	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Mian Aslam- Riazuddin	Khalid Niazi	Tahir Suhaib
	Rawalpindi- Peshawar	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Siddiq Khan- Rasheed Bhatti	Saadat Ali	Nadeem Akhtar
11-Jan	Lahore(B)- Rawalpindi	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Saleem Badar- Riazuddin	Saadat Ali	Abdul Hameed
	Karachi(B)- Faisalabad	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Siddiq Khan- Zamir Haider	Khalid Niazi	Tahir Suhaib
	Peshawar- Sialkot	Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot	Mian Aslam- Rasheed Bahtti	Abdul Sami Khan	Azhar Hussain
13-Jan	Lahore(B)- Sailkot	Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot	Saleem Badar- Riazuddin	Abdul Sami Khan	Najam-us- Saeed
	Karachi(B)- Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Mian Aslam- Nazir jnr	Khateeb Rizwan	Shakeel Ahmed
	Faisalabad- Peshawar	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Rasheed Bhatti- Zameer Haider	Saadat Ali	Jaffar Hussain
15-Jan	Lahore (B)- Faisalabad	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Saleem Badar- Riazuddin	Saadat Ali	Tahir Suhaib
	Karachi(B)- Peshawar	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Z I Pasha- Zameer Haider	Khalid Niazi	Nadeem Akhtar
	Rawalpindi- Sialkot	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Nazir jnr- Rasheed Bhatti	Khateeb Rizwan	Adnan Farooq

Pool B
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
7-Jan	Karachi(W)- Hyderabad	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Iftikhar Malik- Ijaz Ahmed	Anwar Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
	Multan- Quetta	National Stadium, Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Taslim Arif	Mohammad Ahsan
9-Jan	Karachi(W)- Quetta	UBL Ground No.1, Karachi	Iftikhar Malik- Ijaz Ahmed	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
	Lahore(W)- Multan	National Stadium, Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Islam Khan	Taslim Arif	Mohammad Ahsan
11-Jan	Lahore(W)- Karachi(W)	National Stadium, Karachi	Afzaal Ahmed- Z I Pasha	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
	Quetta- Hyderabad	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Islam Khan- Ijaz Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Arif Majeed Arif
13-Jan	Lahore(W)- Quetta	National Stadium, Karachi	Islam Khan- Z I Pasha	Taslim Arif	Imran Ali
	Multan- Hyderabad	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Iftikhar Malik- Afzaal Ahmed	Azhar Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
15-Jan	Lahore(W)- Hyderabad	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Afzaal Ahmed- Islam Khan	Azhar Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
	Karachi(W)- Multan	National Stadium, Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Iftikhar Malik	Anwar Khan	Imran Ali

Semifinals
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
18-Jan	1st (Winner of Pool-A - Runner up of Pool-B)	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.	TBA	TBA	TBA
20-Jan	2nd (Winner of Pool-B- Runner up of Pool-A)	Rawalpindi Cricket, Stadium	TBA	TBA	TBA

Final
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
29-Jan	Winner of 1st semi-final- Winner of 2nd semi-final	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	TBA	TBA	TBA

The following matches will be telecast live:

Live Telecast
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee
7-Jan	Multan- Quetta	National Stadium, Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Taslim Arif
9-Jan	Lahore (B)- Karachi (B)	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Nazir jnr- Z I Pasha	Azhar Khan
11-Jan	Lahore(W)- Karachi(W)	National Stadium, Karachi	Afzaal Ahmed- Z I Pasha	Anwar Khan
13-Jan	Faisalabad- Peshawar	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Rasheed Bhatti- Zameer Haider	Saadat Ali
15-Jan	Rawalpind- Sialkot	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Afzaal Ahmed- Islam Khan	Azhar Khan
18-Jan	1st (Winner of Pool-A - Runner up of Pool-B)	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.	TBA	TBA
20-Jan	2nd (Winner of Pool-B- Runner up of Pool-A)	Rawalpindi Cricket, Stadium	TBA	TBA
29-Jan	Winner of 1st semi-final- Winner of 2nd semi-final	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	TBA	TBA

Abbas Zaidi
Director Media/PR/Protocol

(Article: Copyright © 2004 Pakistan Cricket Board)