Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday announced the 15-member Pakistan U-16 cricket team and team management for three One Days and three T-20 matches' series against Australia U-16 team in the UAE. The three-match One Day series will be played on January 9, 11 and 13, 2017, respectively, at the ICC Academy in the UAE. Similarly, the 3-match T-20 series will commence from January 15, followed by second T20 on January 16 and third T20 on January 18, 2017 at the ICC Academy.

The Pakistan U-16 cricket team is comprised of Aarish Ali Khan (Captain), Mohammad Taha, Ziad Khan, Saqib Jamil, Abdul Hadi, Rohail Nazir (Vice-Captain), Mohammad Talha Mehmood, Hasant Abbas, Mashal Khan, Zain Bin Farooq (wicket keeper), Mehran Mumtaz, Moeen Parvaiz, Muhammad Imran, Abdullah Manzoor and Naseem Shah.

There will be five reserve players who are: Hasnain Hussain, Danish Sarhadi (wicket keeper), Mohammad Junaid Khan, Mohammad Usman Rahim and Muhammad Junaid. Taimoor Khan has been named as team Manager cum head coach while Masroor Ahmed as assistant coach, Imranullah trainer and Iftikhar named as physiotherapist. The Pakistan U-16 cricket team will leave here for Dubai on January 6, a PCB spokesman said.

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