ISLAMABAD – In a show of gratitude, respect and appreciation for theirservices to cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited SriLanka’s Bandula Warnapura and Javed Miandad of Pakistan as special guestsfor the historic Rawalpindi Test, taking place from December 11-15.
Warnapura and Miandad were opposite captains in the first-ever Test betweenthe two countries at Karachi’s National Stadium in March 1982. Pakistan hadwon that Test by 204 runs after scoring 396 and 301-4d. Sri Lanka scored344 and 149.
The two celebrated and respected cricketers will take part in the captains’photo-shoot with the series trophy on December 10, while specialpresentations will be made to them during lunch interval on day one of theTest, said a PCB press release.
PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani said: “I am most grateful to the two distinguishedcricketers for accepting our invitation to attend the historic occasiondespite their busy schedules. This means a lot to Pakistan and its cricketfollowers across the globe.
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“11 December will be a very special day in Pakistan cricket history and itis appropriate that it is celebrated with Bandula Warnapura and JavedMiandad on our side. They are icons of cricket, whose services to the gameare unmatched,” he said.
“The PCB respects and values all its international cricketers and this is asmall token of our love, appreciation and respect for them. The PCB willcontinue to acknowledge and hold similar events for others cricketer as weare now on road to hosting regular international cricket at home,” Maniadded.
