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Forty-four teams will take part in the National Under-19 Grade-II Cricket Tournament which will begin throughout the country from Sept 1. The draws of the Grade-II were announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday.

Seventeen districts from Punjab (Pool-D), 10 from Sindh (Pool A),ninefrom NWFP, Northern Areas, FATA and AJK(Pool-B)and eight from Balochistan (Pool C) are taking part. Top teams of each pool will qualify for the semi-final and later will play the final to be held from Sept 30 to Oct 2. The venue will be decided later.

Following are the draws of Grade-II (the details are as date, teams, venue, umpires, referee):

Sindh (Pool A):

Sept 1-2: Larkana v Jacobabad at Police Ground, Larkana,Tahir Hassan/Javed Yousuf; Nawabshah v Shikarpur at Nawabshah Stadium, Sadiq Khan/Junaid Ghafoor (Group-I).

Mirpurkhas v Dadu at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Masroor Ali/Atiq Khan; Thatta v Badin at Makli Ground, Thatta, Roohul Hasan/Khalid Mahmood (Group-II).

Sept4-6: Larkana v Shikarpur at Police Ground, Larkana, TahirHassan/Javed Yousuf; Sukkur v Nawabshah at Nawabshah Stadium, SadiqKhan/Junaid Ghafoor (Group-I).

Mirpurkhas v Hyderabad at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Atiq Khan/Imtiaz Iqbal; Thatta v Dadu at Makli Ground, Thatta, Roohul Hasan/Khalid Mahmood (Group-II).

Sept 7-8: Larkana v Nawabshah at Police Ground, Larkana, Tahir Hassan/Junaid Ghafoor; Sukkur v Jacobabad at Nawabshah Stadium, Sadiq Khan/Javed Yousuf (Group-I).

Thatta v Mirpurkhas at Makli Ground, Thatta, Khalid Mahmood/Imtiaz Iqbal; Hyderabad v Badin at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Roohul Hasan/Atiq Khan (Group-II).

Sept 10-11: Larkana v Sukkur at Police Ground, Larkana, TahirHassan/Junaid Ghafoor; Jacobabad v Shikarpur at Nawabshah Stadium, Sadiq Khan/Javed Yousuf (Group-I).

Hyderabad v Dadu at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Khalid Mahmood/Hyder Lehri; Mirpurkhas v Badin at Makli Ground, Thatta, Roohul Hasan/Atiq Khan (Group-II).

Sept 13-14: Sukkur v Shikarpur at Police Ground, Larkana, Tahir Hasan/Sadiq Khan; Nawabshah v Jacobabad at Nawabshah Stadium, Javed Yousuf/Junaid Ghafoor (Group-I).

Hyderabad v Thatta at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Muzaffar Khan/Hyder Lehri; Badin v Dadu at Makli Ground, Thatta, Atiq Khan/Khalid Mahmood.

Sept 17-18: Winners of Group-I v Winners of Group-II.

Balochistan (Pool C):

Sept 1-2: Quetta v Kalat at Bugti Stadium, Quetta, M.H. Dars/Rafiq Ahmed; Pishin v Chaghi at Shola Ground, Quetta, Muzaffar Khan/Rasheed Memon (Group-I).

Sibi v Turbat at Chilton Ground, Quetta, Akbar Khan/Khalid Mahmood; Loralai v Naseerabad at Qasim Stadium, Quetta, Islam Khan/Hyder Lehri (Group-II).

Sept 4-5: Quetta v Pishin at Bugti Stadium, Quetta, M.H. Dars/Rafiq Ahmed; Kalat v Chaghi at Shola Ground, Quetta, Muzaffar Khan/Rasheed Memon (Group-I).

Sibi v Loralai at Chilton Ground, Quetta, Akbar Khan/Khalid Mahmood;Turbat v Naseerabad at Qasim Stadium, Quetta, Afzaal Ahmed/Hyder Lehri (Group-II).

Sept 7-8: Quetta v Chaghi at Shola Ground, Quetta, M.H. Dars/Rafiq Ahmed; Kalat v Pishin at Bugti Stadium, Quetta, Muzaffar Khan/Rasheed Memon (Group-I).

Sibi v Naseerabad at Qasim Stadium, Quetta, Afzaal Ahmed/Hyder Lehri; Turbat v Loralai at Chilton Ground, Quetta, Masroor Ali/Khalid Mahmood (Group-II).

Sept 17-18: Winners of Group-I v Winners of Group-II.

Sept25-27: First semifinal - Winners of Pool 'A' v Winners of Pool 'C'.

NWFP (Pool-B):

Sept 1-2: Mardan v Swat at University Ground, Peshawar, Naushad Khan/Hakeem Shah; Haripur v Northern Areas at University Ground No 2, Peshawar, Nadeem Ghauri/Kaukab Butt (Group-I).

Dera Ismail Khan v Abbottabad at Dera Ismail Khan Stadium, Tariq Cheema/Tassadaq Jamal;Bannu v FATA at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Iqbal Butt/Javed Iqbal (Group-II).

Sept 4-5: Mardan v Haripur at University Ground No 1, Nadeem Khan/HakeemShah; Swat v Northern Areas at University Ground No 2, Peshawar, Kaukab Butt/Talat Farooq (Group-I).

Dera Ismail Khan v FATA at Dera Ismail Khan Stadium, Tariq Cheema/Tassadaq Jamal; Abbottabad v Bannu at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Javed Iqbal/Sajid Afridi (Group-II).

Sept 7-8: Mardan v Northern Areas at University Ground No 1, Peshawar,Naushad Khan/Hakeem Shah; Haripur v Azad Kashmir at University Ground No 2, Peshawar, Kaukab Butt/Talat Farooq (Group-I).

Dera Ismail Khan v Bannu at Dera Ismail Khan Stadium, Tariq Cheema/Tassadaq Jamal; FATA v Abbottabad at Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar, Javed Iqbal/Sajid Afridi (Group-II).

Sept 10-11: Mardan v Azad Jammu and Kashmir at University Ground No 1,Peshawar, Tassadaq Jamal/Hakeem Shah; Swat v Northern Areas at University Ground No 2, Peshawar, Sajjad Asghar/Kaukab Butt (Group-I).

Sept 13 to 14: Swat v Haripur at University Ground No 1, Peshawar,Naushad Khan/Hakeem Shah; Azad Jammu and Kashmir v Northern Areas at Ground No 2, Peshawar, Iqbal Butt/Talat Farooq (Group-I).

Sept 17-18: Winners of Group-I v Winners of Group-II.

Punjab (Pool-D):

Sept 1-2: Multan v Dera Ghazi Khan at Municipal Stadium, Dera Ghazi Khan, Javed Ashraf/Aftab Gillani; Rahim Yar Khan v Rajanpur at Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan, Jamil Kamran/Amin Abbasi (Group-I).

Okara v Kasur at Municipal Stadium, Okara, Ijaz Ahmed/Khurram Aziz;Sahiwal v Vehari at Biscuit Factory Ground, Sahiwal, Ikram Rabbani/Ummar Babary (Group-II).

Attock v Jhelum at Jawad Club, Faisalabad, Abid Naqvi/Pervez Azhar; Mianwali v Jhang at Sports Stadium, Sargodha, Asad Malik/Akmal Hayat (Group-III).

Sialkot v Hafizabad at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Iftikhar Malik/Shahzad Mahboob; Gujrat v Khanewal at Gujrat Stadium, Rasheed Bhatti/Sohail Manzoor (Group-IV).

Sept4-5: Multan v Rahim Yar Khan at MCC Ground, Multan, Javed Ashraf/Aftab Gilani; Dera Ghazi Khan v Rajanpur at Municipal Stadium, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jamil Kamran/Amin Abbasi (Group-I).

Okara v Sahiwal at Municipal Stadium, Okara, Waqar Mughal/Khurram Aziz; Kasur v Vehari at Vehari Stadium, Ikram Rabbani/Masood Khan (Group-II).

Sargodha v Attock at Sports Stadium, Sargodha, Asad Malik/Akram Hayat;Jhelum v Jhang at Jawad Club, Faisalabad, Abid Naqvi/Pervez Azhar (Group-III).

Sialkot v Khanewal at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Rasheed Bhatti/Shahzad Mahboob; Gujrat v Hafizabad at Gujrat Stadium, Z.I Pasha/Sohail Manzoor (Group-IV).

Sept 7-8: Multan v Rajanpur at MCC Ground, Multan, Ikram Rabbani/Javed Ashraf; Rahim Yar Khan v Dera Ghazi Khan at Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan, Jamil Kamran/Amin Abbasi (Group-I).

Okara v Vehari at Vehari Stadium, Vehari at Ehtesham-ul-Haq/Masood Khan; Sahiwal v Kasur at Biscuit Factory Ground, Sahiwal, Nazir Junior/Siddique Khan (Group-II).

Sargodha v Jhang at Sports Stadium, Sargodha, Asad Malik/Akmal Hayat;Jhelum v Mianwali at Jawad Club, Faisalabad, Abid Naqvi/Ahmed Shahab (Group-III).

Sialkot v Gujrat at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Zamir Haider/Ummar Babary;Hafizabad v Khanewal at Gujrat Stadium, Sohail Manzoor/Abid Naqvi (Group-IV).

Sept 10-11: Sargodha v Jhelum at Sports Stadium, Sargodha, Jamil Kamran/Amin Abbasi; Attock v Mianwali at Jawad Club, Faisalabad, Asad Malik/Abid Naqvi (Group-III).

Sept 13-14: Sargodha v Mianwali at Sports Stadium, Sargodha, Jamil Kamran/Amin Abbasi; Attock v Jhang at Jawad Club, Faisalabad, Sohail Manzoor/Ahmed Shahab (Group-III).

Sept 17-18: Winners of Group-I v Winners of Group-II.

Sept 17-18: Winners of Group-III v Winners of Group-IV.

Sept 21-22: Winners of Group-I and II v Winners of Group III and IV.

Sept 25-27: Second semifinal - Winners of Pool 'B' v Winners of Pool 'D'.

Sept 30 to Oct 2: Final.

Note: Both the finalist teams will be promoted to Grade-I for the 2002/2003 season.

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