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Brendan Taylor

Harare Bureau
NATIONAL Test team captain Brendan Taylor has been selected for a star-studded World XI team to play against an Asia XI team at the Eid Twenty20 challenge festival.The match will be played at the West End Park Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.

The World XI versus Asia XI concept is an initiative by the West End Park Group and sports management agency Euphoria Sports. The World XI comprises players from Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.

The T20 exhibition match, to be held under floodlights, will see West Indies batting legend Brian Lara captaining the World XI while Sri Lankan icon Sanath Jayasuriya will lead the Asia XI side.

The squads

World XI: Captain Brian Lara (West Indies), Samuel Badree (West Indies), Corey Collymore (West Indies), Sean Ervine (Zimbabwe) Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Jason Gillespie (Australia) Saj Mahmood (England), Damien Martyn (Australia), Owais Shah (England), Ryan Ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) and Riki Wessels (Australia).

Manager: John Emburey (England).

Asia XI: Captain Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Yasir Arafat (Pakistan), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Aakash Chopra (India), Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh), Chamara Kapugedera (Sri Lanka), Rashid Latif (Pakistan), Imran Nazir (Pakistan), Angelo Perera (Sri Lanka), Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) and Mohammad Sami (Pakistan). Manager: Gordon Greenidge (West Indies)