The Zimbabwean news outlet Newsday reports Zimbabwe cricket team skipper Brendan Taylor, off-spinner Prosper Utseya and batting coach Grant Flower are Toronto bound for Saturday’s Rogers Centre match. Flower will coach the International XI. In addition New Zealand sources indicate Tim Southee will also take part.
This fragmentary information allows fans to guess who some of the mystery men being promoted on Cricket Canada’s site might be.. The status of the seven Pakistan players expected to play remains uncertain.
The organizer’s web site suggests the squads are
Asia: Mushtaq Mohammad (coach), Shahid Afridi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Saeed Ajmal, Saqlain Mushtaq, Tamim Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Khan Niazi, Sunil Joshi, Umar Akmal, Chanaka Welegedara, Mohammad Hafeez and Nassir Hossain
International
Grant Flower (coach), Brendan Taylor, Tino Best, Jacob Oram, Ashish Bagai, Mark Boucher, Rizwan Cheema, Brian Lara, Tim Southee, Dwayne Smith, Stuart Macgill, Kyle Mills