Reigning champions Abahani* Limited signed Pakistani Naveed Anjum for this season's Navana Premier Division cricket league, which begins today, on the concluding day of the foreign players' registration at the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) yesterday, casting a cloud over Indian Test discard Raman Lamba's future with the Dhanmondi outfit rather uncertain.

Lamba. the stylish righthand opening batsman who Returned to Abahani after a couple of years, didn't feature in the Just concluded 15th Damal Summer cricket championship for apparently no good reason

With the league commencing today, the Abahani officials decided not to wait for the tall Delhi-born cricketer and reportedly charged him with breach of contract in a faxed letter to the BCCB.

Anjum is likely to make his Navana Premier debut today along with compatriot Iqbal Sikander against Sadhatan Bima at the Dhaka Stadium. The other match of the day will be played between Bangladesh Biman and Eskaton Sabuj Sangha.

' Besides Abahani. all the Premier (dams have completed the quota of foreign signings on the last day.