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Pakistan: Cricket camp probables for Indian tour finalized

By Our Sports Reporter
28 December 1998



KARACHI, Dec 27: The national selection committee on Sunday finalized a list of probables for the Indian tour that will attend the training camp which begins at the Gadaffi Stadium from Wednesday.

The list is expected to be officially released on Monday.

The selectors met under the chairmanship of Wasim Bari and was also attended by selector Salahuddin Ahmad and team coach Javed Miandad.

Among notable players included in the list are former captains Rashid Latif, Salim Malik and Aamir Sohail while discarded left-hander Asif Mujtaba has also earned the selectors nod.

According to the scheme finalized, the probables will attend the camp from Dec 30 but the players will be short-listed on Jan 8 to about 20. From those 20 odd players, the team for the Indian tour would be finalized.

The fast bowlers camp being presently organized at Islamabad will also be shifted to Lahore but would return to Islamabad after the probables are downsized.

The likely 35 probables are:

Saeed Anwar, Aamir Sohail, Salim Elahi, Shahid Afridi, Shadab Kabir, Wajahatullah Wasti, Asif Mahmood, Mohammad Naveed Qureshi (openers), Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ijaz Ahmad, Salim Malik, Yousuf Youhana, Mohammad Wasim, Hasan Raza, Asif Mujtaba, Faisal Iqbal, Akhtar Sarfaraz, Azhar Shafiq (middle-order batsmen), Moin Khan, Rashid Latif, Humayun Farhat, Javed Qadeer (wicket-keepers), Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Zahid, Mohammad Akram, Aqib Javed, Abdul Razzak (fast bowlers) Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mohammad Husain, Nadeem Khan, Ali Husain Rizvi, Murtuza Husain (spinners).


Source: Dawn
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