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The junior selection committee is in a spot of bother as it prepares to announce the Pakistan 'A' team for the first four-day 'Test' against Sri Lanka 'A' starting at Faisalabad from Sunday.

The selection committee headed by Zaheer Abbas have made things complicated for itself when it named 14 cricketers in a list of 27 who have either represented Pakistan in Tests or one-day internationals.

The problem now facing the selectors is how to accommodate them and those budding cricketers who have earned their nod after either performing at the junior level or excelling in regional cricket academies.

The selectors are considering to pick teams on match-by-match basis in an effort to accommodate maximum cricketers, thus, ignoring the principle of consistency and passing on the message that every match could be the last for any youngster.

Probables:

(Tests and one-day internationals): Naved Latif, Faisal Iqbal, Taufiq Umer, Imran Farhat, Salim Elahi, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Zahid, Danish Kaneria, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Hasan Raza, Qaisar Abbas, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Azhar Mahmood.

(Uncapped): Kamran Sajid, Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Najaf Shah, Junaid Zia, Umer Gul, Irfanuddin, Munir Ansari, Babar Naeem, Bazid Khan, Kamran Akram, Abdul Rauf, Asim Kamal, Amin-ur-Rehman.

© Dawn