http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 announces squads for Sri Lanka tour 2012 – Cricket News Update
PCB has announced the national team squad for their upcoming tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 as the captain of the side.
The tour, which begins on June 1, will see Hafeez leading the Men in Green in the 2 T20s, before engaging himself as the deputy of Misbah in the other two formats.
The management has further decided to exclude Misbah from the T20 version, which sees notable returns for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League, and the domestic Faysal Bank Super 8 tournament.
Following the T20s will be five ODIs where the squad had familiar names from the Asia Cup team, in March this year. The only new face is of left-arm fast bowler Rahat Ali, while veteran Muhammad Sami has also managed to get a reckoning.
The ODIs will be followed by a three Test-match series and the announced squad also sees no major changes. The selectors however, have recalled two veterans, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faisal-Iqbal-c56713, both of whom will make making a comeback after a gap of two years.
Among the youngsters, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, Muhammad Ayub Dogar, and Afaq Rahim are also included in the Test squad, where the latter two will be making their debut appearances.
The national team will leave for Sri Lanka on May 29 and will end their tour on July 8.
Test squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, Afaq Rahim, Muhammad Ayub Dogar and Aizaz Cheema.
T20 squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haris-Sohail-c61503, Muhammad Sami, Hammad Azam and Nasir Jamshed.
ODI squad: Muhammad Hafeez, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208, Ijaz Cheema, Azhar Ali and Imran Farhat.
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