pakistan squad for australia series in UAE 2014 and younis droped from ODI
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Players/Officials:
Younis Khan
| Umar Amin
| Asad Shafiq
| Sarfraz Ahmed
| Raza Hasan
| Saad Nasim
| Awais Zia
Series/Tournaments:
Australia tour of United Arab Emirates
Teams:
Pakistan
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Pakistan team changes |
Pakistan have left Younis Khan
out of their ODI squad for the series against Australia in the UAE.
Younis made an ODI comeback last month, during the Sri Lanka tour, not
having played 50-over cricket for Pakistan since March 2013. He scored 3
in his only innings of the series before he had to fly home following the death of his nephew.
The selectors' decision to drop Younis is a blow to his stated aim
of playing in next year's World Cup and chief selector Moin Khan said
it would be hard for the batsman to be considered for the World Cup
squad. In Younis' place, Pakistan have brought back the middle-order
batsman Umar Amin and Asad Shafiq.
"Our experiment with Younis in the ODI series in Sri Lanka backfired,"
Moin said. "Now all have unanimously decided to look ahead to our future
with youngsters. His services for Pakistan are commendable but now we
have to take a step forward and he is also out of contention for the
2015 World Cup."
Justifying Umar Amin's selection, Moin said: "Umar Amin's current form
and performance helped him win his place back and we are satisfied with
his fitness level and current form. He himself is a keen player and kept
himself thriving for top-level cricket. Hence we handed him another
chance."
Pakistan have also left out the opener Sharjeel Khan and the fast bowler Mohammad Talha, and recalled the wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed,
rewarding him for his form during the Test series against Sri Lanka, in
which he made scores of 55, 52*, 103 and 55 in successive innings.
Sarfraz last played ODI cricket in August 2013. His return suggests Umar
Akmal could play as a specialist batsman.
With the enforced absence of Saeed Ajmal, who has been banned from
international cricket for bowling with an illegal action, Pakistan have
brought back the left-arm spinner Raza Hasan,
and have left out Zulfiqar Babar, who was part of the squad that toured
Sri Lanka. Moin backed Raza and said the 22-year-old spinner would need
time to get settled.
"We have inducted Raza Hasan and he is young and good enough to fill in
for Ajmal but obviously he can't achieve the level of Ajmal overnight,"
Moin said. "He will need some time to get himself settled.
"It's up to the captains of both the T20 and ODI teams and how they
carry him and play him. His recent form, fitness and attitude are good
enough for him to be preferred ahead of many other contenders.
Otherwise, you know we have many offspinners in our system who have
questionable bowling actions and we can't afford further disgrace in
international cricket, as recently a lot of players have been reported
in Pakistan."
Pakistan have made plenty of changes to their T20 squad from the one
that played the World T20 in March, in addition to the appointment of
Shahid Afridi as captain. Saad Nasim,
the 24-year old middle-order batsman, has earned his first national
call-up. Nasim was key to Lahore Lions winning the Faysal Bank T20 Cup
and is currently playing the Champions League.
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Junaid Khan misses out, with fellow left-arm seamers Wahab Riaz and
Mohammad Irfan taking his place. Anwar Ali is in for the injured Umar
Gul, while the batsman Awais Zia
returns for the first time since February 2012. Sharjeel and Babar have
been left out, as have Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal, who were surprise
inclusions for the World T20.
The pattern of selection for the Australia series showed that the
selectors had taken a bold step of shutting the door on a few senior
players, like Malik, Kamran Akmal and Younis Khan. ESPNcricinfo
understands there was an intense discussion between the selection
committee, coach and captain but everyone unanimously decided to "move
on" and give the younger lot confidence ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
"We all know where our team stands at the moment and I don't want to
show a dream pasture. But what I can confirm is that we have a potential
to compete against Australia," Moin said. "We are positive all the boys
selected have the ability and to compete hard up to the level of the
opponent. We are banking on youngsters but even Australia's own build-up
isn't big. They have also inducted many young players with few seniors
with them.
"Conditions and pitches are in our favour as we have been playing in the
UAE as our home away from home. The Australia team will give us a hard
time but we also have to play hard cricket to get positive results and
that is exactly the message that has been given to the team. So I will
not say we will definitely win with this lot, but I can assure that
these players will give a fight."
The PCB also announced its A teams, for a series of five one-day games
against UAE and a four-day match against the Australians. Asad Shafiq
will lead the side in the four-day game between October 15 and 18, while
the team for the one-day matches, to be played between October 19 and
31, will be captained by Sohaib Maqsood.
Pakistan ODI squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad
Hafeez, Umar Akmal , Fawad Alam, Umar Amin, Asad Shafiq, Sohaib
Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Raza Hasan, Mohammad Irfan, Anwar
Ali, Wahab Riaz, Junaid khan
T20 squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad Hafeez,
Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, Sohaib Maqsood, Awais Zia, Saad Naseem, Raza
Hasan, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Bilwalal Bhatti, Anwar Ali, Sohail
Tanvir
A squad for four-day game Shan Masood, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam,
Asad Shafiq (capt), Harris Sohail, Israr Ullah, Adnan Akmal, Raza
Hasan, Karamat Ali, Imran Khan, Atta Ullah, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil,
Mohammad Talha
A squad for one-dayers against UAE Sohaib Maqsood (capt), Sami
Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Harris Sohail, Babar Azam, Ehsan
Adil, Imran Khan, Zafar Gohar, Bismillah Khan (wk), Karamat Ali, Bilawal
Bhatti, Adil Amin, Usman Khan, Atta Ullah
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