Squad announced for Pakistan tour to England 2006 by Pakistan Cricket Board

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Event:

Pakistan in British Isles 2006

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DateLine: 8th June 2006

 

Media Release – 8 June 2006

 

The National Selection Committee, in consultation with the Captain and Coach of the Pakistan Team, has recommended the following players for the Pakistan Tour of England 2006:

 

Pakistan Team

 

1. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain)
2. Younis Khan (Vice-Captain)
3. Mohammad Yousuf
4. Abdul Razzaq
5. Shahid Afridi
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Kamran Akmal
8. Mohammad Sami
9. Salman Butt
10. Naved–ul-Hasan
11. Imran Farhat
12. Faisal Iqbal
13. Danish Kaneria
14. Mohammad Asif
15. Umar Gul
16. Shahid Nazir

 

Reserves

 

1. Taufeeq Umar
2. Asim Kamal
3. Zulqarnain Haider
4. Iftikhar Anjum

 

The Selection Committee has recommended the following players for Pakistan-A Team for its tour to Australia.

 

Pakistan-A Team

 

1. Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain)
2. Bazid Khan (Vice-Captain)
3. Hasan Raza
4. Mohammad Hafeez
5. Rafatullah Mohmand
6. Shahid Yousaf
7. Mansoor Amjad
8. Abdur Rahman
9. Mohammad Salman
10. Mohammad Khalil
11. Fawad Alam
12. Mohammad Irshad
13. Wasim Khan
14. Akhtar Ayub

 

Reserves

 

1. Samiullah Khan
2. Shehzad Malik
3. Tahir Khan

 

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has approved the Selection Committee's recommendation.

 

The Selectors will again review Shoaib Akhtar's status after his ankle injury heals and he resumes bowling.

 

Wasim Khan, Fawad Alam and Mohammad Salman have been included in the Pakistan 'A' Team due to their fine performances in domestic cricket and Akhtar Ayub has been selected in the 'A' side due to his fine performance in the World Cup winning Under-19 Team.

 

PCB Media Department

(Article: Copyright © 2006 Pakistan Cricket Board)