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Squads for second Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test announced

Pakistan and Sri Lanka cricket squad announced for the second cricket test to be played on Saturday.

Afp June 28, 2012

COLOMBO: Rival squads for the second cricket Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka starting at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Saturday:

Pakistan (from): Misbahul Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Mohammad Ayub, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Afaq Raheem, Aizaz Cheema

Sri Lanka (from): Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan Pradeep, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Dilhara Fernando

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Simon Taufel (AUS)

Match referee: David Boon (AUS)

COMMENTS (3)

hussain ifzal | 12 years ago | Reply Hafeez does deserve to be in the team on merits,neither as a batsman[he has scored only one 50 in the last 12 innings] nor as a bowler in the presence of Saeed&Rahman.Azhar can open the innings and Ayub should be given another chance in the middle order.He should justify his selection after playing domestic cricket.If great batsman Mohd Yousaf can be asked to prove his worth in domestic cricket why not Hafeez.

Faisal | 12 years ago | Reply

It is indeed surprising that a test match specialist, Faisal Iqbal, was ignored for first test and an untested Ayub was drafted. Faisal was indeed one of the best players against spin bowling. Moreover, It is also surprising that selectors ignored Hammad Azam, which is the best available talent in the country for 5day cricket.

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