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Azhar Ali to lead green shirts as PCB announces 15-member ODI squad for Australia series

LAHORE (DEC 30, 2016) A fifteen member squad of the national cricket team has been announced on Friday for the One-day International (ODI) series against Australia, said a statement issued by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

National Selection Committee, led by Chief Selector Inzamamul Haq, has announced the names of the 15 players after consultation with the team’s head coach and the ODI captain.

“The ODI team has been selected keeping the conditions in Australia in mind and the performances of players in the recent ODI series against West Indies and in domestic cricket,” Haq told journalists after announcement.

“The team is a fine blend of experience and youth and the selectors have stuck to the same combination of players that played against West Indies earlier. We believe that team will do well in the tour,” he added.

The names on the squad are:

  • Azhar Ali (Captain)
  • Sharjeel Khan
  • Babar Azam
  • Asad Shafiq
  • Shoaib Malik
  • Sarfraz Ahmed (Vice captain and wicket-keeper)
  • Umar Akmal
  • Mohammad Rizwan
  • Mohammad Nawaz
  • Imad Wasim
  • Rahat Ali
  • Mohammad Amir
  • Wahab Riaz
  • Hasan Ali
  • Mohammed Irfan

Pakistan will play five ODI matches in the series from January 13, 2017 to January 26, 2017.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.