Oct 6 2013: Mohammad Hafeez has been dropped for Pakistan's Test series against South Africa in the UAE. Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan has made a return in the 12-man squad named by the PCB.
The series starts in Abu Dhabi on October 14, with the second Test in Dubai from October 23.
Pakistan and South Africa will also play five one-day and two Twenty20 internationals, for which squads will be named later, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement.
The only new face in the squad is left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar. Babar, 34, has been part of the domestic circuit for more than ten years and featured in T20s previously, but is yet to debut in Test cricket for Pakistan. The team management is mulling playing three spinners in the line-up, and so Babar could fit in alongside Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman.
Umar Amin, 24, was also recalled after failing to impress in four Tests in 2010. He will lead Pakistan 'A' in the practice match.
Test Squad: Khurram Manzoor, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Umar Amin, Adnan Akmal (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Rahat Ali
The Pakistan Cricket Board announced the ODI squad for the home series against South Africa in UAE on Saturday(October 19). Umar Akmal was recalled to the Pakistan squad for the five-match One-Day International series against South Africa starting in Sharjah on October 30, while Haris Sohail, Anwar Ali and Asad Ali, who featured during the ODI series in Zimbabwe, were all left out.
ODI Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt) Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Maqsood, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk).
The series starts in Abu Dhabi on October 14, with the second Test in Dubai from October 23.
Pakistan and South Africa will also play five one-day and two Twenty20 internationals, for which squads will be named later, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement.
The only new face in the squad is left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar. Babar, 34, has been part of the domestic circuit for more than ten years and featured in T20s previously, but is yet to debut in Test cricket for Pakistan. The team management is mulling playing three spinners in the line-up, and so Babar could fit in alongside Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman.
Umar Amin, 24, was also recalled after failing to impress in four Tests in 2010. He will lead Pakistan 'A' in the practice match.
Test Squad: Khurram Manzoor, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Umar Amin, Adnan Akmal (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Rahat Ali
The Pakistan Cricket Board announced the ODI squad for the home series against South Africa in UAE on Saturday(October 19). Umar Akmal was recalled to the Pakistan squad for the five-match One-Day International series against South Africa starting in Sharjah on October 30, while Haris Sohail, Anwar Ali and Asad Ali, who featured during the ODI series in Zimbabwe, were all left out.
ODI Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt) Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Maqsood, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk).
