PCB named squad for Sri Lanka Test series

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee has announced the names of 22 probable players for the forthcoming two-Test home series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The meeting, presided over by chief selector Abdul Qadir, was also attended by the national team's coach Intikhab Alam and newly-appointed captain Younus Khan besides the members of the selection committee. The 22 selected players will report at the camp to be held in Karachi from February 15. Players are: Younus Khan (capt), Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khurram Manzoor, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Asim Kamal, Fawad Alam, Bazid Khan, Saeed Bin Nasir, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Danish Kaneria, Shahid Khan Afridi, Umar Gul, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Khan, Abdul Rauf and Saeed Ajmal. Besides, Kamran Akmal and Sarfaraz Ahmed have been included in the team as wicketkeepers. As per Abdul Qadir, fitness and performance of the probables will be reviewed in the camp and later the final team will be announced.

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