Pakistan pick squad for South Africa

As expected and reported, Shoaib Akhtar and Shabbir Ahmed have been left out of the squad, as has been Shahid Afridi. One hopes that the Pakistani team will not have to suffer due to the absences of Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi, the only two real match winners in the squad. Perhaps rightfully so, Shahid Nazir has been retained, but the come back for Mohammad Sami really does bother me. His form has not been substantial in any way, and in fact he has struggledeven in the first class realm. Taking Asim Kamal, Faisal Iqbal and Yasir Hameed along in a squad of 17, really doesn't give any confidence to the current squad, and gives no certainty to any of the players.



My Starting XI:



Mohammad Hafeez

Shoaib Malik

Younis Khan

Mohammad Yousuf

Inzamam

Faisal Iqbal

Kamran Akmal

Umar Gul

Shahid Nazir

Rana Naved

Danish Kaneria

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