KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recalled players Fawad Alam and Abdul Rauf from Australia to reduce the size of the touring squad, officials said in a statement on Thursday.
Chief selector Iqbal Qasim told newsmen that a request by the team management to send senior batsman Younus Khan to Australia before the second test in Sydney starting on Sunday had been put on hold.
“The team management had asked us to rush Younus to reinforce the team but after discussing the matter with the board chairman we have decided that a final decision would be taken after the second test,” Qasim said. Pakistan lost the first test.
Pakistanis were bowled out for a moderate 286 in their warm-up match against the New Zealand Invitation XI at Queenstown. The homeside in their second innings are 24 for 1 with Abdul Rauf taking his fifth wicket of the match.
For the visitors, left handers Fawad Alam (77 from 145 balls with 10 fours) and Imran Farhat (52 from 103 balls with 7 fours) came good. Crucial middle order batsmen Skipper Mohammad Yousuf and Umar Akmal had a very brief stay in the middle scoring 21 each. Reserve wicket keeper Sarfraz Ahmed gave some respectability to the Pakistani score in the end with a cameo of 37.
Brief Scores :New Zealand Invitation XI 234 and 24/1 Vs Pakistanis 286 (Imran Farhat 52 Fawad Alam 77 Sarfraz Ahmed 37 Abdur Rauf 26, Tuffey 2/47 O’Brien 2/55 Nethula 2/61 )
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recalled players Fawad Alam and Abdul Rauf from Australia to reduce the size of the touring squad, officials said in a statement on Thursday.
Pakistanis were bowled out for a moderate 286 in their warm-up match against the New Zealand Invitation XI at Queenstown. The homeside in their second innings are 24 for 1 with Abdul Rauf taking his fifth wicket of the match.
