subject: WATCH PAKISTAN VS AUSTRALIA 2ND ODI LIVE ONLINE ON 24JAN 2010 [print this page] The Pakistan Cricket Board Thursday named squad for ODI and Twenty20 series against Australia.
Struggling Misbah-ul-Haq has been dropped from the squad while former skipper Younis Khan has been recalled.
Pakistan and Australia will start the five-match one-day international series on January 22 in Brisbane.
According to the selection committee, Khurram Manzoor, Misbah-ul-Haq, Danish Kaneria, Muhammad Sami and Faisal Iqbal will be replaced by former captain Younis Khan, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Rao Iftikhar, Khalid Latif and Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan.
While Muhammad Yousuf will continue to lead the side in one-day series. Shahid Afridi will be the captain for Twenty20 encounter.
Muhammad Yousuf and Younis Khan will not be the part of T20 squad.
Dashing all-rounder Imran Nazir will join the squad for only Twenty20 clash.
Squad: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Muhammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Muahammad Asif, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Amir, Sarfraz Ahmed, Fawad Alam, Younis Khan, Rao Iftikhar, Khalid Latif and Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan.
ounis Khan, the former Pakistan captain who took a break from international cricket in November while claiming he had "lost command" of the side, has been picked in a squad of 17 for the five-match ODI leg of the tour of Australia. However, Mohammad Yousuf will continue to lead the side with allrounder Shahid Afridi as his deputy. YOU CAN WATCH LIVE MATCH ONLINE HERE: WWW.CRICKETWEB.TKWWW.CRICFREE.TK Younis' resignation, following an ODI series defeat against New Zealand, came after months of reported unhappiness within the team over his leadership. He went underground immediately after, only to resurface suddenly while attending a PCB coaching course in Lahore and then turning out unimpressively on the domestic circuit. Subsequently there emerged a possibility that he may arrive in time for the ODI series.
Younis had been in contention for a place in the squad following Pakistan's disappointing batting display in the ongoing Test series, and Yousuf had requested him at the start of the tour to join the squad "as soon as possible".
Younis' form since his absence from the national team, though, has been poor. He managed just 11 runs in two innings for Habib Bank Limited in the Quaid-E-Azam Trophy final, and just 18 in his team's opening game of the Pentagular Cup in Karachi.
Kamran Akmal, after a torrid time behind the stumps in Sydney, has been retained and so has his replacement for the Hobart Test, Sarfraz Ahmed. Fast bowlers Rao Iftikhar and Naved-ul-Hasan, who didn't play the Tests, join the ODI squad. Batsman Khalid Latif, who has represented Pakistan in four ODIs, has also been called up.
Pakistan have also announced their squad for the sole Twenty20 international; Afridi will lead the side and the batting will be boosted by the inclusion of the attacking opener Imran Nazir.
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