Pak colts find place in training camp for seniors

Lahore, Mar 3 (UNI) The Pakistan Cicket Board (PCB) today announced the names of 27 players, including three members of the World Cup winning Under-19 team, for the conditioning camp to be held here from March 8 in preparation for the series against Sri Lanka.

The final team for the tour, to be led by Inzamam-ul Haq, will be announced on March 10.

Shahid Afridi has recovered from his rib injury to be available for selection and Danish Kaneria also returns after being ignored for the ODI series against India last month.

Shoaib Akhtar, recovering from a knee injury in Australia, is the notable absentee from the list.

The players: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Faisal Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Sami, Iftikhar Anjum, Bazid Khan, Rafatullah Mohmand, Mohammad Irshad, Abdur Rahman, Tahir Khan, Sarfraz Ahmad, Arshad Khan, Asim Kamal.

The Under-19 players selected for the camp: Anwer Ali, Akhtar Ayub, Jamshed Ahmed UNI XC PM SP1117