da bet nacional： Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has been recalled for the one-day series against West Indies alongside Danish Kaneria, Yasir Hameed and Mohammad Sami
Osman Samiuddin01-Dec-2006
Shahid Afridi, with 114 runs from 17 matches this year, did not make the 14-man one-day squad © AFP
Pakistan have left out Shahid Afridi from the 14-man squad announced forthe first ODI against the West Indies. Shahid Nazir, despite impressing through the Test series, has also not been considered, alongside Faisal Iqbal and Samiullah Khan Niazi.Afridi has been in desperately poor form through the year managing just114 runs from 17 matches at an average of just over eight. His 14 wicketshave also come at a relatively high cost. Younis Khan will lead the teamin Rawalpindi in place of Inzamam-ul-Haq, who will be serving the finalpart a four-match ban for his part in The Oval Test fiasco in August thisyear. “He hasn’t performed so well domestically,” Wasim Bari, the chairman of selectors told Cricinfo. “But the door is open always and he can do well on the domestic circuit and make a comeback.”Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, overlooked for the ongoing Test series, has beenrecalled, alongside Danish Kaneria, Yasir Hameed and Mohammad Sami. Thelatter three were not in the squad for the Champions Trophy in India inOctober.Bari said that Kaneria was selected keeping in mind the team’s future commitments in South Africa and the World Cup. “Anil Kumble has been successful in South Africa and we are going there soon so he might be a handy option in the ODI series there.”The West Indies have already announced their one-day squad with CoreyCollymore, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga and Omari Banks returning home afterthe Test series. Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith and Ian Bradshaw havearrived as replacements.The first in the five-match series will be played in Rawalpindi onDecember 5, followed by the second at Faisalabad (Dec 7), third in Lahore(Dec 10), fourth at Multan (Dec 13) and the final game in Karachi (Dec16).Squad: Younis Khan (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed,Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Rao Iftikhar,Umar Gul, Mohammad Sami, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Danish Kaneria, AbdulRehman.