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Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004

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Probables list: Afridi out, Shoaib in

LAHORE, JUNE 15. Swashbuckling all-rounder Shahid Afridi has been dropped from the initial probables list for next month's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, while express bowler Shoaib Akhtar finds a place subject to his passing a fitness test.

The 24-member list has been submitted by the selectors to the Pakistan Cricket Board.

However, the final list will be announced after approval by the Board and skipper Inzamam-ul Haq.

"There are no surprises in the probables' list except that the selectors have included two youngsters — promising fast bowler Riaz Afridi and opener Salman Butt in the list," local media quoted a PCB source as saying.

Batsman Younis Khan has also been recalled for the tournament. Younis had been surprisingly dropped for the three-match Test series against India after doing fairly well in the five-match one-day series.

The official added that the selectors had not considered regular opener Taufeeq Umar for the one-day competition and had kept Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir and Butt as possible options.

The selectors have also included a strong pace bowling battery in the list headed by Shoaib and including Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed, Umar Gul, Abdul Rauf, Rao Iftikhar and Riaz Afridi.

Meanwhile, the PCB has announced that it would hold a two-week training camp in Lahore for the Asia Cup.

It had been earlier decided to hold the national camp in Karachi from June 20, but was decided against following the poor law and order situation prevailing in the port city.

However, the team will leave for Colombo a week earlier so that it can acclimatise.

A final announcement on the camp probables will be made on June 17, a day after Inzamam returns from abroad.

The probables: Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Bazid Khan, Asim Kamal, Moin Khan, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed, Umar Gul, Abdul Rauf, Rao Iftikhar, Riaz Afridi, Danish Kaneria, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and Yasir Arafat. — UNI

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