LAHORE: Pakistan have announced their squad for the second test against Australia due to be played in Sydney tomorrow.
The tourists have made three changes, all bowlers, with Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria coming in for Abdur Rauf, Saeed Ajmal and the inform Mohmmad Aamer.
Aamer, Pakistan's most successful bowler in the first test will miss the game after having picking up a groin strain.
“He has a groin injury and though it doesn’t appear serious, we decided not to risk him for the Test,” Abdur Raquib, Pakistan's team manager told Cricinfo. “He had a bowl and the on-tour selection committee decided to leave him out.”
The 17-year-old left-armer bowled a total of 51 overs in the first test and operated consistently at speeds of 144-148 kph.
Critics in Pakistan have blasted the 'over kill' of fast bowlers by 'batting' captains in the past and this latest niggle could bring about some more discussion in the national cricket circles.
Pakistan: (probable) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Faisal Iqbal, 4 Mohammad Yousuf (captain), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Mohammad Sami, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Asif, 11 Danish Kaneria
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