Lahore January 4, 2011: The National Selection Committee met today at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore to finalize the 30 probable’s for World Cup 2011. After deliberations, the Committee finalized the following names:
Opening Batsmen
1. Muhammad Hafeez
2. Ahmed Shahzad
3. Taufique Umer
4. Nasir Jamshed
Middle Order Batsmen
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Younis Khan
7. Misbah ul Haq
8. Umar Akmal
9. Azhar Ali
10. Asad Shafiq
11. Naveed Yasin
Wicket Keepers
12. Kamran Akmal
13. Sarfraz Ahmed
14. Salman Ahmed
All Rounder’s
15. Shahid Afridi
16. Abdul Razzaq
17. Yasir Arafat
18. Rana Naveed
Spin Bowlers
19. Abdul Rehman
20. Saeed Ajmal
21. Yasir Shah
22. Zulfiqar Babar
Bowlers
23. Shoaib Akhtar
24. Umar Gul
25. Wahab Riaz
26. Sohail Tanveer
27. Tanvir Ahmed
28. Junaid Khan
29. Aizaz Cheema
30. Asad Ali
Commenting on the occasion Chairman National Selection Committee, Mr. Mohsin Khan said “We are satisfied that we have selected the best squad from amongst the available players. The Selection Committee met on multiple occasions and only then decided on the names. I request the whole nation to back the selected players who need all the encouragement to win the World Cup”.
Commenting on the media reports regarding ‘clearance’ of certain players, Chairman PCB said “There is a lot of speculation in the media regarding clearance or otherwise of players by Integrity Committee of PCB. The Integrity Committee has given its views on some players to the Selection Committee which has taken into consideration that input and has selected the 30 players for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.”
The squad for the New Zealand ODI series will be announced next week.
