Mohammad Hafeez returns to Pakistan T20 squad for Zimbabwe tri-series, no rest for Mohammad Amir

Waseem Ahmed 19:30 22/06/2018
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  • Pakistan on Friday announced their squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, with veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez returning to the T20 squad.

    The 37-year-old Hafeez last played a T20 for world No1 Pakistan in October and and is now back in the squad after his bowling action was cleared last month. Hafeez’s action was reported, for the third time in his career, during the ODI against Sri Lanka in the UAE last October.

    Meanwhile, Pakistan decided to include overworked pacer Mohammad Amir in both the T20 and ODI squads.

    Amir had talked about managing his schedule leading up to the World Cup next year and Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur had talked about monitoring the pacer’s workload. “I am going to sit with Mohammad Amir and Inzamam-ul-Haq soon and we are going to map out a future for him. After our discussions, Inzamam will present the plan to the selection panel and then to the player,” the coach had said.

    Also, there was no place in the ODI side for veteran top-order batsman Azhar Ali, whose last outing in 50-over cricket was a duck against New Zealand in January when Sarfraz Ahmed’s team were bowled out for 74.

    Pakistan will play Zimbabwe and Australia in a T20 tri-series that begins in the African nation on July 1. The men in green will then play a five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe starting on July 13.

    Twenty20 squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan Shinwari, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan

    ODI squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Babar Azam (subject to fitness), Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail

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