Pakistan recalls Shahid Nazir to replace injured Akhtar for England tour by AFP

---

Player:	Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Nazir
Event:	Pakistan in British Isles 2006

---

DateLine: 8th June 2006

 

Pakistani selectors on Thursday chose forgotten paceman Shahid Nazir to replace injured Shoaib Akhtar in their 16-man squad for next month's Test series in England.

 

The 28-year-old medium fast bowler played the last of his eight Tests against Sri Lanka in 1999 and was not included in any of the five one-day games on last year's tour of India.

 

Nazir was among six pacemen named to the squad, which will play four Tests and five one-day games during the trip, which starts on July 1.

 

Pakistan will play a tour match against Leicestershire at Leicester before the first Test starts at Lord's from July 13.

 

Pakistan suffered a crucial blow on Wednesday when their match-winning paceman Akhtar was ruled out for at least six weeks after scans revealed an ankle fracture sustained last year had not properly healed.

 

Squad: Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Sami, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Shahid Nazir.

 

Reserve players: Taufeeq Umar, Asim Kamal, Zulqarnain Haider, Iftikhar Anjum.

(Article: Copyright © 2006 AFP)