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Pakistan World cup squad 2011 

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Pakistan selectors Tuesday included spot-fixing suspect Kamran Akmal in a preliminary 30-man squad for the World Cup but left out former captain Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.
The committee twice deferred announcing the squad as they soughtclearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on players who werereportedly under suspicion of match-fixing during Pakistan’s tour ofEngland last year.
Shahid Afridi is expected to retain the one-day captaincy for the World Cup.
The 10th World Cup will be hosted jointly by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from February 19 to April 2, with 14 teams competing.
Pakistan will miss former opener Salman Butt and pace bowlersMohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, who are suspended on spot-fixingcharges.
They appear before an ICC tribunal in Doha from January 6-11 and could face life bans.
A squad for six one-dayers against New Zealand will be announced next week.
Pakistan received a two-week extension from the ICC on the December19 deadline to announce the probables as they sought clearance on threeplayers.
Teams now have until January 19 to announce a 15-man squad.
Kamran, 28, has been out of the team since Pakistan’s most recenttour of England was rocked by spot-fixing allegations. He was also notselected for the team’s neutral-venue series against South Africa.
He was excluded from the Twenty20 and Test squad for the New Zealand tour despite recovering from an appendix operation. He has since featured in domestic matches and scored his highest first-class score of 268.
But there have been suspicions of match-fixing against Kamran aswell, with the ICC reportedly issuing notice to him regardingPakistan’s controversial defeat against Australia in the Sydney Test inJanuary 2010.
Kamran claimed, however, he had contacted the ICC regarding hisselection and was told that he was cleared for selection for thenational team.
The 28-year-old Malik, who married Indian tennis star Sania Mirzalast April, has been out of favour since a Twenty20 series againstAustralia in England in July.
Kamran, Malik and Kaneria appeared before PCB’s integritycommittee, formed on the directives of ICC, and submitted details oftheir assets and accounts last week but only Kamran was cleared.
Veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf was also recalled among the probables after being left out of the Test series against New Zealand because of fitness problems. Also included was all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.
World Cup 2011 preliminary squad: Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shahzad,Mohammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umer, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Yousuf, YounisKhan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Naved Yasin,Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Salman Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat,Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Shah, ZulfiqarBabar, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanveer, TanveerAhmed, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheama, Asad Ali.

Detailed Pakistan Preliminary Squad:

Shahid Afridi
Age: 31 years 324 days
Playing role: All Rounder
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly
Naved-ul-Hasan
Age: 33 years 326 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Abdur Rehman
Age: 31 years 324 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left -hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Saeed Ajmal
Age: 33 years 98 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Yasir Shah
Age: 25 years 261 days
Playing role: All Rounder
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Shoaib Akhtar
Age: 35 years 161 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Umar Gul
Age: 27 years 279 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Wahab Riaz
Age: 26 years 204 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium
Sohail Tanvir
Age: 26 years 37 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left -hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast, Slow left-arm orth
Tanvir Ahmed
Age: 32 years 31 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Sarfraz Ahmed
Age: 24 years 241 days
Playing role: Wicket Keeper Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Zulfiqar Babar
Age: 32 years 41 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Junaid Khan
Age: 21 years 24 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast
Yasir Arafat
Age: 29 years 313 days
Playing role: All Rounder
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Abdul Razzaq
Age: 31 years 49 days
Playing role: All Rounder
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Ahmed Shehzad
Age: 19 years 55 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Mohammad Hafeez
Age: 30 years 94 days
Playing role: All Rounder
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Taufeeq Umar
Age: 30 years 213 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Nasir Jamshed
Age: 21 years 42 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Mohammad Yousuf
Age: 37 years 269 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Younis Khan
Age: 33 years 52 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium, Legbreak
Misbah-ul-Haq
Age: 37 years 238 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Umar Akmal
Age: 21 years 236 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Azhar Ali
Age: 26 years 333 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Asad Shafiq
Age: 25 years
Playing role: Wicket Keeper
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Naved Yasin
Age: 24 years 187 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left -hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Kamran Akmal
Age: 29 years 6 days
Playing role: Wicket Keeper Batsman
Batting: Right -hand bat
Aizaz Cheema
Age: 31 years 137 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right -hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast