Date:20/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/20/stories/2008062056501900.htm

Sport - Cricket

Akmal axed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan dropped wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal from its 20-member squad for cricket’s upcoming Asia Cup on Thursday.

Selector Salahuddin Ahmed said Akmal was rested to give youngster Sarfraz Ahmad a chance in the six-nation tournament.

The team: Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir, Sarfraz Ahmad, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Nasir Jamshed, Yasir Hameed, Bazid Khan, Nomanullah, Mansoor Amjad, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rauf. — AP