Kenya tour: Shoaib not amongst 22 probables

Karachi, Sept 4: Paceman Shoaib Akhtar will miss the ICC knock out tournament starting in Kenya from Oct 3 after he was left out of the 22 probables the selectors named on Monday.

The probables will attend a training camp which starts in Lahore from Sept 11. Pakistan's opening game in the tournament is on Oct 8 against the winner of Sri Lanka and West Indies match.

Shoaib is down with knee injury for which he is being treated in Nottingham. He is unlikely to return to competitive cricket until November.

While key players like skipper Moin Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq have been named in the probables, there was no place for wrist spinner Shafiq Ahmad who was sent as an observer to Singapore. Also missing from the list is paceman Shabbir Ahmad.

Probables: Moin Khan (captain), Inzamam-ul-Haq (vice-captain), Saeed Anwar, Imran Nazir, Salim Elahi, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Ijaz Ahmad, Faisal Iqbal, Imran Abbas, Humayun Farhat (wicketkeeper), Waqar Younis, Kabir Khan, Mohammad Akram, Wasim Akram, Azhar Mahmood, Abdur Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Malik, Mushtaq Ahmad, Danish Kaneria and Arshad Khan.

Interestingly, the selectors had submitted 34 probables to the cricket board. But after a meeting between the advisory panel members, the list was reduced to 22.