Pakistan name side for First Test (25 November 1998)

25 November 1998

Pakistan name side for First Test

Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, Nov 24: Pakistan named a 14-man team for the first Test against Zimbabwe starting at Peshawar from Friday. Waqar Younis, who made his comeback in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, was included in the side but there was no place for Shahid Afridi and Aqib Javed.

Afridi played in the last Test against Australia in which he scored 10 and 6. But he captured five wickets for 52 runs in Australia's first innings.

Aqib Javed has not played any Test in the last three years.

The selectors, on Sunday, had first named a 14-man team, then raised the tally to 15 by picking by Waqar Younis before adding Elahi the following day.

The team management refused to comment if Salim Elahi had been selected on their recommendation while none of the selectors was available to clarify the confusion.

Elahi, it may be recalled, had quit the team in Karachi after Australia beat Pakistan by 86 runs in the first one-day international. No disciplinary action was initiated against him for deserting the team without any explanation though team sources said he was abused by a senior member of the team for his reckless shot in the match.

Aamir Sohail (captain), Saeed Anwar, Salim Elahi, Ijaz Ahmad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Hasan Raza, Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmad, Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.

Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)