The Pakistan Cricket Selectors have dropped the experienced players - Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul against the Zimbabwe series.

It seems that they have been told to prove their fitness in the domestic cricket due to their fitness issues in the recently held Indian Tour.

Pakistan Selectors have picked 3 new faces in the ODI against Zimbabwe, namely Nasir Jamshed, Samiullah Niazi and Kamran Hussain.

The first ODI match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be held in Karachi (Pakistan).

Team players (Pakistan) for the first ODI

• Shoaib Malik (captain)
• Younis Khan
• Salman Butt
• Mohammad Yousuf
• Misbah-ul-Haq
• Yasir Arafat
• Shahid Afridi
• Sohail Tanvir
• Sarfaraz Ahmed
• Nasir Jamshed
• Rao Iftikhar
• Fawad Alam
• Kamran Hussain
• Samiullah Niazi
• Kamran Akmal.

ODI Squad (Zimbabwe)

• Prosper Utseya (capt)
• Gary Brent
• Chamu Chibhabha
• Elton Chigumbura
• Keith Dabengwa
• Timycen Maruma
• Hamilton Masakadza
• Stuart Matsikenyeri
• Chris Mpofu
• Tawanda Mupariwa
• Ray Price
• Vusi Sibanda
• Tatenda Taibu
• Brendon Taylor
• Sean Williams.
• Robin Brown (coach)

Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Cricket
Filed under: ODI Cricket