KARACHI, July 8: No surprises are expected when Pakistan unveil their 30-man preliminary squad on Monday for September’s inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa.

The national selection committee will also announce the 25-man list of fringe players on the same day after holding lengthy deliberations in the past few days. These players will be offered retainer contracts.

Chief selector, Salahuddin Ahmed along with members Shafqat Rana and Saleem Jaffar have already named 22 players for the July 10-23 training-cum-conditioning camp, which has now been shifted to Lahore from Quetta because of the flood situation in Balochistan.

Imran Farhat and Abdur Rehman, who were overlooked for the first phase of the training camp, held in Abbottabad last month, have been recalled for the Lahore camp.

Both Imran Farhat and Rehman are certain to be included named in the Twenty20 preliminary squad that will be submitted to the International Council Cricket before the squad is trimmed to 15 sometime next month.

The selectors have been left with no option but to retain the 15-man Pakistan squad that went to Scotland and returned home without playing after both matches (against Scotland in Edinburgh and versus India in Glasgow) were abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain.

It means Younis Khan and Shoaib Akhtar, both of whom didn’t play against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi last May but were in the Scotland-bound team, are almost certain to make the 30-man list.

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik, vice-captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul, Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Yasir Hameed, Rao Iftikhar and young Fawad Alam — all members of the squad to Scotland — are certainties for the Twenty20 preliminary squad.

Apart from the 17 names already mentioned, the selectors are likely to induct Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Irshad, Abdur Rauf, Naved Latif, Bazid Khan, Zulqarnain Haider, Tahir Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq among others.

All-rounder Azhar Mahmood, a surprise inclusion in the World Cup squad, is also being considered for the shorter version of the limited-overs cricket because of his vast experience in the English domestic circuit.

Meanwhile, there are question marks over the future of Inzamam-ul-Haq, who has so far been unable to make the list of trainees for both the Abbottabad and Lahore camps.

The former Pakistan skipper, who announced his retirement from limited-overs cricket during the disastrous World Cup campaign in the West Indies in March, still hopes to extend his Test career.

Inzamam, the 37-year-old right-hander, needs another 20 runs to cross the legendary Javed Miandad’s tally of 8832 runs and become Pakistan’s highest run-getter.

The selectors are willing to recall Inzamam provided he proves both fitness level and form to stand the rigours of Test cricket. The only way Inzamam can do both if he plays domestic cricket before Pakistan’s coming Test series against South Africa and India.

With the domestic first-class season still some months away, the future of Inzamam looks increasingly uncertain as the selectors are faced with dilemma. In desperation, Inzamam recently expressed his desire to play in the English county championship which is now already in its second half.

The selectors may invite Inzamam to the third and final phase of the training which is slated to begin in Karachi next month.

According to sources, the selectors have asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to arrange several trial four-day matches in order to watch the players — particularly Inzamam — in actual match situation.