LAHORE: The national selection committee headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq has picked 31 players for the NCA High Performance Camp at the National Cricket Academy here.

The three-week camp will commence on Aug 1, said a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman on Friday.

Prominent among the players who will be attending the camp are former captain Shoaib Malik, pacers Mohammad Irfan, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Bilawal Bhatti, batsmen Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Sohaib Maqsood and all-rounder Imad Wasim.

These players have chances to earn place in the Pakistan team for the upcoming ODI series against Ireland followed by the five-match ODI series against England, starting after the ongoing Test series in England.

Interestingly, the name of 20-year-old Imam-ul-Haq, Inzamam’s nephew, has also been included in the list of camp players. Since Inzamam took charge as chief selector some two months ago, Imam was hardly considered for any senior team assignment. And now all of a sudden his name is emerging. The left-hander was also selected for the Kakul training camp.

Following players will attend the camp:

Shoaib Malik, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Irfan, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Anwar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Sharjeel Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Bilawal Bhatti, Amad Butt, Aamir Yamin, Azizullah, Mohammad Abbas, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Hasan (wicket-keeper), Saifullah Bangash (wicket-keeper), Bismillah Khan (wicket-keeper), Mir Hamza, Hayatullah, Zeeshan Malik, Hasan Raza, Rumman Raees Khan, Zia-ul-Haq.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2016

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