LAHORE: Centre-half Rashad Mahmood and forward Rizwan Senior have been included among 30 probables to attend a training camp at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad from Friday.

The camp is being set up to finalise a team for FIH World League semi-finals to be played in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5.

Both Rashad and Rizwan were not part of the Pakistan team which recently toured Australia and South Korea as they were playing league in Europe.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) also axed three coaches Nasir Ali, Sameer Hussain and Malik Shafqat to reduce the cost.

Danish Kaleem is the only coach who is named with the probables.

PHF secretary Rana Mujahid said all the decisions regarding the team management were taken in consultation with head coach Shahnaz Sheikh.

“All the probables will meet Shahnaz Sheikh on Thursday afternoon,” a PHF press release states.

The final team is likely to be picked on June 11.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Imran Butt, Mazhar Abbas, Amjad Ali, Ali Haider.

Fullbacks: Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Irfan, Syed Kashif Shah, Kashif Ali.

Halves: Tasawar Abbas, Fareed Ahmed, M. Rizwan Jr., M. Toseeq Arshad, Rashad Mahmood, Zohaib Ashraf, Ammad Shakeel Butt.

Forwards: Mohammad Waqas Sharif, Shafqat Rasool, Umar Bhutta, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Dilber, Rizwan Sr., Ali Shan, Rizwan Ali, Azfar Yaqoob, Bilal Qadir, Arslan Qadir, Faisal Qadir, Niwaz Ashfaq, Ejaz Ahmed, Atif Mushtaq.

Team officials:

Shahnaz Sheikh (manager/head coach), Danish Kaleem (coach), Abu Zar Umrao (video analyst), Asad Abbas Shah (doctor).

Published in Dawn, June 4th, 2015

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