ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to set up a training camp here at the Naseer Bunda Stadium from Wednesday for national senior probables preparing for April’s Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.

“We have called over 100 players for the camp and will give them a full chance to show their skills,” said PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmed.

When asked about Pakistan’s chances in the event, the Shahbaz said the players have to work o their fitness.

“If our players improve their fitness, they can win any event,” he said before appreciating the team’s performance in the recently-concluded South Asian Games where they won the gold medal.

Probables:

Sindh and Balochistan:

Goalkeepers: Shakeel, Nasir Ali, Hamza, Waqas; Fullbacks: Munawar Kakar, Asfand Yar, Nayyar Haider, Sibtain Raza; Halves: Noman Siddiqui, Ali Musarrat, Abdul Sattar, Waqar Ahmad, M. Sajeer, Syed Zahir Hassan; Forwards: Khizar Akhtar, Yasir Ali, Zohaib Khan, Shahrukh Burney, Awais Khan, Hammad Mustafa, Nawaz Ahmad, Junaid Iqbal, Ayaz, Raheel Hassan, Alley Hassan, Ahad, Zonair Khan, Fahad Khan.

Punjab:

Goalkeepers: Khurram, Ali Haider, Amin Yousaf, Sajjad Ali, Sajjad Abbas, Adnan Shakoor, Afzal Shah; Fullbacks: Khalid Bhatti, M. Imran, Asad Aziz, Nawaz Ashraf, Sultan Amir, Hafiz Saeed, Sadiq Saleem, Hasan Obaid, Aamir Shahzad, Imran Abbas; Halves: Saleem Nazim, Faisal Qadir, Abdul Ghaffar, Mohsin Bilal, Hafiz Hassan, M. Kashif Javaid, Usman Aslam, Usman Tanveer, Mian Usman, Siddique Salman, Khalil Ahmad , Kamran, M. Usman Baloch, Zohaib Ashraf, Aamir Yaqoob; Forwards: Shafqat Rasool, Waqas Sharif, Rashid Mahmood, Rizwan Senior, Rana Umair, Akbar Ali, Touseeq Arshad, Yasir , Irfan Junior, Tayyab Tahir , Zeeshan Bukhari, Sulman Razzik, Mohammad Imran , Mohammad Sabir, Fayyaz Yaqoob, Faisal Rasheed, Musharraf Taqi, Azeem Naveed, Rizwan Ali, Arslan Zaheer, Ejaz Ahmad, Saran Qamar, M. Zubair, Hassan Raza, Abdul Khaliq, Ali Ashraf, Muhammad Owais, Malik Imran, Arslan Haider, Azeem Naveed, Liaqat.

KP/AJK/GB/Fata/Islamabad:

Goalkeepers: Yasir, Waqas Ahmad, Waleed Akhtar; Fullbacks: Saeed Fayyaz, Majid, Zahid Ullah, Ejaz Ahmad, Salman, Zar Wali; Halves: Ibrahim , Touseef, Iqrar Ahmad, M. Raees, M. Salam, Amjad, Shahid Saleem, Umair, Sohail Sheraz, Qaiser Wadood, M. Mohsin, Khushal, Abdul Manaf, Junaid; Forwards: Noman Pervez, Qasim Khan, Khursheed, Amjad Rehman, Arif Ullah, Hameed Ullah, Jamil Bostan, Waqar Ahmad, M. Adnan, Zakirullah, Hassan Nawaz, Fawwad, Samad, Akbar, Karim Khan, M. Adil Zaman, Junaid.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2016