LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced the names of 26 probables for the national U-21 training camp commencing from Nov 12 here at the Johar Town hockey stadium.

This is the final preparatory phase for the Junior World Cup being held from Dec 8 to 18 in Lucknow, India.

Head coach Tahir Zaman said that the camp would be helpful in further improving players’ skills apart from giving him a chance to work on their mistakes noticed in the Sultan Johor Hockey tournament wherein Pakistan lost the final to Australia 1-3. He said morale of the boys was quite high after playing the final.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Ali Raza, Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Hafiz Ali Umair.

Fullbacks: Atif Mushtaq, Hassan Anwar, Mubashar Ali, Zahidullah

Halfbacks: Abu Bakr Mahmood, Faizan, Junaid Kamal, Mohammad Usman, Tazeemul Hassan, Mohammad Adnan and Ammad Shakeel Butt.

Forwards: Shan Irshad, Azfar Yaqoob, Mohammad Dilber, Mohammad Atiq Arshad, Bilal Qadir, Mohsin Sabir, Rana Sohail Riaz, Samiullah, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Naveed, Fahadullah Khan, Umar Hamdi.

Published in Dawn, November 11th, 2016