LAHORE: After failing to qualify for the 2023 World Cup as a result of their defeat in the Asia Cup group stage in Jakarta last month, Pakistan now target the Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham on July 28.

According to camp commandant Olympian Khwaja Junaid, 36 probables will attend the two-week fitness camp for the Commonwealth Games at the PT School, Abbottabad from Wednesday.

Besides Junaid, other camp officials include head coach Siegfried Aikman, physical instructor Daniel Berry, video analyst Nadeem Lodhi and physiotherapist Adeel Akhtar. The camp is aimed at helping probables attain top-level fitness level required for professional athletes.

Ten teams will be participating in the Common­wealth Games hockey event, including India and six-time champions Australia.

Probables: Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan (goalkeeper, Mari Petroleum), Akmal Hussain (goalkeeper, Wapda), Waqar, goalkeeper (Wapda), Muneeb-ur-Rehman goalkeeper, (Sui Southern), Mubashir Ali (Wapda), Ammad Shakeel Butt (National Bank of Pakistan), Mohammad Abdullah (Mari Petroleum), Mohammad Hammad Anjum (Wapda), Rizwan Ali (Pakistan Air Force), Abdul Manan (Sui Southern), Umar Bhutta (Wapda), Rana Abdul Waheed Ashraf (Wapda), Ghazanfar Ali (Mari Petroleum), Mohammad Salman Razzaq (Wapda), Roman Khan (Wapda), Moin Shakeel (Wapda), Junaid Manzoor (National Bank of Pakistan), Aijaz Ahmed (Wapda), Abdul Hanan Shahid (Wapda), Afraz (Mari Petroleum), Arbaaz Ahmed (Mari Petroleum), Ahmed Nadeem (Mari Petroleum), Ehtesham Aslam (Mari Petroleum), Hassan Amin (Multan), Aqeel Ahmed (Wapda), Tazeem ul Hassan (Wapda), Abdul Rehman (Wapda), Murtaza Yaqoob (Wapda), Arshad Liaqat (Bahawalpur), Abuzar (National Bank ofPakistan), M. Shahzeb Khan (Karachi), Noheez Zahid Malik (National Bank of Pakistan), Rana Sohail Riaz (Sui Southern), Azfar Yaqoob (Sui Southern), Mohammad Sufyan (Pakistan Navy), Umair Sattar (Mari Petroleum).

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2022