LAHORE, July 5: The names of students of six regional academies have been announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday.

The names of remaining five regional academies will be announced later.

The selected cricketers are advised to report to their respective head of the academy on July 9.

Following are selected:

Lahore Region: Shahzad, Rana Adnan, Ali Abbas Zaidi, Yasir Ali, Saadullah Ghouri, Hamza Mubeen, Junaid Malik (batsmen), Saadullah Khan, Raza Rehman, Mohammad Naveed, Hafiz Abid Ali, Asim Younis, Zain Shahnawaz, Ali Haider (fast bowlers), Mustafa Iqbal, Khurram Humayun, Hafiz Said Nasim, Naeemul Haq (leg-spinners), Qambhar Iqbal, Zeeshan Ali (wicketkeeper).

Quetta Region: Shahnawaz, Mohammad Ashraf, Nasir Khan, Munir Ali, Tajmur Ali, Asif Ali, Samiullah Niazi, Mohammad Tariq, Majid Hussain, Syed Kaleemullah, Rashid Raza, Nadir Khan (batsmen), Asmatullah, Aimal Khan, Abdul Wahab (all-rounder), Abdul Malik, Musa Khan, Nazar Hussain, Ibrahim Shah, Sher Hussain (fast bowler), Imran Khan, Dawood Khan (wicketkeeper), Qamaruddin, Mohibullah, Syed Kaleemullah, Maqsood Umaid.

Peshawar Region: Mohammad Salim, Israrullah, Mohammad Jibran, Adil Amin, Asif Atiq, Kamran Khan (batsmen), Abdullah Khan, Jibran Khan, Hidayatullah, Mohammad Yasin (spinners),Khizar Hayat, Fahad Zaman, (all-rounder), Sajid Ali, Mian Khan, Rahatullah Khan, nasir Ahmed, Abdur Rehman,Sagheer Ayub (fast bowlers), Gauhar Ali, Imran Hussain (wicketkeeper)

Islamabad Region: Adil Mirza, Zahid Iqbal, Faizan Riaz, Usman Mehmood, Taimoor Javed, Nauman Masood Butt (batsmen), Mran Khurshid, Mehmood Azam, Owais Afzal, Junaid Nadir, Ahsan Rizvi, Usman Ashraf (fast bowlers), Mohammad Arslan, Zeeshan Mushtaq, Kamran Hussain, (all-rounder), Yasir Waheed, Imad Wasim, Kashif Ali (spinners), Umair Mir, Haq Tahir (wicketkeeper).

Sialkot Region: Waqar Azmat, Mohammad Faheem, Mohammad Sohaib, Zaman Jamil, Naveed Hussain, Mohammad Yasin, Haris Sohail, Khurram Shehzad (batsmen), Ali Hassan, Amer Jaffery, Naeem Anjum (spinners), Mustafa Kamran, Adil Raza, Prince Abbas, Sarmad Anwar, Asim Nawaz, Imran Malik (fast bowler), Jehanzeb Abdullah, Ammar Mughal (wicketkeeper).

Rawlpindi Region: Mohammad Ahsan, Aqeel Ulfat, NaeemAsghar, Yasin Jamshed, Mohammad Ayaz, Mohammad Saleem, Yawar Abbas, Osama Niazi, Mohammad Ibrahim, Umer Ameen, Nauman Ali, Fawad Hussain, Tanveer Afzal, Mohammad Rameez, Mohammad Amir, Mubashar Itibar, Jamal Anwar, Asad Zahid, Samiullah, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Baig.

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