LAHORE, June 6 Test discard Mohammad Hafeez was on Saturday named to lead a 14-member Pakistan 'A' team for the month-long tour of Australian, starting on June 22.

The team will play two four-day, three one-day and one Twenty20 match against their Australian counterparts.

Mohammad Ilyas, former Test cricketer and chief selector of the national junior team, has been named manager while Shahid Anwar is the coach. Dr Sohail Saleem is accompanying the team as doctor/physio and Saboor Ahmad as trainer.

Squad Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Khalid Latif, Azhar Ali, Azeem Ghumman, Shaharyar Ghani, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Fahad Iqbal, Mohammad Talha, Wahab Riaz, Naved Arif, Fahad Masood, Abdur Rehman, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper).

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