LAHORE, Dec 8: Twenty eight probables were called for the national camp being set up at the National Hockey Stadium from Dec 23 for the preparations of a six nation tournament and the 10th World Cup Hockey tournament, both of which are to be held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next year.

The six-nation competition will be held from Jan 21 to 27 and the World Cup from Feb 25 to March 9.

Announcing the names of the probables, the PHF maintained the status quo of the team management under whose command the Pakistan team has not earned a single title so far after taking its charge some 15 months ago.

 Khalid Sajjad Khokhar as manager, Hanif Khan and Khawaja Mohammad Junaid as coaches and Lt.Col Yousaf Baig as doctor will continue their jobs with the team.

The PHF stated that the management will continue till the World Cup as it was the only option for the federation in view of their long affiliation with the team.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Mohammad Qasim, Salman Akbar.

Right-full-back: Sohail Abbas, Ali Raza, Asim Chohan.

Left-full-back:Tariq Imran, Zeeshan Ashraf, Aamir Saleem.

Right-halves: Mohammad Usman, Irfan Yousaf, Ghazanfar Ali.

Centre-halves: Mohammad Saqlain, Imran Yousaf, Imran Rasool.

Left-halves: Waseem Ahmed, Dilawar Husain.

Outside-rights: Mohammad Nadeem, Rehan Butt.

Inside-rights: Mohammad Sarwar, Mudassar Ali Khan, S Sameer Husain.

Centre-forwards: Kashif Jawad, Atif Bashir.

Inside-lefts: Naveed Iqbal, Saleem Khalid, Shahbaz Ahmed.

Outside lefts: Mohammed Shabbir, Ali Raza