The Selection Committee headed by Mr. Abdul Qadir has announced following 15 players for the first One Day against Sri Lanka at Karachi on 21st January 2008.

1. Shoaib Malik – Captain
2. Misbah-ul-Haq
3. Salman Butt
4. Younis Khan
5. Shahid Afridi
6. Kamran Akmal – Wicket Keeper
7. Sohail Tanvir
8. Shoaib Akhtar
9. Umar Gull
10. Iftikhar Anjum
11. Saeed Ajmal
12. Khurram Manzoor
13. Sohail Khan
14. Yasir Arafat
15. Umar Amin

Notable omission is of Fawad Alam and Nasir Jamshed, although both had decent performances in the recent domestic tournaments but  due to tough competition they lost their place in the team, Mohammad Amir and  Mohammad Talha also failed to win Abdul Qadir’s approval despite the fact that their domestic performance has been far superior than the bowlers who got selected.

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