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Mohammad Hafeez To Captain Pakistan A Team

6 June 2009

Mohammad Hafeez (right) will lead the squad in Australia.

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Opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez has been named as the captain of Pakistan's A squad which travels to Australia for two four-day games, three One Day games and a Twenty20 match against Australia A.

Hafeez, who has played 11 Test and 48 One Day Internationals leads a squad of 14 that includes a numbr of other players with international experience, namely wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed, fast bowler Wahab Riaz, spinner Abdur Rehman and bowler Mohammad Talha.

Umar Akmal, the brother of wicket-keeper Kamran, also makes the trip, which begins on 22nd June.

Pakistan A: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Khalid Latif, Azhar Ali, Azeem Ghumman, Sheheryar Ghani, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Fahad Iqbal, Mohammad Talha, Wahab Riaz, Naved Arif, Fahad Masood, Abdur Rehman, Sarfraz Ahmed

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