Shoaib Akhtar returns in Pak squad for Australia series

AFP | By, Lahore
Updated on: Apr 06, 2009 04:22 pm IST

Speedster Shoaib Akhtar recovered fully from a knee injury to get a place in the 15-man squad for this month's series against Australia announced in Lahore today.

Speedster Shoaib Akhtar recovered fully from a knee injury to get a place in the 15-man squad for this month's series against Australia announced in Lahore on Monday.

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The 33-year-old paceman was ruled out of last month's two-Test series against Sri Lanka because of the knee injury which healed without surgery.

Pakistan play five one-day and a Twenty20 match against the world champions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from April 22-May 7.

Squad: Younus Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Yasir Arafat, Saeed Ajmal

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