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ISLAMABAD: Former Test Cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz on Tuesday said if Shahid Afridi would not have been made the 2016 Twenrty20 World Cup skipper than he would have been struggling for a place in the team as he has no individual performance and does not deserve to be in the squad.

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has been recalled to face England in the upcoming Test series in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Tuesday, five years after his last match in the longest format. The 33-year-old middle order batsman's excellent limited-overs form saw him added as the 16th member of Pakistan's Test squad for the three-match series against England starting on October 13.

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Dashing cricketer Umar Akmal Thursday shamed the nation after being caught red-eyed watching the young dancing girls in sensual action. Akmal has been left out of Pakistan's T20 squad for the series against England in the UAE after being handed a show-cause notice for "bringing the PCB and Pakistan Cricket into disrepute".

SHO Haq Nawaz, who is seen along with Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal in a picture obtained by Samaa, claims that no raid was conducted on the cricketer's alleged dance party which prompted PCB to issue a show-cause notice to him. Besides the notice, Akmal was also dropped from squad for three-match Twenty20 series against England on disciplinary grounds.