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Pakistan includes Hafeez in ODI team
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 08 - 01 - 2017

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KARACHI — Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez was drafted into the national squad as the 16th member for the five match one-day series against Australia, selectors said Saturday.
The 36-year-old was left out of the 15-man squad but was handed a late call up.
"The selection committee received a request from Pakistan team management comprising coach Mickey Arthur and captain Azhar Ali for sending Hafeez to Australia for the one-day series," said a Pakistan Cricket Board release.
Hafeez scored two half-centuries and took 11 wickets in the recent national one-day cup in Pakistan.
He was not selected for the Test series after a poor performance against England last summer.
In November he cleared a bowling action test after serving a 12-month suspension.
His action was deemed illegal for a second time in July 2014, resulting in a suspension.
Australia thrashed Pakistan by 220 runs in the third and final Test in Sydney on Saturday to complete a 3-0 whitewash.
It was the fourth time Pakistan has been whitewashed in Australia following routs in 1999, 2004 and 2010.
The first of the five ODIs will be played in Brisbane Friday.
The next matches will be in Melbourne (Jan. 15), Perth (Jan. 19), Sydney (Jan. 22) and Adelaide (Jan. 26).
Lynn in, Bailey and Finch cut
Veteran batsmen George Bailey and Aaron Finch have been cut from Australia's limited-overs international squad in favor of Chris Lynn, who has been rewarded for his stunning form in the Twenty20 Big Bash with a call up for the five-match series against Pakistan.
Lynn clobbered 11 sixes in his unbeaten 98 from 49 balls for Brisbane Heat against the Scorers in Perth this week, taking his total to 26 sixes in the Big Bash this season. One of those, in an earlier match at the Gabba, was hit out of the stadium.
Overall, Australia made three changes to the squad that beat New Zealand 3-0 last month, drafting in Lynn, Billy Stanlake and Usman Khawaja in place of former ODI captain Bailey, opener Finch and all-rounder Hilton Cartwright.
Australia's ODI squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (captain), Mitch Marsh, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa and Billy Stanlake.


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