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Misbah and Moeen showed confidence in Shoeb Malik, Junaid Khan, Ahsan Adil and Kamran Akmal for ICC 30 players Squad 

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 Chairman PCB Shaharyar Mohammad Khan has approved Pakistan’s 30-member preliminary squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 following its recommendation by the selection committee headed by Moin Khan,.

 Misbah-ul-Haq has already been named as skipper of the Team Pakistan for the ICC’s global quadrennial spectacle.

 The Preliminary Squad players are as 

Opening Batsman:

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan, Sami Aslam,

Middle Order

 Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, , Umar Akmal

All Rounders 

 Shoaib Malik,
Shahid Afridi, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir,

Fast Bowlers 

 Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, 

Spinners 

Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Raza Hasan, Yasir Shah, 

Wicket Keeeper's

 

Sarfraz Ahmad, Kamran Akmal.

The squad will be shortened to the final 15 for submission to the ICC prior to the world body’s January 7, 2015 deadline.

The ICC World Cup commences in Australia and New Zealand on February 14, 2015, with Pakistan featuring in its first game against arch-rival India on Feb. 15 at Adelaide.

Chief Selector Moin Khan Quotes:

“At the moment, winning or losing aside, Team Pakistan is performing adequately well in all three formats of the game. The belief in the think tank is that the squad holds immense potential and promise to perform in any conditions.

 “The most positive aspect is that some of our foremost proven talents have overcome physical issues and are raring to be given an opportunity to have a tilt at the global honours.

 “In our assessment, by the time the five 50-over games in the UAE against the Black Caps and the away short ODI series against New Zealand as well as the practice games are over in the next two months or thereabouts immediately prior to the mega event, Team Pakistan will be close to hitting its peak.

 “For me personally, the 1992 World Cup victory ranks amongst our greatest cricketing achievements. I am positive that the present outfit too has the capacity to replicate that triumph Down Under”.