http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Articles/3/3393.html
Junaid Zia (son of ex chairmain of pcb).
Any thoughts on his inclusion. Does he deserve to be in the team or he has been selected with some ones ‘parchey’ and make up the numbers?
Players who are on the fringe of the national squad should be given priority but than again this is not always the case in Pakistan selections…
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Junaid had performed wonderfully AFTER being excluded from senior team in different A tournaments so I don't think its 'parchee', more likely its his perfromance, and its the "A" squad.....
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I agreee with captain. Junaid zia has really performed well lately. Being son of Tauqeer zia is actually not something which he can use as a parchee under the current PCB set up. Just like bazid khan.
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Mushkil decision....JZ donned Pak colours when he did not deserve it, now he is wanting to wear them again, has he justified it by a few good performances? Can we forget his unjustifiable nepotisitic inclusion? Maybe it was his fathers pull, but it was him who got to play. I cannot forget or forgive Jz and his father for their arrogance which most likely costed Pakistan a new bowler who wud hv been ready by now. I say Fk him...
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will be intresting to see how the englishmen face spin of mansoor and arshad....
i can almost hear inzamam say "fee fi fo fum, i smeel the blood of englishman....." :p
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That “few good performances” lasted some tournaments, he may not have earned his first call but now he does deserve a chance.
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Iam not so sure, there are other hard working players out there with no godfathers to prop them. A few tournaments are not enough evidence to prove his second chance theory, what was his performance in domestic cricket? Is it comparable to the other players vying for the same spot?
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that bowling line is sooooooooooooooo weak 
and the batting line is kinda nice actually better then patron’s XI. believe it or not, though I am not expecting same kind of pitch or something even close what was prepared for earlier game.
Its gonna be a batting practice. I hope Pak A win the toss.
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Junaid Zia I think deserved this call, maybe not the first time around when he was called for the national squad. He is a good, talented bowler, works very hard on his fitness and is an excellent athelete.
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He has been one of top bowlers in most of the tournaments (while others rotated), in the QE Trophy he is 4th top bowler with 16 wickets @ 16.18 average.
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It will be interesting to see how hasan raza will bat. His inclusion in the test squad depends alot on his performace in this match. With Asim Kamal not looking in great touch an impressive performace from hasan will make job difficult to select the playing 11 for the first test. In bowling I will be interested to see how shahid nazir and Mohammad khalil will perform. Heard couple of days ago that Wasim akram gave some tips to khalil.
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Taufeeq Umar
Imran Farhat
Shahid Yousuf
Hasan Raza (captain) 
Faisal Athar
Mansoor Amjad
Amin-ur-Rehman (wicketkeeper)
Arshad Khan:smack2: 
Mohammad Asif:rolleyes:
Shahid Nazir:)
Mohammd Khalil:nono4:
Rizwan Ahmed:confused:
Junaid Zia:lahol:
Usman Tariq
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I think they were not allowed to include players who played against England for patrons XI otherwise we wouldn't see Aminur rehman, Arshad Khan, Khalil, Rizwan Ahmed. Junaid Zia or even Usman Tariq.
This is by no means Pakistan A team. Gul, Irshad, Yasir Ali, Najaf Shah, Arafat, Bazid Khan, Faisal Iqbal etc would have been included in ACTUAL A team.
Very good batting lienup but useless bowling, Shahid Nazir or Asif to some extent have any real chance in future.
England will play their almost full strength team this time(including Harmison and Flintoff) and pitch will surely be better than the last one so an excellent opportunity for Hasan Raza, Shahid Yousaf, Athar and Mansoor Amjad to shine.
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**England players struck by illness **](BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Hoggard inspires England recovery)
**Tour match, Lahore: Pakistan A v England **
Match starts 0500 GMT Sunday
England had a scare when four players were taken ill a week before the first Test against Pakistan in Multan.
The tourists were expected to field their Test XI in Sunday’s final warm-up game against Pakistan A in Lahore.
But Matthew Hoggard, Alex Loudon, Kevin Pietersen and Shaun Udal experienced throat and stomach problems, although they took part in practice on Saturday.
Coach Duncan Fletcher said it was “difficult” to say which of the quartet would be able to face Pakistan A.
Hoggard and Pietersen are almost certain to play in the first Test, while Udal is being tipped to fill the second spinner’s role alongside Ashley Giles.
None of the four were able to join the rest of the squad in the gym after the nets at the Pakistan Cricket Board Academy.
If they are unable to feature in Lahore, it will hamper England’s preparations for the first of three Tests.
Pietersen, in particular, needs time in the middle after the batting struggled in the opening win over the PCB Patron’s XI in Rawalpindi earlier this week.
Only opening batsman Marcus Trescothick enjoyed success, making an unbeaten match total of 162, before the hosts were skittled for 105 to give England a 52-run win.
Ian Bell, who endured a torrid time against Australia in the summer, made only two and one, giving rise to suggestions that Paul Collingwood will take his place in Multan.
The Durham all-rounder has played just three Test matches since making his debut against Sri Lanka in December 2003 but the improvements in his game have impressed the England hierarchy.
“He is slightly unlucky not to have played a few more Tests. As a batter he has improved a lot over the last year and has come on really as a bowler,” Fletcher explained. "If we go with two spinners we don’t believe in having three seamers in this heat in Pakistan. "Colly is determined to play Test cricket and not be singled out as a one-day player. He was clocking 79 miles an hour, now he is getting up to 84 to 85, which is quite useful. "
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Gr8 chance for Hasan 'Diamond' Raza to get his eye in before the Test Series. Insha'allah he'll score big @ Bagh-e-Jinnah and start @ Multan.