Re: Pakistan Team - developments and news (merged)
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Pakistan have confirmed Mohammad Sami (pictured) and Yasir Arafat will join their World Cup squad, although they are still waiting for official clearance from the ICC.
Sami and Arafat are replacing injured duo Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in Pakistan’s 15-man squad.
Shoaib and Asif - who both recently had doping bans overturned on appeal - are out of the tournament due to respective knee and elbow injuries.
“Sami and Arafat are on a flight to the West Indies,” Pakistan media manager Pervez Jamil Mir told Reuters on Tuesday.
“We expect the ICC to clear them soon but we don’t anticipate any problems because it is the ICC itself that is making all the arrangements for the players.” Pakistan begin their Group D campaign against hosts West Indies in the tournament opener on March 13 at Sabina Park.