Taufeeq Umar returns for Australia Tests

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Taufeeq Umar last played a Test in July 2012 © AFP

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Pakistan squad for Australia Tests

*=left]Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Imran Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Talha, Rahat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Shan Masood, Taufeeq Umar, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan, Zulfiqur Babar
*=left]In: Taufeeq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Zulfiqar Babar, Haris Sohail, Yasir Shah, Imran Khan, Ehsan Adil
*=left]**Out:**Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz, Khurram Manzoor

Taufeeq Umar, the left-hand opening batsmen, has made a comeback to the Pakistan Test squad for the two-match series against Australia in the UAE. Taufeeq played the last of his 43 Tests in July 2012.
Legspinner Yasir Shah, 28, and seamer Imran Khan, 27, get maiden call-ups to the Test squad. Mohammad Hafeez has recovered from a hand injuryand gets a recall after being dropped for the away Tests against Sri Lanka in August - he had had a poor 2013 in Tests, averaging 17.54, and scored 21 and 1 in the only Test he played this year. He had missed the preceding ODI series against Australia with a split webbing on his left hand.
Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, who had played those one-dayers, stays on - he last played a Test a year ago. Batsman Haris Sohail, who had been called up for the away Tests against South Africa in early 2013 buthad to leave the tour without debuting due to an ankle injury, also makes the 16.
Batsman Umar Akmal and left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, whose fitness levels were found to be wanting by the PCB in September, were left out - both had played in Pakistan’s previous Test assignment, the two Tests against Sri Lanka in August. Opener Khurram Manzoor also misses out from that squad, as do the injuredJunaid Khan and Wahab Riaz, and the suspended Saeed Ajmal.
Pakistan play two Tests against Australia between October 22 and November 3, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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Why is Irfan not in the squad and why not babar azam?

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Another useless player

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I think want to keep Irfan for WC and don't want to take risk while playing Tests. I think they should give chance to this young guys as in past many players were given chances after side match performance and they showed some nice performances. Babar performance in ODI & T2 is good but in FC he has not shown some good performance.
Shan Masood despite of his failure on both innings still in squad. He is an opener and now Pakistan has four openers in team so it looks hard to give him a chance to play in Tests. But lets see who will play 1st test.

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Watch triple ton from tauffee :chai:

then he will wake up.

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I don’t think Nasir Jamshed, Imran Farhat, Khurram Manzoor, Shan Masood, Mohd Hafeez and even the cheater Salman Butt should have gotten a chance ahead of Taufeeq Umar. I believe Taufeeq Umar deserves to be in the Playing 11. He is the best opener we have gotten since the forced retirement of Saeed Anwar. He has shown the best technique. Only one to have scored a double century in tests from everyone that we have tried.

Comparison of all time Pak test batting avg: Cricket Records | Records | Pakistan | Test matches | Highest averages | ESPN Cricinfo

                   Mat    Inns	NO	Runs	HS	**Ave**		100	 50

Imran Farhat 40 77 2 2400 128 32 3 14
Taufeeq Umar 43 81 5 2943 236 38.72 7 14
Nasir Jamshed 2 4 0 51 46 12.75 0 0
Mohd. Hafeez 36 70 6 2174 196 33.96 5 9
Salman Butt 33 62 0 1889 122 30.46 3 10
Khurram Manzoor16 30 1 817 146 28.17 1 7
Shan Masood 2 4 0 96 75 24 0 1

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I believe Taufeeq Umar deserves to be in the Playing 11.