Pakistan turn to Farhat and Butt

Salman Butt is preparing to face New Zealand in the UAE after winning a recall to Pakistan's Test and ODI squads

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Top-order batsmen Salman Butt and Imran Farhat have been recalled to the Pakistan team for the one-day series against New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan Cricket Board selectors announced three squads for the one-day, Twenty20 and Test series against New Zealand.

Left-hand batsman Butt, who was dropped for the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa following a poor run in the series against Sri Lanka, was picked following a good showing on the domestic circuit.

Farhat returns to the team following a stint in the rebel Indian Cricket League. He last played a one-dayer in December 2006.

Pakistan’s selection committee, headed by Iqbal Qasim, have dropped middle-order batsman and former vice-captain Misbah-ul Haq from all three squads.

Pakistan is scheduled to ‘host’ three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and will also play three Tests in New Zealand beginning in mid-November in a series which has been rescheduled due to security concerns in Pakistan.

Squads

Test: Younus Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Khurrum Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmad.

ODI: Younus Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Wahab Riaz.

Twenty20: Shahid Afridi (captain), Khalid Latif, Imran Nazir, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Farhat, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir.