Pakistan omit Shoaib and Kaneria from World Cup squad

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan have left out former  captain Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria but recalled  wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to their World Cup 30-man preliminary  squad.
Senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Rana Naved  were also included in the squad named today after the  Pakistan Cricket Board’s integrity committee had investigated  Shoaib, Kamran, Kaneria and Naved.

Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik

The committee was set up after Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif  and Mohammad Amir were suspended last year after a newspaper  report alleging they had arranged for deliberate no-balls to be  delivered in the fourth test against England.
The trio will face an International Cricket Council  anti-corruption tribunal in Doha this week.
Pakistan squad: Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed  Shahzad, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal, Younus Khan, Mohammad  Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq,  Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab  Riaz, Junaid Khan, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal,  Salman Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Taufiq Umar, Zulfiqar Babar, Rana  Naved, Yasir Arafat, Yasir Shah, Aizaz Cheema, Naved Yasin, Asad  Ali.