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The Pakistan cricket selectors finally announced teams for the remaining two practice matches after a day of chaos and confusion.

No less than half a dozen teams were prepared and released to the media. However, it was after 10.30pm that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially announced the sides.

"These teams are final and have been duly approved by the competent authorities," manager domestic cricket Zakir Khan said from Lahore.

While there were no significant changes in the teams for the Peshawar match, the Rawalpindi game teams have been strengthened as chief executive Gen Pervez Musharraf is the chief guest.

The main absentee from the final game will, nevertheless, be paceman Shoaib Akhtar who is on a comeback trail. The injury-prone bowled played in just the opening match before he pulled out from the Karachi match.

Zakir said: "We wanted to see his fitness and are satisfied. He had a minor problem but there is nothing serious. He is fit and fine."

Teams:

Pakistan probables: Moin Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Nazir, Humayun Farhat, Salim Elahi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Fazl-e-Akbar, Yasir Hameed, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mohammad Akram, Mohammad Sami. Jan Nisar Khan (12th man)

Peshawar: Imran Farhat, Mohammad Wasim, Hasan Raza, Yasir Hameed, Taimoor Khan, Younis Khan, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Sajid Shah, Arshad Khan, Kashif Raza, Kamran Hussain. Ibraheem Fata (12th man).

Pakistan probables XI: Moin Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Nazir, Salim Elahi, Yousuf Youhana, Abdur Razzaq, Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi, Saqlain Mushtaq, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Malik. Saad Altaf (12th man).

Chief Executive: Mohammad Wasim, Imran Farhat, Taufiq Umer, Younis Khan, Rashid Latif, Mohammad Hussain, Yasir Arafat, Rana Naveed, Mohammad Akram, Faisal Khan Afridi, Stephen John. Aqeel Ahmad (12th man).

© Dawn