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January 17, 2020

Pakistan recall old horses Hafeez, Malik for BD series

KARACHI: Selection of cricket teams in Pakistan is generally a tiresome dance of one step forward and two steps back.Thursday, when Pakistan unveiled what you might call their preliminary line-up for this year’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, wasn’t much different.Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s head coach and chief selector, picked several new faces in the 15-man T20 squad which will take on visiting Bangladesh in the forthcoming three-match series in Lahore from January 24 to 27.But then he...