WEDNESDAY, 12.15PM:
PAKISTAN have called up pinch-hitter Shahid Afridi and all-rounder Muhammad Husain to their squad for the triangular tournament between Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa, to be played in South Africa in April.
Neither of the players is currently on tour with the Pakistani squad in Zimbabwe.
The players left out of the one-day side are Mohammad Akram, Ali Naqvi and Mushtaq Ahmed. Mushtaq has not been dropped because of poor form, but is struggling with a knee injury.
Squad:
Rashid Latif (c), Aamir Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammed Wasim, Yousaf Youhana, Moin Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram, Shaoib Akhtar, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mohammed Husain.
SPORT BRIEFS
SA DAVIS CUP SQUAD
SOUTH African tennis captain Danie Visser has named Wayne Ferreira, Grant Stafford, Ellis Ferreira and David Adams for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Germany in Bremen from April 3-5.
NORTON TRUMPS IN STROKEPLAY
JOANNE NORTON of Wanderers won the 54-hole Bell’s SA women’s amateur strokeplay championships in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, after a level-par 75 in the final round gave her a three-under total of 222.
TSHUMA BEATEN
ENGLISHMAN Paul Jones outpointed South African Johnson Tshuma over 12 rounds on Tuesday night to win the Commonwealth middleweight boxing title in London.
TWO SA SEEDS IN OPEN
SOUTH Africa will have two seeded players in the main women’s event at next week’s British Open squash championships for the first time. SA number one Claire Nitch is seeded 12, and national champion Natalie Granger 16th.
DISGRACED DURANDT APOLOGISES
DISGRACED boxing trainer Nick Durandt apologised on Tuesday for the racist remarks that saw him lose all his champion fighters. Disciplinary proceedings against Durandt were dropped by boxing authorities on Tuesday.