Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Pakistan include Shaheen for New Zealand Tests

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LAHORE: Pakistan’s selectors Saturday included teenage pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi in a 15-man squad for the first two of the three Tests against New Zealand starting in Abu Dhabi next week. The 18-year-old has been in a devastatin­g form in the ongoing ODI series in the UAE, taking 4-46 and 4-38 in two matches so far. Meanwhile, Imam-ul-haq, who was taken to hospital after being hit on the head by a short ball in the ODI on Friday, was cleared after the Pakistan Cricket Board said scans had shown that the player had suffered no damage.

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