Hafeez dropped from Test squad

LAHORE: The Pakistan cricket selection committee has announced a 12 member team for the Test series against S. Africa.

3 names would be announced after the 3 day warm up game between Pakistan 'A' and South Africa in Sharjah starting from October 8..

According to sources Misbah ul Haq has been retained as captain where as Mohammad Hafeez has been dropped from the Test team.

The 32-year-old, Pakistan's Twenty20 captain, managed just 43 runs in a 3-0 Test defeat in South Africa in February and scored only 59 in the two-Test series against Zimbabwe last month -- for a total of a mere 102 in the last five Tests.

Pakistan and South Africa will also play five one-day and two Twenty20 internationals, for which squads will be named later.

Squad: Misbah-ul Haq (capt), Khurram Manzoor, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Umar Amin, Adnan Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Abdul Rehman, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Rahat Ali.