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    "editor1": "<p>Pakistani selectors rested some senior players on Thursday, including former captains Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed, for their limited home series against the West Indies to be played later this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Besides Malik and Sarfaraz, fast bowler Hasan Ali and spinning all-rounder Imad Wasim will also not be part of Twenty20 and one-day international squads.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chief voter Mohammad Wasim said the players needed rest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;We have been playing T20Is since October and now have a fairly firm and balanced side, so we have decided to rest Imad, Sarfaraz and Malik,&rdquo; Wasim said in a statement from the Pakistan Cricket Board.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Young fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain returns to the squad after missing the Twenty20 World Cup and the series in Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"  https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/australia-vs-england-ashes\">Ashes 2021-22 - England vs Australia Schedule and Squads<\/a><\/p><p>The Caribbean will play three Twenty20 internationals (December 13, 14 and 16) followed by as many one-day internationals (December 18, 20 and 22) all in Karachi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"background:#eeeeee; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:5px 10px\">Squad:<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#eeeeee; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:5px 10px\"><strong>(T20Is)<\/strong>: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#eeeeee; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:5px 10px\"><strong>ODIs<\/strong>: &nbsp;Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Hasnain, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir<\/div>\r\n",
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