Misbah to join squad in New Zealand

The request for Misbah's inclusion was initially turned down by Pakistan's selection committee. However, following the failure of most of Pakistan's batting line - the Akmal brothers apart - in the first innings of the ongoing first Test in Dunedin, the selectors agreed to send Misbah out to New Zealand. Before the younger Akmal saved Pakistan with a hundred on debut, Pakistan had collapsed to 85 for 5, and the middle order of Alam, Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, was looking undermanned, particularly with an opening pair as flimsy as Imran Farhat and Khurram Manzoor.........................more

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