Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz to miss Sri Lanka T20s
Saturday 25 July 2015 14:21, UK
Fast bowler Wahab Riaz will miss Pakistan's forthcoming two-game Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka due to an ongoing hand injury.
The 30-year-old had been named in the 15-man squad subject to his recovery from the injury which he sustained during the second Test against the same opposition earlier this month.
However, he failed a fitness test on Friday and will be replaced by another left-arm pace bowler Zia-ul-Haq.
A Pakistan Cricket Board statement read: "Riaz bowled in the nets on Friday and still feels stiffness in his bowling hand.
"Thus he withdrew himself from the T20 squad. Zia will replace him." Zia, 20, was impressive during a Pakistan 'A' team tour of Sri Lanka earlier this year."
A disappointed Riaz said: "Unfortunately, still some stiffness in my bowling hand. Hopefully, another week or so to give me 100 per cent."
Pakistan go into the fifth and final ODI in Hambantota on Sunday leading the five-match series 3-1.
The two Twenty20 internationals will take place in Colombo on July 30 and August 1.
Squad: Shahid Afridi (c), Ahmed Shehzad, Nauman Anwar, Mohammad Hafeez, Mukhtar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Zia-ul-Haq.
