Three uncapped players - spin-bowling allrounder Asif Afridi , left-arm wristspinner Faisal Akram , and wicketkeeper-batter Rohail Nazir - have been included in an expanded 18-man Pakistan squad for the two-Test series at home against South Africa. The squad, though, which will be trimmed closer to the start of the first Test, which begins on October 12 in Lahore.

As reported earlier, Shan Masood will continue as captain , and the squad - minus the players who are returning from the Asia Cup - will take part in a training camp in Lahore starting this evening and running till October 8. Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Salman Agha and Shaheen Shah Afridi, the players at the Asia Cup, will join the camp on October 4.

The camp will be overseen by red-ball head coach Azhar Mahmood and N

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