{"id":171876,"date":"2025-10-01T03:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171876\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:19:14","slug":"cricket-pakistan-recall-shaheen-pick-38-year-old-asif-afridi-faisal-akram-for-tests-against-south-africa-deccan-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171876\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket: Pakistan recall Shaheen, pick 38-year-old Asif Afridi &amp; Faisal Akram for Tests against South Africa &#8211; Deccan Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxPaU1SRHIyTFZkOFdUS0hFVHdxcC1JdU5ZblA0Q3I1VmExa1psUHRuTDhMbUpnekRlUGd6ZWp6RzJUUXNIc2Q0c0lSYU5fT1VLazRtMTFjLU9UVHdfU0FpLXB3R2lzdXQzN0NmekRjMnVzZjVibHZuaUl3aTlfbXhTREJ2eGVmYjlabm05bEJqNTlhdG5FbWxPaVlNU0w3d2dmWkpieG5RUUExMUpqWkViSjJoRXoycHFBUTc4T2hqbU1jeUt1RWpHU0QwX3pMNmJOWF9UZnEtX2hhU051X2l3a3dya0M4YTFGWWFtLQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cricket: Pakistan recall Shaheen, pick 38-year-old Asif Afridi &amp; Faisal Akram for Tests against South Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deccan Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxPSzZ4S3JsWVh6bnJBREw5NGlFS1J3c05zNERGa2NkXzRGbTljUjJ3YmNCdF9pWEt2ZDZrUW5zWkNmaWlOaXliY1dBaDdES1VTLThSWHBWeTJ0aFVpLVpwV0p4RlNUdTJ6MDhYbk4tOUtFZ0kweTBKZ2ZsYmVLdWVWQzdDRVF4TXdJc3VWelBsTHQ3aXNqUXJZX1VHQWYzbWJwUHdvempNcHNmWDRhcFNta2xZTFNzRlBsR09FWEp3VmxfLUM5UVo5ay1BYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pakistan pick uncapped Rohail Nazir, Asif Afridi and Faisal Akram for Tests against SA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOZEJXU0RBWXZqQmNWNUpRMFRpRmhxdnEwZzNLaWY5VGstamxoV2NvQkNkSFNSeFRLOFVlWmxJVnJubjhRaWtDYWQ2UEQ3RHVLaEloSFNTTlQtMlR6cUkxX0ZtTDhndmRKbHU4a0d0ak5XWG5nZ3FJemx2X08zanN6OWIwVjR1dGNnSWJiOU9aUVlzTzNUN0lr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Selection surprises as Pakistan name Test squad for Proteas<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ICC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPdENxaXJMemhyVFV2Q1h6aEFZa2lxWHMtTkZyXzFNTUE0UXJSLU5tajJLVUZQLUtMd2JLdjYtZEd1QWkwU3VaaWQ5M1c2R3dRdzFoMkJJWmdyQWF5V0FKU2VVaE1CUDItRXVrMjQ2dWFmUGNqSWp2aV9mQ05CNW5oRkN6MkctR055T2tkT0JxcXk3SzhLS093ME9zdWtia0g4RG1VMkNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">18-member squad announced for South Africa Test series<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PCB<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggJBVV95cUxQcjQxYkJRQWEtZkYtTThlajlnSHU5VFVQRjQ0b0lTRlQzU0tpc0ZkdTA5ek1wX1l1enpkZXFYQmZJS3dJZ21icU5HR3U4Mmd6dzN3cVZaMndMZHNRV1RpRmNBTFlHaFdMTnIwVmhqbjRhcVZETElpZS1fMElNVXVIS3d6NnJ4R0UzZEl2TzdtaDY1Z1AxNGE3b1BjaTBrN2dMVENCQ1BVVjhUQlU5MkstNHVkQ3ZxNXpsWW9neU1NRHFqVjdybTE1aklfWWs0T0t6N09fazNGMXJ0bGpEUTZvcWNHUjVDamxnM0lfSjhGS29KMjhrNTBGTl9ZR0loSDgzR1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Desperate move? Pakistan recall 38-year-old Afridi, Akram, Babar Azam after Asia Cup disaster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket: Pakistan recall Shaheen, pick 38-year-old Asif Afridi &amp; Faisal Akram for Tests against South Africa&nbsp;&nbsp;Deccan HeraldPakistan pick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[77161,77151,77159,1721,77153,77160,74903,77163,77162,77149,77155,77156,77164,77148,77157,77154,77152,77150,77158,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-171876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-abrar-ahmed-test-squad","tag-asif-afridi-debut","tag-babar-azam-test-squad","tag-cricket","tag-faisal-akram-test-squad","tag-mohammad-rizwan-test-cricket","tag-pakistan-cricket-news","tag-pakistan-pace-attack","tag-pakistan-spin-attack","tag-pakistan-test-squad-2025","tag-pakistan-vs-south-africa-lahore-test","tag-pakistan-vs-south-africa-rawalpindi-test","tag-pakistan-vs-south-africa-schedule","tag-pakistan-vs-south-africa-test-series","tag-pakistan-world-test-championship-2025","tag-pcb-test-squad-announcement","tag-rohail-nazir-test-call-up","tag-shaheen-afridi-test-return","tag-shan-masood-captaincy","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}