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Karachi: Pakistan on Wednesday left out Shoaib Akhtar from the 30-man preliminary squad for this year's Champions Trophy after the controversial pacer failed to prove his fitness last week.
The 33-year-old was also omitted from a 16-man One-day squad for a five-match series against Sri Lanka starting next week.
Akhtar was withdrawn from the World Twenty20 squad after coming down with "genital warts" and failed to pass a fitness test conducted last week.
But another controversial fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, was included as his one-year ban expires on September 22, the start of the Champions Trophy in South Africa.
The ban was imposed after the 26-year-old failed a dope test in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League last year.
Asif will be eligible to play in Pakistan's opening match against the West Indies on September 23.
The biennial Champions Trophy will be held in South Africa from September 22 to October 5, having been moved out of Pakistan over security fears.
The top eight countries - Australia, England, South Africa, India, Pakistan, the West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand are due to take part in the Trophy, which was first held in 1998.
Pakistan's preliminary squads will be trimmed to 15 next month.
Provisional Squad: Younis Khan (C), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Azhar Ali, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Amin, Umer Akmal, Sheharyar Ghani, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naveed, Yasir Arafat, Fawad Alam, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Abdul Rauf, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Tanveer, Rao Iftikhar, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Hafeez.
