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Pakistan's Muhammed Asif to miss India test series:

KARACHI - Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif has failed to recover from an elbow injury and will miss the test series in India, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Friday
"He is still struggling with his elbow injury and is going to be sent to Australia for a complete check-up and rehabilitation process," chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed told Reuters on Friday.
"He will leave in a week's time and hopefully he will be fit before our next important series. Asif's absence from the Indian tour has been a setback for the team."Pakistan and India play three test from November 22.Selectors have called up leg spinner Danish Kaneria, batsman Faisal Iqbal and fast bowler Mohammad Sami for the three tests.They will replace Imran Nazir, Fawad Alam, Rao Iftikhar and allrounder Shahid Afridi who were in the one-day squad and are due to return home after the fifth game on Sunday in Jaipur.India has an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series after winning the fourth match in Gwalior on Thursday.

Pakistan's Muhammed Yousuf asked to face hearing after ICL U-turn:

MUMBAI- Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to face an arbitration hearing over his decision to pull out of a rebel Indian Twenty20 league.Yousuf had signed up with the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL), which has not been approved by national boards, but then changed his mind and joined the Indian Premier League(IPL).The IPL is the Indian board's multi-million dollar professional Twenty20 league launched to counter the rebel version.Yousuf has been asked to attend the hearing in Mumbai a day before Pakistan begin their first test against India in New Delhi on November 22.India's Essel Group, the promoters of the ICL, confirmed they had sent the batsman a legal notice for arbitration."We will not let him set a bad example," Ashish Kaul, executive vice president of the Essel Group, said on Friday.The inaugural tournament of the ICL will be played from November 30 to December 16. The league has attracted several big names including Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq."The Pakistan Cricket Board will be handling all these matters.