Domestic performers in, out-of-form stars out as new chief selector rings in major changes.

LAHORE -- New Chief Selector Mohammad Wasim named a new look Pakistan squad for the Test series against South Africa, ringing in a number of changes as he axed a series of underperforming regulars and drafted in long ignored domestic cricket stalwarts such as Tabish Khan, Saud Shakil and Kamran Ghulam.

"The first thing that we did was that we reviewed the New Zealand series that what mistakes were made and what gaps there are to fill," Waseem explained in a press conference held in Karachi before naming the squad.

Wasim said that a variety of things were considered in drafting the squad, stressing that stats were not the sole criteria as "we also analysed that if a batsman scored runs or a bowler picked wickets it...