Kamran Akmal unhappy with Pakistan's test squad for SA series.

LAHORE -- Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal is not pleased with the recently announced national squad for Test series against South Africa, media reported.

The 39-year-old strongly criticized the selection of the 20-member players' list announced by the newly appointed Chief Selector on Friday, saying he has never seen such a weak unit before.

'I can vouch and put in writing that Wapda and SSGC teams can beat this formation. Give me the power and I will raise a team of Wapda players and I can bet they will beat this team within four days,' Akmal said.

The player added that he was shocked to see such a combination for the series against a top-class team like South Africa.

'You cannot win matches with just two batsmen - Babar Azam and Azhar Ali. Babar has just come out of long injury problem while Azhar's batting could also be shaky against South Africa's left-arm spinners,' he said.

Akmal said that he wonders how such an...

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