Birmingham - Pakistan are to drop wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal from their side for the second Test against England, starting at Edgbaston on Friday, team captain Salman Butt told AFP.
And there is set to be no place in the side for late call-up Mohammad Yousuf after the batsman, who only arrived in England on Thursday, missed the team's final training session.
Now Pakistan are set to give a Test debut to 24-year-old wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, with the only other change to the team that lost the first of a four-Test series by a huge 354 runs at Trent Bridge last week the recall of Saeed Ajmal.
"We have made two changes in the side," said Butt.
"Kamran Akmal and Danish Kaneria have been dropped and their places have been taken by Zulqarnain Haider and Saeed Ajmal. There will be no Mohammad Yousuf in the team," said Butt.
Off-spinner Ajmal is in line to take the place of leg-spinner Kaneria, released back to English county side Essex after his one wicket at Trent Bridge cost an expensive 171 runs.
Former captain Yousuf was only called up into the squad hours after Pakistan lost at Trent Bridge, having been bowled out for 80 -- their lowest ever total against England.