LAHORE, May 13: Pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami will be included in the fitness training camp of the Pakistan team to be held from May 25 for the forthcoming tour of England.

Chairman national selection committee, Wasim Bari told Dawn after meeting the PCB chairman Shaharyar M. Khan and presiding over the meeting of the selectors on Saturday, which also discussed the probables of 'A' team, which will tour Australia in July.

"Shoaib is keen to return and we also need him against England while Sami performed well in the domestic season and both will be called for the fitness camp," Bari said.

He said that he was not concerned under whose supervision Shoaib had been training in Lahore, as it was the domain of the PCB.

Shoaib has been training under both trainers, his private Tauseef Razzaq and PCB’s Grant Compton.

Shoaib will be if declared fit and selected make a comeback after missing the One-day home series against India, Sri Lankan tour and back-to-back matches against India in Abu Dhabi, this year.

Sami was dropped after playing the last two One-day matches of the home series against India.

Bari pointed out that to select two wicketkeepers for the England tour was also discussed. But he added, a final decision would be taken after consulting captain Inzamamul Haq.

"In case of two wicketkeepers, we have to exclude one specialist batsman, bowler or all-rounder, therefore, the captain's consultation is essential," Bari said.

He said that a 16-member team will tour England to play four Tests, five One-day and one Twenty-20 match and the 25 probables for the senior and 'A' fitness camps each would be announced by Wednesday.

The senior camp will be held at the Qadhafi Stadium while the 'A' team in the National Cricket Academy.

The senior team will leave for England in the last week of June and after one week the `A' team will depart for Australia to play in quadrangular One-day and Twenty-20 Cup matches, besides four-day matches against Australia `A'.

Besides Pakistan and the host the other two teams of shorter version competitions are New Zealand and India.

Bari said that the committee did not receive any instructions from the PCB chairman to select or not the four cricketers of the `A' team involved in a controversial incident which occurred in Abu Dhabi.

"No instructions have been given to the selectors regarding four cricketers and if we receive anything we will take the decision accordingly," he said.

Abu Dhabi police detained Taufiq Omar, wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider and Misbahul Haq, a day before the EurAsia Cup final.

The contest was held in Abu Dhabi from April 22 to May 5. The three were coming in a car from Dubai where they went without getting the permission of the team management.

Hasan Raza, the captain, also went to Dubai without permission but he was traveling in another car.

There are reports, liquor was recovered from the car in which Taufiq, Zulqarnain and Misbah were traveling with their friend.

However, the team manager Shafiq Ahmad claimed the arrest were made for overspeeding.

Nowhere in the world drivers and passengers are arrested for overspeeding.

Drivers and passengers are only arrested when involved in criminal case.

The PCB has imposed a fine of US$300, each on all four players.