The Pakistan vice captain and wicketkeeper, Kamran Akmal, has been dropped for the third and final cricket test against Australia in Hobart.
The rookie wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed will make his debut, with Pakistan 2-nil down in the series and trying to avoid a series cleansweep.
The Pakistan manager, Adbul Raquib, says the four-man selection panel, which includes Kamran, voted unanimously to drop the incumbent wicketkeeper-batsman after his dreadful second Test display in Sydney.
The former captain Shoaib Malik and Khurram Manzoor have been promoted at the expense of struggling batsmen Faisal Iqbal and Misbah-ul-Haq while young pace bowler Mohammad Aamer returns in place of Mohammad Sami.
