Super Eight T20 missing many stars.

The Super Eight T20, Pakistan's domestic T20 tournament in which the country's top eight teams face-off, will begin on June 24 without many star players, including Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq.

Shoaib Akhtar, retired from all forms of the game at the end of this year's World Cup, while Afridi and Abdul Razzaq are just two of many Pakistan players who have chosen to play with English counties instead.

Offspinner Saeed Ajmal and fast bowler Wahab Riaz will also miss the domestic tournament due to county commitments with Worcestershire and Kent. Other prominent names missing from the series include the banned trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.


Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal will play the domestic league for Lahore Lions after being denied permission to take part in the Bangladesh domestic league. Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Sami will captain sides in the competition. Players like Imran Farhat, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal and Hasan Raza will also miss the tournament, as they are not eligible to play, having represented teams that did not finish in the top eight in the Faysal Bank T-20 Cup last season.