Pakistan announces squad for the tour of Australia 2019
Pakistan cricket teams chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has annouched the squads for two test matches and three T20I's that will be played on Australian soil in November of this year.
Pakistan's cricket team's coach and chief selector, Misbahul Haq on Monday, announced the 16-member squads for the upcoming T20 and Test series against Australia in a press conference in Lahore.
As already known, the T20 team will be captained by batsman Babar Azam, while the Test team will be led by Azhar Ali.
The T20 squad will travel to Sydney first, on October 26, and will play a warm-up match on October 31 before the T20 series begins.
Players in the Test squad will leave for Perth after the fifth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, which will be played from October 28-31. The Test squad will play two warm-up matches before their series begins.
Pakistan will play three T20s against Australia, the first of which will be held on November 3 in Sydney. The second T20 will be played in Canberra on November 5, while the third in Perth on November 8.
Following the T20 series the two teams will take part in ICC Test Championship matches. The first Test will be played from November 21-25 in Brisbane, while the second will be held in Adelaide from November 29 till December 3.
As expected, Sarfaraz Ahmed was not included in either squad. Fast bowler Hasan Ali was also left out after failing to recover from a recurring back problem. Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad, who had been included in the T20 team for the series against Sri Lanka, did not make the cut.
The squad for the 20-overs format includes:
Babar Azam (c), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikahr Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imamul Haq, Shadab Khan, Musa Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz and Khushdil Shah
The squad for the Test series includes:
Azhar Ali (c), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Imamul Haq, Imran Khan senior, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Musa Khan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Yasir Shah.
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