LAHORE – Pakistan cricket selectors have continued to reward domesticperformers and show faith in emerging cricketers as they named formidablesides for the upcoming challenges in South Africa and Zimbabwe where thenational men’s side will play seven T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests.
The seven T20Is and two Tests will count towards the ICC T20I and Test TeamRankings, while the three ODIs against South Africa will be part of the ICCMen’s Cricket World Cup Super League – a 13-team competition from which thetop seven sides will qualify automatically for the ICC Men’s Cricket WorldCup 2023.
The 35-member Pakistan squad will depart for Johannesburg on 26 March forthe three ODIs and four T20Is against South Africa. They will then fly toBulawayo on 17 April for three T20Is and two Tests against Zimbabwe. Theside is scheduled to return on 12 May.
Prior to their departure for Johannesburg, a training camp for thewhite-ball players will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium from 19 March. Theplayers will arrive in Lahore on 18 March following 16 March PCR tests intheir respective cities and will undergo further PCR tests on 18, 21 and 24March. During the Lahore camp, the players will remain in a bio-secureenvironment.
The T20I and ODI sides include 18 players each with 14 players featuring inboth the formats, while the Test squad comprises 20 players with eightplayers figuring across all three formats. These eight players are BabarAzam (captain), Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Nawaz,Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Squads:
T20I: Babar Azam (captain) (Central Punjab), Shadab Khan (vice-captain)(Northern), Arshad Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Asif Ali (Northern), DanishAziz (Sindh), Faheem Ashraf (Central Punjab), Haider Ali (Northern), HarisRauf (Northern), Hasan Ali (Central Punjab), Mohammad Hafeez (KhyberPakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh), Mohammad Nawaz (Northern), MohammadRizwan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa),Sarfaraz Ahmed (Sindh), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), SharjeelKhan (Sindh) and Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)
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ODI: Babar Azam (captain) (Central Punjab), Shadab Khan (vice-captain)(Northern), Abdullah Shafique (Central Punjab), Danish Aziz (Sindh), FaheemAshraf (Central Punjab), Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Haider Ali(Northern), Haris Rauf (Northern), Hasan Ali (Central Punjab), Imam-ul-Haq(Balochistan), Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh), Mohammad Nawaz (Northern),Mohammad Rizwan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Wasim Jnr (KhyberPakhtunkhwa), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Sindh), Saud Shakeel (Sindh), Shaheen ShahAfridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)
Test: Babar Azam (captain) (Central Punjab), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain)(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Abdullah Shafique (Central Punjab), Abid Ali (CentralPunjab), Azhar Ali (Central Punjab), Faheem Ashraf (Central Punjab), FawadAlam (Sindh), Haris Rauf (Northern), Hasan Ali (Central Punjab), Imran Butt(Balochistan), Mohammad Nawaz (Northern), Nauman Ali (Northern), Sajid Khan(Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Salman Ali Agha (Southern Punjab), Sarfaraz Ahmed(Sindh), Saud Shakeel (Sindh), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa),Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh), Tabish Khan (Sindh) and Zahid Mahmood (SouthernPunjab)
Players Support Personnel – Mansoor Rana (Manager), Misbah-ul-Haq (headcoach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Col(retd) Khalid Mahmood (security manager), Malang Ali (masseur), RazaKitchlew (Digital and media manager), Dr Riaz Ahmed (team doctor), ShahidAslam (assistant coach), Talha Butt (analyst), Waqar Younis (bowlingcoach), Yasir Malik (strength & conditioning coach) and Younis Khan(batting coach).
Pakistan white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan and T20I specialist MohammadHafeez have returned to the side after missing the South Africa series.
