SYDNEY – Cricket Australia has unveiled a full-strength Test squad asAussies are set to visit Pakistan for the first time in nearly 24 years.
Reports in local media said the much-anticipated tour will start inRawalpindi, with the opening game to be played from March 4–8 and the fourwhite-ball matches to be played from March 29–April 5.
Top Aussie players Mitch Marsh, Josh Inglis, and Mitchell Swepson are partof an 18-member squad, while spinner Ashton Agar’s name is the onlyaddition from the extended group of players that won the Ashes seriesagainst England.
The full squad included Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, AlexCarey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, JoshInglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh,Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, andDavid Warner.
No players from the Oceanian side opted to withdraw from the tour to SouthAsian country while the squads for other formats will be announced later.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has yet to announce the Testsquad for the upcoming home series against Australia.
The test matches will be part of the World Test Championship and the ODIswill be counted toward World Cup Super League, per reports.
Australia played the last test series in Pakistan in 1998 and since thenIslamabad has hosted Kangaroos four times in Sri Lanka and UAE.Schedule
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27 February – Arrival in Islamabad
4-8 March – 1st Test, Rawalpindi
12-16 March – 2nd Test, Karachi
21-25 March – 3rd Test, Lahore
29 March – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi
31 March – 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi
