LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will announce a combined squad forPakistan’s tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
As per the sources, the national selection panel for the cricket team iscurrently holding discussions to finalise the player list. They added thata plan has been finalised to announce the squad for the tour by March 10.
Officials privy to the development say said the national selectioncommittee will announce the white ball and red ball squads at the sametime. They added that the combined squad may consist of 30 players.
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The sources said that the PCB is planning to announce the squads at thesame time as it wants to send the whole group together on a singlechartered flight. The team is scheduled to depart from Pakistan on March 26.
Pakistan is scheduled to play a limited over series, which includes ODIsand T20s, against South Africa in their home conditions from April 2 tillApril 16.
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The ODI matches in the series will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket WorldCup Super League.
As per the PCB schedule, the team will depart for Johannesburg on March 26and will play the three Super League matches on April 2, 4 and 7.
Following the tour to South Africa, the team will head to Zimbabwe for twotests and three T20Is starting from April 17.
