Pakistan appoints Shaun Tait new bowling to educate as the squad for Australia domestic collection is named
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday named a sixteen-member squad for the Test series against Australia, with a view to starting next month, opting to maintain a maximum of the players who had been part of the countrywide facet in the course of the series with Bangladesh in 2021.
In an assertion, the PCB said 3 modifications had been made inside the squad that turned into part of the Test series in opposition to Bangladesh. Haris Rauf will update Bilal Asif and Shan Masood will take over from Abid Ali even as Yasir Shah has been included many of the five reserve players.
Harris become a part of the countrywide crew in Tests towards South Africa and Zimbabwe final yr whilst Shan ultimate played in New Zealand in 2020-21, in line with the PCB statement.
Test squad:
Babar Azam (captain)
Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain)
Abdullah Shafique
Azhar Ali
Faheem Ashraf
Fawad Alam
Haris Rauf
Hasan Ali
Imam-ul-Haq
Mohammad Nawaz
Nauman Ali
Sajid Khan
Saud Shakeel
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shan Masood
Zahid Mahmood
The five reserve players are Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and Yasir Shah.
Chief Selector Mohammad Wasim stated the board had selected consistency for the house collection against Australia — who are journeying Pakistan following an emphatic Ashes series win in January — and adjustments had handiest been made where vital.
"This is to provide the guys self-warranty, praise them for their notable performances in the longer version of the sport in 2021 and retain to build the issue for the future," Wasim become quoted as saying inside the assertion.
"These are the pleasant available, maximum gifted, and in-shape players in the home circuit. I am confident they'll put up an excellent performance towards an impressive Australia facet," he brought.
The PCB also announced that Saqlain Mushtaq will maintain as head coach for every other twelve months at the same time as former Australian paceman Shaun Tait has been appointed as speedy bowling teach for 12 months.
In addition, Mohammad Yousuf has been appointed as the batting train for the collection with Australia.
Last week, the PCB said the Australian Test team will arrive within us on February 27. After separating in Rawalpindi for one day, they'll start working towards Pindi Cricket Stadium for the first Test so that it will be held at an equal venue from March four to 8.
They will then journey to Karachi for the second Test, scheduled to be held from March 12 to 16. Following that, they will journey to Lahore for the 0.33 Test on the way to take place from March 21 to 25.
The Tests could be a part of the ICC World Test Championship.
This may be Australia's first excursion of Pakistan considering the fact that 1998.
