One day after Babar Azzam was appointed as the new Test Leader, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday announced a 35-member team their upcoming tour in New Zealand in which the men’s teams and Shaheen (Pakistan A) will be selected The players, along with the 20-member support team, will depart for Lincoln on November 23 where they will spend their mandatory 14-day quarantine period
Pakistan will play three T20Is on December 18, 20 and 22, and two Tests will be part of the ICC World Test Championship at Mount Maunganui and Christchurch on December 26-30 and January 3-7, respectively.
“Apart from 35 players who have participated in the team’s matches within the preliminary group as part of their preparations, Pakistan’s men national team players not participating in international matches against New Zealand will be available for selection for Shaheens vs New Zealand matches
During selection of teams, the head of the selection team and head coach Misbah Al-Haq consulted the six coaches of the Cricket Federation, Shaheen coach Ijaz Ahmed and Saklan Mushtaq, the head of international player development, « PCB said in a statement
Muhammad Radwan was appointed deputy captain for Babar Azzam in the tests, while Shadab will be deputy captain in T20Is
Pakistan National Team Coach and Head Mukhtar Misbah Al-Haq: “The matches in New Zealand are very important to us because we aim to improve our T20I rankings and earn valuable points in the ICC World Test Championship against this background and keeping in mind the recent performance of the players, we have chosen the best players available.
Speaking of the main omissions of not having an eager lion in the tests and Shuaib Malik and Muhammad Amir on T20Is, Mesbah said they have chosen to invest in youth
« There are three main omissions from the side that went around England. The Shafiq Lion was disqualified for his lack of shape after he managed 510 rounds in the last 15 rounds, including a total of 67 rounds in England. Lion is an experienced batsman and I’m sure he will take advantage of This time, to work harder on his game in domestic first-division matches so that he, like Sarfaraz Ahmed, can regain his shape and return to competing in the upcoming tests against South Africa and Zimbabwe.
“Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Amir are not part of the white ball matches, so in this round we have chosen to invest, develop and focus on promising and emerging players who are likely to be available to Pakistan in all shapes.
“We have fully maintained our confidence in Mohamed Hafeez and Wahab Riaz on the basis of their outstanding and consistent performance in addition to the value they bring to the T20I team
Editorials (six): Abid Ali (Central Punjab / Lahore Qalandars), Abdullah Shafiq (Central Punjab), Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Lahore Qalandars), Imam al-Haq (Balochistan / Peshawar Zalmi), Shan Masoud (Soutern Punjab) / Multan Sultans) and Zeeshan Malik (Northern)
Middle-class batsmen (11): Babar Azzam (captain) (Central Punjab / Karachi Kings), Azhar Ali (Central Punjab), Danish Aziz (Sind), Fuad Alam (Sind), Haider Ali (Vice Captain Shahinz) ), North / Peshawar Zalmi), Haris Suhail (Balochistan), Hussain Talaat (South Punjab / United Islamabad), Iftikhar Ahmad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Kings of Karachi), Imran Butt (Baluchistan), Khushdel Shah (South Punjab / Multan Sultan) And Muhammad Hafeez (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Peshawar Zalmi)
The wicket guards (three): Muhammad Radwan (Vice Captain, The Test) (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Kings of Karachi), Rahail Nazir (Commander of Shahens, Sultans of the North / Multan) and Sarfaraz Ahmad (Sindh / Quetta Gladiators)
The Ghazals (Five): Imad Wasim (Kings of North / Karachi), Shadab Khan (Deputy Captain, T20Is) (North / Islamabad United), Othman Qadir (Central Punjab / Multan Sultans), Yasir Shah (Balochistan / Peshawar Zalmi And Zafar Jawhar (Central Punjab / United Islamabad)
Fast bowlers (10): Imad Butt (Balochistan / United Islamabad), Fahim Ashraf (Central Punjab / United Islamabad), Haris Raouf (North / Lahore Qalandars), Muhammad Abbas (South Punjab / Multan Sultans), Muhammad Hasanin (Sindh / Quetta Wrestler), Muhammad Musa (North / United Islamabad), Naseem Shah (Central Punjab / Quetta Gladiators), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Lahore Qalandars), Sohail Khan (Sindh / Quetta Wrestlers) and Wahab Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) / Peshawar Zalmi)
Pakistan National Cricket Team, New Zealand National Cricket Team, Muhammad Amir, Asad Shafiq, Shuaib Malik, International Cricket Council, Misbah Al-Haq
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