Pakistan squad for Test series against Australia announced #PAKvAUS
Pakistan squad for the Test series against Australia has been announced, with Haris Rauf and Shaun Masood returning to the Test squad.
The names of 16 players and 5 reserve players for the three-Test series against Australia have been announced, with three changes in the announced squad.
Haris Rauf and Shaun Masood have returned to the Test squad, replacing Bilal Asif and Abid Ali, while Yasir Shah has been named in the reserve squad.
16 Members test Squad
The 16-member Test squad announced:
- Captain Babar Azam
- Vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan
- Abdullah Shafiq
- Azhar Ali
- Fahim Ashraf
- Fawad Alam
- Haris Rauf
- Hassan Ali
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Muhammad Nawaz
- Noman Ali
- Sajid Khan
- Saud Shakeel
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Shaun Masood
- Zahid Mahmood.
Reserve Players
- Kamran Ghulam
- Muhammad Abbas
- Naseem Shah
- Sarfraz Ahmed
- Yasir Shah
have been included in the reserve players.
The PCB has also appointed Thaqleen Mushtaq as the head coach of the national cricket team for another 12 months, while former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tate has been appointed as the national cricket team’s fast bowling coach for another 12 months.
Muhammad Yousuf will be the batting coach for the Australia series.
Other members of the support staff include manager Mansoor Rana and fielding coach Abdul Majeed. For the series, Shahid Aslam is assistant to head coach, Cliff Deacon is a physiotherapist and Drax Simon is strength and conditioning coach.
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