Fawad Alam named in 20-man Pakistan Test squad
- by Florence Jennings
- in Sport
- — Jul 29, 2020
Pakistan cricket player Fawad Alam talks to the media.
Azhar Ali has been named the captain of the side while limited-overs skipper Babar Azam is the vice-captain.
Pakistan has announced a shortened 20-man squad for the Test series against England starting from August 5.
Besides, Wahab confirmed his availability for the England tour after taking an indefinite break from Test cricket past year.
Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, who has not played Test cricket for Pakistan since January 2019, returns to the side.
Former captain Sarfaraz, who was sacked from Test and T20I captaincy the previous October, is the second choice wicketkeeper in the squad, behind the youthful Mohammad Rizwan, who also toured Australia a year ago and played Bangladesh at home this February.
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The selectors also included two specialist spinners, Kashif Bhatti and the experienced Yasir Shah apart from two all-rounders in Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan.
Ahmed, who had last played global cricket during the home series against Sri Lanka past year, has been included as the second wicket-keeper batsman behind Mohammad Rizwan.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals between August and September, beginning at Emirates Old Trafford on August 5, live on Sky Sports Cricket.
"Meanwhile, the remaining nine players - Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain and Musa Khan - will continue to train with the squad for the T20I series, which will be played at the backend of the Test series", PCB stated in a release.
Pakistan were rejected the chance of some important match practice on Monday after the last day of their intra-squad warm-up match in Derby was deserted without a ball being bowled.
Pakistan and England are slated to play three Tests and three T20Is against each other.
