Pakistan vs England, 1st Test, December 1st, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium:
A 17-year-long wait was over for Pakistani fans before the recently concluded T20I World Cup when England’s team came to Pakistan to play the 7 T20I match series held successfully both on & off the field. Due to the T20I World Cup, the tour was mutually divided into two parts, T20I matches before the World Cup and then the Test series in December.
Remember that this didn’t occur as smoothly as it’s been said. A lot of things happened before the series finally took place. It all started last year when New Zealand landed in Islamabad to play scheduled series in Pakistan after many years, of course. Then just a few hours before the start of the first game, one of the most unusual incidents in cricket history occurred as the New Zealand team refused to play the game due to security reasons. According to them, they received a threatening call, and they wanted to go back. This was a very awkward and tense situation. Pakistan Cricket Board tried to explain to them that there was no threat, but in the end, they went back, and the tour got canceled.
Australia, New Zealand, and England share the same security agency, so England also followed New Zealand and announced to cancellation of the tour. This created a lot of tension as. Usually, the relations between both cricketing nations are excellent. After the England Cricket Board chairman’s resignation and backlash from their fans, former players, and managers, they announced to come back next year and play 2 T20I more as compensation.
Pakistan vs England Test: Take a Look at Worth Mentioning Ins & Outs of Pakistan Squad
After successful series of 7 T20 matches, which was a massive hit as cricket fans got to see many great innings, knocks, and spells. And now it’s time for the much-awaited test series, and Pakistan has announced their 18-men test squad to face England, which contains some exciting names, inclusions, and surprising omissions. Let’s take a look at worth mentioning ins & outs of the squad.
Fawad Alam, Hasan Ali, Yasir Shah, and Shaheen Afridi are the notable names who are omitted from the squad due to different reasons.
Shaheen Shah Afridi is still recovering from a knee injury and recently went from Appendix surgery.
While batter Fawad Alam has been left out due to his recent poor performances, he scored only 58 runs in four test matches in 2022.
Experienced bowler Hassan Ali also misses out after taking just five tickets in the last four tests.
Moving towards Inclusions, Mohammad Ali (uncapped fast bowler) and Abrar Ahmed (known as a mystery spinner) were finally called up for the national team.
Last but not least, Haris Rauf is in the squad and is expected to make his test debut after consistently performing excellent white-ball formats.
Pakistan vs England Test: Pakistan & England Tests Squad
Pakistan have announced their 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match World Test Championship series against England. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has received a green signal to host the first Test in Rawalpindi from December 1.
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Abrar Ahmed, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Nawaz, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Ali.
The English team is set to land in Islamabad on 26 November while the first match will begin at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 1st December 2022.
England Squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (wk), Will Jacks, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Rehan Ahmed.
Pakistan vs England Test: Schedule for PAK vs ENG Test Series
Pakistan vs England First Test: December 1-5, 2022 in Rawalpindi
Pakistan vs England Second Test: December 9-13, 2022 in Multan
Pakistan vs England Third Test: December 17-21 2022, in Karachi
