New Zealand series-bound players to start to report at NCA today

LAHORE: Pakistan squad for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against New Zealand will report at National Cricket Academy (NCA) today before starting their preparations for home assignment.

According to the details, players from other cities will start to assemble at the training camp tonight.

Abdullah Shafique and Faheem Ashraf will join the camp tomorrow while Fakhar Zaman will join the camp on April 10.

Pakistan’s head coach for the recently-concluded T20I series against Afghanistan Abdul Rehman will supervise the national men’s team’s training camp while bowling coach Umar Gul will assist him.

The New Zealand series-bound squad will partake in the three-day training camp from April 7 to 10 before playing an intra-squad match on the final day of the camp.

It is pertinent to mention that the green shirts will take on New Zealand in a five-match each T20I and ODI series, which will be played in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi from 14 April to 7 May.

Senior players including the trio of captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi returned to the squads for the home T20I and ODI series against New Zealand.

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