The Pakistan men’s cricket team will kick off their training camp on 2 October for the upcoming first Test against England, which will be played in Multan from 7 October.
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood will hold a pre-series press conference at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on 30 September (tomorrow).
Following that, Pakistan’s Test squad will assemble in Multan on 1 October where they will hold training sessions from 2 October. The first session will be held from 12:00 PM, where players will undergo rigorous batting, bowling and fielding training.
Meanwhile, the England men’s cricket team will arrive in the wee hours of 2 October. The visiting team will take a day’s rest before hitting the nets on 4 October to prepare for the three-match Test series.
The training camps of both teams will end on 6 October.
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The three-match series between Pakistan and England will run from October 7 to 28 and is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25.
It’s worth noting that the second Test, which was originally planned at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi from 15-19 October, will now be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
The match has been shifted as the National Bank Stadium is undergoing a major facelift for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The remaining two Tests will be played as originally planned, i.e. 7-11 October in Multan and 24-28 October in Rawalpindi.
Squads:
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper), and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
England: Ben Stokes (C), Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
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