The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has granted exemption to Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed and Faheem Ashraf from national training camp, starting tomorrow in Lahore.
The trio will miss the camp due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, Abid Ali and Fakhar Zaman have been included in the camp.
Pakistan's captain in all three formats, Babar Azam and wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan will also miss the camp because they are traveling for Hajj in the second week of June.
Sarfaraz Ahmed will miss the camp due to personal commitments whereas Mohammad Nawaz is recovering from finger injury. Players including Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan, who are playing in County Cricket, will complete their contracts.
As many as thirteen spinners, 11 fast bowlers, and 14 batters will undergo specialised training camps from June 10 to 21.
The upcoming first assignment of the national team after a gap of almost three months will be the ICC Test Championship matches against Sri Lanka. Pakistan will visit the Island nation to play two Tests at the end of July.
List of invited players
Spinners – Abrar Ahmed, Ali Asfand, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Mohammad Junaid, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Noman Ali, Qasim Akram, Sajid Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usama Mir and Zahid Mehmood
Fast bowlers – Aamir Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Ihsanullah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Naseem Shah and Shahnawaz Dahani
Batters – Abdullah Shafique, Haris Sohail, Haseebullah, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Huraira, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Tayyab Tahir
Schedule
For spinners – 10 till 15 June
Fast bowlers – 16 till 21 June