By Cricket Australia has affirmed an 18-member test squad for the much-anticipated Pakistan visit in almost 24 years on Tuesday, beginning on March 4 in Rawalpindi.
The visit, which will be Australia’s first in 24 years, is set to begin and end in Rawalpindi, with the initial Test to be played from March 4-8 and the four white-ball matches to be played from March 29-April 5, PCB said.
As per the assertion given by Cricket Australia, Mitch Marsh, Josh Inglis, and Mitchell Swepson are included for an 18-member squad, adding that spinner Ashton Agar’s name is the only option from the drawn-out gathering of players that won the Ashes series against England.
The Australia Test team included: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (VC), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, and David Warner.
According to the affirmation, none of the players from the Australian side has cast a vote to pull out from Pakistan’s visit, while the restricted overs match crews will be declared later.
Then again, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) presently can’t seem to report the Test crew for the upcoming home series against Australia.
The PCB had before reported the details of Australia’s first visit to Pakistan since November 1998. The visit will happen in March and April 2022 and will incorporate three Tests, three One-day internationals, and one Twenty20 global.
Karachi (3-7 March), Rawalpindi (12-16 March), and Lahore (21-25 March) will have the Tests, while Lahore will have the four white-ball matches from 29 March to 5 April.
The Tests will be essential for the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, a 13-team contest from which the best seven groups and hosts India will qualify straightforwardly for the 2023 occasion.
