The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released a two-week training schedule for the team and the side will be playing two inter-squad test matches.
According to the sources, the two inter-squad matches will be played during the isolation period in a bio-secure environment at Worcestershire.
The schedule for the two inter-squad matches is listed below:
2 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time)
3 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time)
5-6 July:
Two-day inter-squad match, which will commence at 11 am (local time).
7 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time
8 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time
9 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time
10 July:
Two three-hour-long training sessions at 10 am and 2 pm (local time
11-12 July:
Two-day inter-squad match, which will commence at 10.30 am (local time).
13 July:
The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will travel to Derbyshire.
(Source: ARY sports)
Pakistan to play two inter-squad matches in Worcestershire
England and Pakistan will be featuring themselves in the first test match on 30th July. However, three-matches T20 and Test series are supposed to be played by both teams.
Moreover, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, and Mohammad Hasnain are all set to depart for England on Friday.
The six players will be joining the Pakistan squad in Worcestershire and will be flying by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). These all were first checked for the fourth time as flights required reports and for the fifth them, they will be examined by ECB to proceed further.
The six players will be the second group to depart for England as earlier, a 20-men-squad, that tested negative and cleared all three rounds of COVID-19 already reached England on 28th June where all of them have been tested negative and are isolating at Worcestershire for the next fourteen days. The training took place for the first time in Worcestershire of the 20 players. Zafar Gohar also has joint the squad and at present, 21 players are taking parts in the activities at England.
Earlier, a 29-men-squad was narrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) out of which total ten players were COVID-19 positive after the first test. Haider Ali, Imran Khan, and Kashif Bhatti have still remained negative after three tests hence, will not be joining the tour.
