LAHORE: Pakistan’s tours to England and Ireland are just around the corner and thus, fitness tests for the cricketers have been announced to be held at the National Cricket Academy (NCA)from Monday.
The test matches will be held on April 9 and 10 and will be played by centrally-contracted cricketers. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah, all-rounder Imad Wasim and medium pacer Sohail Khan will not be participating due to injuries.
It was reported that Imad Wasim had suffered a concussion in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL) and Yasir Shah is currently dealing with a hip injury. However, the nature of his injury will be reviewed after which a decision will be taken regarding his selection.
PSL stars Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sahibzada Farhan are also on the list of players who will take the fitness tests, as well as, Fawad Alam whose chances of selection in the national squad are low, according to a local news source.
The probables for the Ireland and England Tests will be announced after seeing the results of the fitness tests. Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has recommended 17 players in the squad for the test tours.