LAHORE: Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the sixteen-member squad for Pakistan’s tour of England and Ireland here on Sunday.
Nine batsmen have been included in the squad to counter the difficult playing position in England.
Azhar Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Sami Aslam have been included in the squad as opening batsmen.
Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Saad Ali, Usman Salahuddin have been added as middle order batsmen.
Faheem Ashraf finds his place as an all-rounder in the squad while Shadab Khan has been included as a spinner.
The squad is expected to depart at the end of this month.
Pakistan will begin their tour with a four-day warm-up match against county side Kent before taking on Ireland in a one-off test match on May 11: the first-ever played by the Irish.
The Pakistan squad:
Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Inam-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Usman Salahuddin, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Abbas, Saad Ali, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf and Rahat Ali.