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Mohammad Asghar joins Pakistan Test squad after Yasir Shah’s injury




BRISBANE: Pakistan cricket team has added Mohammad Asghar as the backup player in the Test squad for upcoming series against Australia after leg-spinner Yasir Shah suffered a back injury during a practice session earlier this week.

“The team management asked the selection committee to call Asghar as a backup in the three-Test series against the Aussies,” said an official in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Meanwhile, Australia named an unchanged squad for the opening day-night Test against Pakistan starting from December 15, 2016.

The first of three Tests ─ a day-night affair in Brisbane ─ will take place at Gabba stadium. The remaining two Tests will be played in Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3-7).

Pakistan will also play five one-day internationals in Australia, having retained the same 16-man squad that recently lost a Test series to New Zealand 2-0.




 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.