Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced squad for Sri Lanka tour, which is scheduled to begin from May 29 to July 13.
Pakistan will play three Tests, five one-days and two Twenty20 internationals during the tour.
The visitors will start the tour with two Twenty20s which would be hosted at Hambantota’s Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium on June 1 and 3 while the limited overs series begins in the central town of Pallekele on June 7, where two matches will be played. Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium will host the remaining three one-day games.
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The historic southern port city of Galle will host the first Test on June 22, followed by the second on June 30 at Colombo’s Sinhalese Sports Club grounds. The South Asian rivals return to Pallekele for the final Test that starts on July 8.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan last met for a three-match Test series in October 2011 in the UAE, which Pakistan won 1-0. Pakistan last toured Sri Lanka in 2009, when they lost the three-Test series 2-0.
Pakistan squad for the tour will be:
T20
Muhammad Hafeez, Khalid Latif, Shahid Afridi, Umer Gul, Sohail Tanveer, Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Haris Sohail, Muhmmad Sami, Hammad Azam, Shakeel Ansar, Raza Hassan, Yasir Arafat.
ODI:
Muhammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umer Akmal, Sarfraz Anjum, Shahid Afridi, Umer Gul, Shehzad Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Sami, Asad Sahrif, Aziz CHeema, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Rahat Ali.
Test:
Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Misbah ul Haq, Younis Khan, Asad Shafique, Adnan Akmal, Taufiq Umer, Umer Gul, Saeed Ajmal, , Aizaz Cheema, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Faisal Iqbal, Afaq Rahim, Mohammad Dogar, Junaid Khan.
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