Pakistan’s test squad for England Series 2024 was announced as Shan Masood was again named Pakistan’s Test captain for the upcoming home series starting in October. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selected the squad based on the recommendation made by the head coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team.
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Saud Shakeel was named the vice-captain of Pakistan in the test series against England. Noman Ali, who bowls left-arm spin, will be the squad’s second specialist spinner. Aamer Jamal, a fast-bowling all-rounder will return in the test squad from injury.
All the Pakistani players who are part of the domestic tournament ‘Champions One-day Cup’ will be released from their respective teams. They will join the training camp beginning on October 01 ahead of the England test series.
Pakistan and England tests will begin in Multan on October 7. Ben Stokes and Zak Crawley returned to the England test squad. England announced the test squad against Pakistan as Stokes was named captain.
Pakistan’s test squad for England Series 2024 was announced
Pakistan Squad for 1st test against England in 2024
| Batter | All-rounders | WK-Batter | Bowlers |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shan Masood (C) |  Saud Shakeel (VC) |  Mohammad Rizwan |  Shaheen Afridi |
 Abdullah Shafique |  Agha Salman |  Sarfaraz Ahmed |  Naseem Shah |
 Babar Azam |  Aamer Jamal |  Mir Hamza | |
 Mohammad Huraira |  Noman Ali |  Abrar Ahmed | |
 Saim Ayub |
Pakistan Squad for 2nd & 3rd tests against England in 2024
| Batter | All-rounders | WK-Batter | Bowlers |
|---|---|---|---|
Shan Masood (C) | Saud Shakeel (VC) | Mohammad Rizwan | Mir Hamza |
Abdullah Shafique | Agha Salman |  Haseebullah | Abrar Ahmed |
Saim Ayub | Aamer Jamal | Kamran Ghulam | |
Mohammad Huraira | Mehran Mumtaz | ||
Sajid Khan | Mohammad Ali | ||
Zahid Mehmood |
England Test Squad for Pakistan Series 2024
| Batter | All-rounders | WK-Batter | Bowlers |
|---|---|---|---|
 Joe Root |  Ben Stokes (C) |  Jordan Cox |  Jack Leach |
 Zak Crawley |  Chris Woakes |  Ollie Pope |  Gus Atkinson |
 Ben Duckett |  Rehan Ahmed |  Jamie Smith |  Brydon Carse |
 Harry Brook |  Shoaib Bashir | ||
 Matthew Potts | |||
 Josh Hull | |||
 Olly Stone |
Pakistan lost the home series against Bangladesh a few months back by 0-2. Before that, Pakistan lost to Australia in Australia by 0-3. All these losses came under the new skipper of the Pakistan test team, Shan Masood.
Pakistan will play three test matches against England at home and two matches against South Africa in South Africa during the World Test Championship (2023-25). Pakistan dropped to eighth position in the WTC (2023-25) Points Table.
Khurram Shahzad missed out due to fully recovering from the injury that occurred in the test series against Bangladesh. Pakistan will surely miss the services of Khurram Shahzad who took a 6-wicket haul in the 2nd test vs Bangladesh.
Kamran Ghulam and Md Ali have been dropped from the squad. Abrar Ahmed will now have a spinning partner Noman Ali in this series. Pakistan hasn’t won any of the last ten test matches played at home.
Babar and Shaheen were kept in the test squad. They had a below-par series against Bangladesh earlier this month. Pakistan team want them to perform at their potential.
Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan are the two wicket-keeper batsmen in the squad. Now, it would be interesting to see if they get a game at the same time. Rizwan performed brilliantly with the bat against Bangladesh but all went in vain as Pakistan lost both of the test matches.
Pakistan included four all-rounders in the test side. Shakeel and Salman are the batting all-rounders. Whereas, Aamer Jamal and Noman Ali are the bowling all-rounders. It will help Pakistan to build a strong playing XI according to the conditions offered.
Mir Hamza will accompany Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah in the pace bowling department. Pakistan Test Captain, Shan Masood will look for these three pacers to take early wickets against England.
England Tour of Pakistan, 2024 – Schedule
PAK vs ENG Test, 2024 – Schedule
| Date | Time (IST) | Match Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 07 – Friday, October 11 | 10:30 AM |  Pakistan vs England  – First TestMultan, 10:00 AM (Local) |
| Tuesday, October 15 – Saturday, October 19 | 10:30 AM | Pakistan vs England – Second Test Multan, 10:00 AM (Local) |
| Thursday, October 24 – Monday, October 28 | 10:30 AM | Pakistan vs England – Third Test Rawalpindi, 10:00 AM (Local) |
England Test Squad – Review
England selected four special batsmen for this series viz Root, Duckett, Brook, Crawley. They have three all-rounders in the squad. England included seven specialist bowlers for the Pakistan Test Series 2024.
In the end, Pakistan will try to break their losing streak at home. However, England will look to dominate Pakistan to give them hope for a place in the final of WTC 2023-25.
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