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Pakistan’s thriller spinner Abrar Ahmed on Sunday was dominated out of the primary Check match in opposition to Australia, which is about to start in Perth on December 14, marking a extreme setback for the group.
Throughout a latest first-class sport in opposition to the Prime Minister’s XI, Abrar took one wicket and bowled a complete of 27 overs earlier than leaving the sector as a result of extreme ache in his proper leg round his knee and needed to depart the sector of play.
“Throughout an evaluation by the medical group, a provisional prognosis was made – justifying an MRI scan, which was achieved on the identical day,” the PCB mentioned in a short press launch.
“Abrar will endure an intervention in Perth on Monday, after which conservative rehabilitation below the supervision of the group’s medical employees, will proceed his highway to restoration.”
Whereas Abrar has not been dominated out of the take a look at sequence but, the group administration will assess his availability earlier than the second take a look at to make sure his well-being for this and future excursions.
“He has not been dominated out of the take a look at sequence but, however retaining the participant’s wellbeing in thoughts for this and future excursions, additional evaluation earlier than the second take a look at will verify his availability on this tour.”
Within the meantime, Sajid Khan, an off-spinner, has been authorised by the chairman of the choice committee, Wahab Riaz, and can journey to Perth as soon as his journey preparations are finalised, in line with the press launch.
That is Pakistan’s first Check tour to Australia since 2019, which was not a pleasing expertise, with a 2-0 loss in each video games below Azhar Ali’s captaincy.
Moreover, Pakistan has by no means received a Check sequence in Australia of their total historical past.
Australia tour schedule
1st Check – Australia vs Pakistan – December 14-18: Perth Stadium
2nd Check – Australia vs Pakistan – December 26-30: Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG)
third Check – Australia vs Pakistan – January 3-7: Sydney Cricket Floor (SCG)
Squads
Australia: (first Check solely): Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Inexperienced, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner
Pakistan: Shan Masood (c), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi
