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Shaheen Afridi was injured portion catching retired Harry Brook arsenic England bushed Pakistan successful the T20 World Cup last earlier this month| Venues: Rawalpindi, Multan & Karachi Dates: 1-5, 9-13 & 17-21 December Times: 05:00 GMT |
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Pakistan person named an 18-man squad for the three-Test bid against England adjacent month.
Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi volition miss the bid aft helium underwent appendicitis country astatine the weekend.
Fawad Alam, Yasir Shah and Hasan Ali person each dropped retired of the squad having been portion of the Sri Lanka circuit successful July earlier this year.
Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed and accelerated bowler Mohammad Ali person received their maiden Test call-ups.
Ahmed has taken 43 wickets astatine an mean of 21.95 successful the home tourney and Ali has claimed 56 successful the past 2 home seasons.
Uncapped brace Mohammad Wasim and Zahid Mahmood, portion of the squad for the 3 Tests against Australia successful March, are the different 2 players to travel in.
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Afridi is besides recovering from a genu wounded helium suffered during Pakistan's decision by England successful the T20 World Cup final earlier this month.
The opening Test successful Rawalpindi volition beryllium England's archetypal successful Pakistan successful 17 years and the 3 Tests are portion of the ICC World Test Championship.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Shan Masood, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Saud Shakeel, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed.
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