Pakistan Playing XI vs England 1st Test Match.
Pakistan has announced their playing squad vs England in first Test Match at Multan.
Pakistan squad for 1st Test: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (capt), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.
First time Pakistan bowling squad is in full strength. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah will lead from the front. All-rounder Aamer Jamal is fit for Multan test after a long time injury. Abrar Ahmed will lead spin department. Mohammad Rizwan will play as wicket Keeper batsman. Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq will open the game. Shan Masood , Saud Shakeel , Babar Azam and Salman Ali Agha will perform in middle order. Pakistan has a strong batting lineup on paper.
Pakistan has lost last 5 home series in test matches .
Pakistan Playing XI vs England 1st Test Match.
England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope (capt), 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jamie Smith (wk), 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Jack Leach, 11 Shoaib Bashir
Ollie Pope will lead England side in absence of Ben Stokes.
Pakistan has lost last 5 test matches and England won 4 and lost one test Match.
At Multan Pakistan played six test matches and lost two and match vs West indies ended in draw.
England won last Test series in Pakistan by 3-0.
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Brydon Carse will make test debut for England at Multan Test match .
Joe Root need 71 runs to surpass Alastair Cook’s tally of 12, 472 Test Runs. Joe Root will become 5th batsman with most runs in Test Cricket History.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored most runs in Test cricket with 15921 runs with a average of 53.78.Rickey Ponting is 2nd with 13378 runs and JH Kallis 13289 runs with average of 55.37.Rahul Dravid is fourth among most runs scorer in Test cricket with 13288 runs.