Napier–January 27, 2016: Team Pakistan travelled Tuesday, reaching Napier from Wellington.
Practice was for scheduled Wednesday (January 27) morning, but owing to persistent downpour, which was quite heavy in spells, no training session could be held outdoors. Prior to calling off the training, manager Intikhab Alam visited McLean Park and found the ground to be too wet, making it impossible to hold the practice even if the rain stopped (which didn’t transpire in any case, as intermittent rain persisted through the day).
No injury issues in the squad. Mohammad Amir, who was had to leave the field owing to cramps in both legs in his 9th over, has recovered. And fitness of Shoaib Malik, who had played all three T20Is after pain killers were administered to him and rested for the first ODI lest he aggravated his foot injury, shall be assessed before the game.
As rain enforced cancellation of training the training session, to keep the team together outdoors, manager Intikhab Alam and head coach Waqar Younis quickly organized for the entire squad a spell of Ten Pin Bowling. The fun activity reenergized the boys.
More rain and gusty winds is the forecast for January 28 here at Napier.
