Lahore, 29 October 2024: The second group of Pakistan men’s cricket team will depart for Melbourne from Karachi on Tuesday evening. At around 6pm on Tuesday at the Marriott Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan’s white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan will be available for brief stand-up interviews. Pakistan team media manager Syed Naeem Ahmed (+923174242097) will be the contact point.
On Monday morning, seven members of the ODI left for Melbourne. These included: Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Player support personnel (for Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa): Naveed Akram Cheema (team manager), Jason Gillespie (head coach, for Australia tour), Azhar Mahmood (assistant coach), Tim Nielsen (high-performance coach, for Australia tour), Mohammad Masroor (fielding coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Drikus Saiman (strength and conditioning coach), Talha Butt (analyst), Irtiza Komail (security manager), Syed Naeem Ahmad (media and digital manager), Muhammad Imran (masseur, for Australia only) and Sergio Mullins (masseur, for Zimbabwe and South Africa).
Asad Shafiq will be on the three tours as a national selector but will not be part of the support staff.
Jason Gillespie and Tim Nielsen will rejoin the Pakistan side in Johannesburg for the two red-ball matches against South Africa.
Schedule of Pakistan’s white-ball matches against Australia and Zimbabwe:
4 November: ODI, MCG, Melbourne
8 November: ODI, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
10 November: ODI, Perth Stadium, Perth
14 November: T20I, The Gabba, Brisbane
16 November: T20I, SCG, Sydney
18 November: T20I, Bellerive Oval, Hobart
24 November – ODI, Bulawayo
26 November – ODI, Bulawayo
28 November – ODI, Bulawayo
1 December – T20I, Bulawayo
3 December – T20I, Bulawayo
5 December – T20I, Bulawayo
Pakistan squads for Australia and Zimbabwe tours:
ODI SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20I SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan
ODI SQUAD FOR ZIMBABWE: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab Tahir
T20I SQUAD FOR ZIMBABWE: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan
