Monitoring Desk
\nLAHORE
\nAll 35 members of the Pakistan squad named for the Africa tour will depart for South Africa on Friday after the players tested negative for coronavirus, announced the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
\n\u201cAll 35 members of the Africa-bound side, including 22 players and 13 officials, have tested negative and, as such, the side will depart for Johannesburg, South Africa, on a chartered flight on Friday morning,\u201d said the PCB in a statement.
\nEarlier, one member of the squad tested positive for coronavirus days before the team was supposed to enter the bio-secure bubble set up for the tour.
\nRead more: Player named in Pakistan squad for African tour tests positive for coronavirus, says PCB
\n\u201cA total of 35 tests were conducted on the South Africa-bound Pakistan men\u2019s national cricket team on Tuesday, 16 March. All squad members have tested negative, except for one player,\u201d said the PCB in a statement.
\nThe PCB did not identify the player who tested positive.
\nFollowing the negative tests, the team entered the bio-secure bubble last week and trained at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
\nIn South Africa, Pakistan will play three ODIs from April 2-7, the matches will be counted in the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Super League. After that, the team will play four T20Is against the Proteas from April 10-16.
\nAfter the end of the South Africa tour, the team will then go to Harare, Zimbabwe, where they will play three T20Is and two Tests. The squad will then return to Pakistan on May 12.
\nSquads:
\nT20I: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Arshad Iqbal, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sharjeel Khan and Usman Qadir.
\nODI: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Qadir.
\nTest: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imran Butt, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tabish Khan and Zahid Mahmood.
\nPlayers Support Personnel: Mansoor Rana (Manager), Misbah-ul-Haq (head coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Col (retd) Khalid Mahmood (security manager), Malang Ali (masseur), Raza Kitchlew (Digital and media manager), Dr Riaz Ahmed (team doctor), Shahid Aslam (assistant to head coach), Usman Hashmi (analyst), Waqar Younis (bowling coach), Yasir Malik (strength & conditioning coach) and Younis Khan (batting coach).
\nSouth Africa tour schedule:
\nApril 2 – 1st ODI; SuperSport Park, Pretoria
\nApril 4 – 2nd ODI; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
\nApril 7 – 3rd ODI; SuperSport Park, Pretoria
\nApril 10 – 1st T20I; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
\nApril 12 – 2nd T20I; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
\nApril 14 – 3rd T20I; SuperSport Park, Pretoria
\nApril 16 – 4th T20I; SuperSport Park, Pretoria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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