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Former Pakistan cricketer Fawad Ahmed slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for hosting the Champions Cup after losing the Test series against Bangladesh. Fawad who fleed to Australia in 2010 as an asylum seeker asked PCB why they didn't arrange a red ball camp before the upcoming three-Test match series against England.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Test matches against England which is scheduled to start from October 7 and the third Test match will start from October 24. Surprisingly Pakistan cricketers who are supposed to feature in the Test series were involved in Pakistan's domestic ODI league Champions Cup.
Fawad took his 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) to slam the PCB for going unprepared against England despite losing a home Test series against Bangladesh.
"How in the world @TheRealPCB didn’t arranged any 4day cricket prior to the test series at home? Got whitewashed from @BCBtigers and didn’t learned from that and introduced a new 50 overs comp to get ready for another test series against @englandcricket 🤦🏻♂️ But Why 🤐…." posted Fawad.
Pakistan cricket team are looking for their Test win on home soil since 2021. They last won a Test match at home in February 2021, when they defeated South Africa in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood will also look for Pakistan's maiden red-ball win under his captaincy. First two Test matches between Pakistan and England will be played in Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan and the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will witness the last Test.
Squads
Pakistan: Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel, Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Salman Agha, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Hurraira, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi
England: Ben Stokes, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Josh Hull, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Rehan Ahmed, Joe Root, Shoaib Bashir, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes
