Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey has revealed that he will not be playing cricket before the three-match Test series against Pakistan.
Australian cricket team will be travelling to Pakistan to play a historic Test series. The three-match Test series will mark Australia’s first series in Pakistan since 1998. The Test series is scheduled to start on March 4, in Rawalpindi.
While talking about his plans and preparations Carey said that he will “just spend this week with the family” in order to stay away “from everyone to minimise contact.”
Carey speaks
"There's no more games of cricket for me until we get to Pakistan," Carey was quoted while talking to cricket.com.au.
"I'll just spend this week with the family, heading down south, staying away from everyone to minimise contact and then jump on the plane to Melbourne and then Pakistan. I'll do some running and probably find time to have a catch and a hit throughout the next week, but a lot of it will be family time ahead of the next couple of months,” the 30-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman explained.
The first Test match between Australia and Pakistan will start on March 4 and while talking about the upcoming challenges, Carey specially talked about “preparing for spin-friendly conditions.”
Most difficult scenario
"Preparing for the most difficult scenario from our perspective would mean preparing for spin-friendly conditions," Carey said.
"If you prepare for that, but then come up against something different - if they're quick-friendly pitches that are a bit harder and bouncy – then we've all experienced more of those conditions here in Australia than the spinner-friendly ones. But we'll probably get a taste of all of those at some stage, and I have no expectations.”
After the completion of the Test series, two teams will face each other in a three-match ODI series and after that they will be seen playing a T20I match as well.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood
Australia squad
Pat Cummins (captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner. On standby: Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Renshaw
