Ahead of the much-anticipated two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, the Pakistan national team landed in the country’s capital Colombo on Sunday.
The men in green will travel to Hambantota tomorrow to play a two-day warm-up match on July 11 and 12. However, today they will rest.
The first Test of the series between the two teams will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on July 16 and then the two teams will travel to Colombo for the second Test at the Singhalese Sports Club from July 24 to 28.
🇵🇰✈️🇱🇰 The Pakistan Test Team, led by Babar Azam, arrives in Sri Lanka!
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 9, 2023
🗓️ The first test match begins on July 16th, 2023, at the GICS, Galle, while the second one starts on July 24th at the SSC, Colombo. #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/uHABeNG9bR
Pakistan last visited Sri Lanka in July 2022 for a two-match Test series which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Chasing the best runs on the cricket ground, Pakistan chased down a target of 342 runs and won the first Test by four wickets.
However, the host team made a comeback in the second Test to level the series with a 246-run win.
Itinerary of Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka:
July 9: Pakistan land in Colombo
July 11-12: Warm-up game
July 16-20: First Test at Galle International Cricket Stadium
July 24-28: Second Test at Singhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (c), Muhammad Rizwan (vc & wk), Amir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imamul Haq, Muhammad Hurira, Muhammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nouman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) , Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood
Player support personnel
Rehan-ul-Haq (Team Manager), Grant Bradburn (Head Coach), Andrew Pottock (Batting Coach), Morne Morkel (Bowling Coach), Aftab Khan (Fielding Coach), Abdul Rehman (Assistant Coach), Dracos Simon (Strength and Conditioning Coach, Cliff Deacon (Physiotherapist), Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (Media and Digital Content Manager), Lt Col Usman Anwari (Retd) (Security Manager), Talha Ejaz (Analyst) and Malang Ali (Massage Therapist).
