Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 16-member squad for the ODI series against Australia national cricket team.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead Pakistan in the ODI series against Australia, while Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas and Roheel Nazir have been included in the squad.
Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Muqeem have returned to the national side. Sahibzada Farhan, Shadab Khan, Shamyl Hussain and Sufiyan Muqeem are also part of the 16-member squad for the Australia series. Muhammad Ghazi Ghori and Roheel Nazir have been included as wicketkeeper-batters.
Usman Khan was not considered for the Australia ODI series due to illness. Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub will continue their rehabilitation programs due to injuries.
The three-match ODI series between Pakistan national cricket team and Australia will be played from May 30 to June 4 in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
On the other hand Mitchell Marsh will lead Australia in the ODI series against Pakistan. Other members of the squad include Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Tanveer Sangha, Liam Scott, Matthew Short, Billy Stanlake and Adam Zampa.
Umpires and referee for Pak vs Australia ODIs
Former Sri Lankan Test cricketer Graeme Labrooy will serve as the match referee for all three ODIs.
Pakistan’s Ahsan Raza, England’s Richard Kettleborough, and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena, all members of the ICC Elite Panel, will perform on-field umpiring duties.
In addition, Asif Yaqoob, Faisal Afridi, and Nasir Hussain will also officiate as on-field umpires during the series.
In the first ODI, Dharmasena and Asif Yaqoob will officiate on the field, while Faisal Afridi and Kettleborough will umpire the second match.
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