Star pacer Shaheen has played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 52 T20Is for national side in his cricketing career
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Star pacer played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 52 T20Is in his vocation.
Shaheen additionally holds post of Pakistan's skipper for T20 cricket.
Test series to start December 14 in Perth.
As Pakistan gear up for the Benaud-Qadir Prize against Australia, pace star Shaheen Shah Afridi has been named the bad habit commander for the public crew for the three match Test series, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reported on Wednesday.
Shaheen, who is additionally Pakistan's commander for the T20 cricket, was designated the bad habit skipper for Test cricket for this particular series scheduled to start tomorrow (December 14), after the declaration of playing XI.
Shaheen has played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 52 T20Is for the public side.
Interestingly Shan Masood would lead the public side in a worldwide game after Babar Azam was eliminated from captaincy in each of the three cricket designs.
Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel and Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) would reinforce the batting line, though all-rounders Salman Ali Agha and Faheem Ashraf are likewise expected to convey in the extreme Australian circumstances.
In the mean time, the bowling line-up will plentifully bet on recently designated bad habit commander Shaheen, and recently drafted Aamir Jamal and Khurram Shahzad, who will make their Test debut for Pakistan in the main Test.
It is relevant here to specify that Pakistan have not won a Test on Australian soil beginning around 1995. Pakistan have lost 26 matches and won only four in and against Australia, while in the last five series, Pakistan endured whitewashes.
The Australians are searching in super hot structure, subsequent to astonishing India in the ODI World Cup last month to leave the country of over 1.4 billion in complete shock and bitterness.
As opposed to Australia, Pakistan cricket is in turmoil and chaos. The unfortunate outcomes and managerial defects have overwhelmed our cricket into ruins.
Shan's most memorable task can't be harder, than driving his group in Australia — a visit where unbelievable chiefs Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, and Misbah-ul-Haq hopelessly fizzled.
Pakistan crew
Shan Masood (skipper), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-attendant), Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad.
Australia crew
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Swamp, Spear Morris, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner
Test series plan
First Test: December 14-18, Perth Arena
Second Test: December 26-30, MCG
Third Test: January 3-7, SCG
