New Delhi: Cricket Australia have announced their squad for the 1st Test match against Pakistan which will be played from December 14 at Optus Stadium. ODI World Cup winner Pat Cummins will lead the side.
Pakistan Cricket Board have already announced their squad for the 3-match Test series against Australia and the team have already reached Australia for the upcoming clash.
Shan Masood will lead the Pakistan cricket team in Australia as Babar Azam has stepped down from captaincy after the team’s poor performance in the recently concluded ODI World Cup.
Masood had taken over as Pakistan’s Test captain from Babar Azam on November 15 and his first assignment as the leader in the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle will be the upcoming three-game series against Australia, starting from December 14 in Perth.
The left-handed batter has featured in 30 Tests, scoring 1597 runs at an average of 28.5 with four centuries against his name. Following the opening Test in Perth from December 14-18, Pakistan’s next two Tests in Australia will be at Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3-7, 2024).
Here is the Australia squad for the 1st Test match: Pat Cummins (C), Steven Smith, David Warner, Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Lance Morris.
Here is Pakistan Squad for the Test series against Australia: Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
