PCB names 27 players for High Performance Camp

Group to train under NCA coaches for 10 weeks starting July 3

Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) national selection committee has announced the names of 27 players who will participate in a High Performance Camp, where their skills will be honed.

The camp will run for 10 weeks from July 3 till September 9 at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore.

“The camp has been organized keeping in view the future commitments of the Pakistan cricket team, where these players will train under the supervision of NCA coaches,” read a PCB media release.

All the players named by the selection committee have been asked to report at the NCA on July 2, with the exception being right-handed batsman Babar Azam and left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman, who will join in the third week of the camp.

Pakistan do not have any international commitments until October when they will face Sri Lanka in the UAE in three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I.

Pakistan were supposed to tour Bangladesh for two Tests, three ODIs and one-off T20I in July but disagreements between their boards over a reciprocal tour of Pakistan saw the series being cancelled.

Players for the camp

Openers: Sami Aslam, Fakhar Zaman, Imamul Haq, Sahibzada Farhan.

Middle-order batsmen: Umar Amin, Haris Sohail, Usman Salahuddin, Asif Zakir, Umar Akmal.

Fast bowlers: Usman Shinwari, Sameen Gul, Muhammad Irfan, Mir Hamza, Rumman Raees.

Spinners: Muhammad Asghar, Shadab Khan, Bilal Asif, Muhammad Irfan, Usama Mir.

Fast-bowling all-rounders: Amir Yamin, Faheem Ashraf, Ammad Butt, Hussain Talat.

Spin bowling all-rounders: Muhammad Nawaz, Agha Salman.

Wicket-keepers: Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Hassan.