Zimbabwean bowler Hamilton Masakadza grimaces after a near miss on September 14, 2011 on the third One Day International against Pakistan at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
The tour was originally scheduled for December last year till January, but was moved after India agreed to host Pakistan for a short series of two Twenty20s and three one-day matches.
Pakistan last toured Zimbabwe in 2011. The Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee has announced the following squads for the Zimbabwe tour:
Twenty20
Muhammad Hafeez (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Umer Amin, Umer Akmal (wicket keeper), Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Muhammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Asad Ali, Anwar Ali and Harris Sohail.
ODI
Misbahul Haq (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Muhammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Umer Akmal (wicket keeper), Umer Amin, Harris Sohail, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Abdul Rehman
Test
Opening batsman Imran Farhat, who had been dropped from ODIs for poor performance, has been retained.
Opening batsman Khurram Manzoor with his good domestic run has also been named in the Test squad along with former captain Younus Khan.
Team Management
Moin Khan (Team Manager), Dav Whatmore (coach), Julien Fountain (fielding coach), Muhammad Akram (bowling coach), Shahid Aslam (assistant manager), Saboor Ahmed (trainer), Riaz Ahmed (physiotherapist), Colonel (R) Waseem Ahmed (security manager) and Muhammad Talha Ejaz (analyst).
Moin Khan had to stop from working as chief selector after court orders, but has now been named as the manager for the trip to replace Naved Akram Cheema who parted ways with the national team.
According to the itinerary released by the officials, the Pakistan cricket team will depart for Zimbabwe on August 19. The schedule for the matches is as follows.
Twenty20 Internationals
First Twenty20 – August 23
Second Twenty20 – August 24
One Day Internationals
First ODI – August 27
Second ODI – August 29
Third ODI – August 31
Test Matches
First Test – September 3
Second Test – September 10
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please imran nazir ko chance dyan
waiting for PCB selectors to play around a team combo so they win with style@Khan of Cape Town:
dont tell me imran farhat is given another chance strongest PARCHI ever !
pak will win this series because zim is not that a good team it is ranked 10 in odi t20 and tests but still best of luck to pak cricket team but imrfan farhat should not be given a chance
Don't tell me. Imran farhat is given another chance. Strongest PARCHI Ever!
This will be a great series. Two teams, equal in strength (well, maybe Zimbabwe is slightly stronger), will lock horns in the battle for glory. Go Pakistan!!
Shame on PCB for selecting this team. Is there any reason to select Imran Farhat, Khurrum Manzoor and especially Faisal Iqbal. I am sorry to say that we do not want to correct ourselves. One individual is more important to us than our beloved country Pakistan. Shame on you PCB.
Nice tactic to get Imran Farhat back against a pathetic Zimbabwe side, just so that he can score some runs and the PCB can justify his selection for future matches.
@US Centcom: They should play all the games..Misbah and Afridi should rest for this series.
It is good that they have Moin Khan as team manager. Few years back his wife filed FIR against him in Karachi ( it was for being drunk and abusing her) Now the team would have a pro to guide them in the art of drinking.
Imran Farhat again? What is with this guy? He failed miserably in tests so he was dropped and then picked for one days and T-20. After a few tours he failed miserably again... Now he gets another try at Tests. Will someone say enough is enough! Faisal Iqbal too? PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE
Afridi should have been rested and young takent should have been allowed only....Afridi should retire and make way for youngsters
The selectors have followed advice of Mohsin Khan to give chance to young and in-experienced players. Misbah for his youth and Shahid Afridi for his in-experience became selectors first choice. .
Sir Imran Farhat.Enough said. Kill me.
Najam Sethi should be ashamed for allowing this squad to be selected. The morons at PCB needs to be sacked from top to bottom and coach and captain kicked out for not taking a stand
I think they should try out some new players in the team. The tour offers a great opportunity to players like Ahmad Shahzad, Umar Amin, and Hammad Azam to perform and seal their place in the team.
Ali Khan
Waiting for the PCB selectors to play around with the team combo by bringing their blue-eyed now.
Pakistan cricket team will depart for Zimbabwe on August 19.
This year or next one ? Tribune sucks when there is greed to be first to break news!