The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has tightened the fitness criteria for the pre-contract fitness test of the national cricketers, these fit players will be exempted from certain conditions of the fitness test.
According to the sources, the national cricketers included in the Test squad and central contract will have to go through a strict fitness test. The fitness test of the Test squad members and some Central contracted cricketers will be held on September 7 and 9 in Lahore.
The fitness test has been made subject to the central contract and the national cricketers have been in trouble due to the strict fitness while the players have started preparing to meet the stringent criteria of the fitness test.
The standard for passing the test is 60 percent, which is 50 percent globally, the fitness test includes bench press, skin fold, bench pull squat and long jump.
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A time limit of 8 minutes is fixed to complete a 2 km trial run while a time limit of 10 seconds is fixed for 3 runs, 3 runs are to be taken 6 times at an interval of 30, 30 seconds, the run and 3 runs. The time limit has made the players nervous.
A few injured players will also be tested for fitness, these fit players will be subjected to some conditions of fitness test, the injured players were tested for running, long jump and runs, Wasim Jr., Shahnawaz Dhani and Arshad. Iqbal is injured while Aamir Jamal, Ehsanullah and Hasan Ali are also injured.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi visited the Gaddafi Stadium and reviewed the work on the upgradation project and ordered to speed up the excavation work of the basement, saying that the upgradation work should be completed before the Champions Trophy. All cases have to be completed.
Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi arrived at the Gaddafi Stadium last night to review the progress, where he inspected the excavation work of the basement in the Gaddafi Stadium.
Chairman PCB ordered to speed up the excavation work of the basement and directed to complete the work soon by employing additional labor and machinery.
Mohsin Naqvi directed the planning to complete the work within the timeline in view of the rains and said that the work should be continued in 3 shifts.
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He said that it is a challenging task, the entire team should work day and night and the upgradation work has to be completed by all means before the Champions Trophy.
Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi gave necessary instructions for timely completion of the project.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the 14-member Pakistan Shaheens squad for the 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh A, with wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Haris leading the team.
The first match of the series between the two teams will be played on Monday, August 26, while the remaining 2 matches will be played on August 28 and 30. These three matches of 50 overs will be played at Islamabad Club.
Wicket keeper batsman Mohammad Haris has been retained as the captain of Pakistan Shaheens, he also recently led the team in Darwin tour of Pakistan Shaheens which played 2 ODIs of 50 overs and Top&T20 series.
It should be remembered that earlier 2 four-day matches have been played between Pakistan Shaheens and Bangladesh A which were drawn.
It is difficult for many important players to get a place in the national team for the Test series against Bangladesh
The selectors have retained 12 players from this team in the squad against Bangladesh A. Apart from captain Mohammad Haris, the others who have been retained from the team that visited Darwin include Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Muhammad Imran Jr., Mubasar Khan, Umeer Bin Yusuf, and Usman Khan.
The other 2 players to be included in the squad are left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz and left-arm batsman Azan Owais.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the national women’s team for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Fatima Sana will lead the Pakistani squad in the World Cup, while the global event will be held in the United Arab Emirates from October 3 to 20.
The 22-year-old Fatima Sana, who led Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, has played 41 One Day Internationals and 40 T20 Internationals. She has previously led the Pakistan Emerging and Domestic teams.
Fatima Sana will replace 37-year-old all-rounder Nida Dar, who took over the captaincy of all three formats from Bisma Maruf.
Nida Dar is part of the current team, she has played 112 ODIs and 153 T20Is.
Pakistan have been placed in Group A of the T20 World Cup along with Australia, Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand while the schedule will be announced later.