The Pakistan Cricket Board has invited 20 cricketers for pre-season camp at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
Fourteen centrally contracted and six additional men cricketers have been invited to attend the camp, which will commence on August 19. After two days of fitness testing, the 17-day conditioning camp will begin on August 22 and run till September 7.
Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been appointed camp commandant and with the support of the NCA coaching staff.
Azhar Ali will join the camp from the outset after completing his contract with English county Somerset. Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Amir have been exempted from the camp so that they can complete their contracts with English counties Somerset, Glamorgan, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Essex, respectively.
They will return to Pakistan in time to participate in the opening round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Centrally contracted: Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Shinwari, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah
Non-contracted players: Asif Ali, Bilal Asif, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mir Hamza, Rahat Ali and Zafar Gohar
