Lahore, 4 April 2019:

The national selection committee, following discussion with head coach Mickey Arthur, today invited 23 probables for the fitness test, which will be held at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on 15 and 16 April.

The selection committee also confirmed the squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 will be announced on 18 April in Lahore. Time of the media conference will be confirmed in due course, while there will be no media engagements or activities from 15 April until the official squad announcement.

Probables (in alphabetical order):

Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain)

Abid Ali

Asif Ali

Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Fakhar Zaman

Haris Sohail

Hassan Ali

Imad Wasim

Imam-ul-Haq

Junaid Khan

Mohammad Abbas

Mohammad Amir

Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Hasnain

Mohammad Nawaz

Mohammad Rizwan

Shadab Khan

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shan Masood

Shoaib Malik

Usman Shinwari

Yasir Shah

The Pakistan cricket team will depart for England on 23 April where they will play England in a series of practice and international matches, before entering the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against the Windies on 31 May at Trent Bridge.

The following is the Pakistan cricket team’s schedule of England:

Series v England :

23 April – Departure for England

27 April – v Kent (50-over practice match) (d)

29 April – v Northamptonshire (50-over match) (d)

1 May – v Leicestershire (T20 match) (d/n)

5 May – v England (only T20I), Cardiff (d)

8 May – 1st ODI v England, The Oval (d)

11 May – 2nd ODI v England, Hampshire (d)

14 May – 3rd ODI v England, Bristol (d)

17 May – 4th ODI v England, Trent Bridge (d)

19 May – 5th ODI v England, Leeds (d)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 schedule:

24 May – v Afghanistan (warm-up), Bristol (d)

26 May – v Bangladesh (warm-up), Cardiff (d)

31 May – v Windies, Trent Bridge (d)

3 June – v England, Trent Bridge (d)

7 June – v Sri Lanka, Bristol (d)

12 June – v Australia, Taunton (d)

16 June – v India, Old Trafford (d)

23 June – v South Africa, Lord’s (d)

26 June – v New Zealand, Edgbaston (d)

29 June – v Afghanistan, Headingley (d)

5 July – v Bangladesh, Lord’s (d/n)