Six Pakistan Cricketers Test Negative For Coronavirus, Eligible To Join Squad In England

The PCB will now start making their travel arrangements and the departure details will be shared in due course.

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Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Tuesday, in a media release confirmed that Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have tested negative for Covid-19 for the second time in three days and, as such, are now eligible to join the Pakistan men’s national cricket team in Worcestershire. The players were retested on Monday, 29 June, following a first negative test on 26 June. The PCB will now start making their travel arrangements and the departure details will be shared in due course. The 20-member squad, including 11 support staff officials, will be placed under a 14-day quarantine period in Worcester before shifting base to Derbyshire’s Ancora County Ground on July 13. The ECB has still not announced the dates for the series which will be played behind-closed-doors. England is currently scheduled to take on West Indies in the three-Test series beginning July 8 at the Ageas Bowl. Pakistani Players In England For Upcoming Test Series:  Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam (vice-captain), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmad, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Musa Khan, Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, Usman Shinwari, and Yasir Shah. ALSO WATCH | Amid India-China tensions, IPL mulls terminating Vivo contract