MULTAN – Pakistan and England will feature in the second Test match commencing tomorrow at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
The visiting team is leading the three Test-match series 1-0, with the third Test scheduled to take place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 24 October.
Both sides today confirmed their playing XIs for the second Test, with England captain Ben Stokes coming back in the side after missing the first Test due to injury. For Pakistan, 29-year-old Kamran Ghulam is all set to make his Test debut tomorrow. The right-handed batter has played 59 first-class matches and scored 4,377 runs at an average of 49.17, which includes 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries.
Pakistan Playing XI in batting order:
Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mehmood
England Playing XI in alphabetical order:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wk), Brydon Carse, Matt Potts, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir