Pakistan announce playing XI for second test against England

MULTAN: Pakistan announced their playing XI for the second test against England on Monday, hoping that the new line-up will bring the side a much-needed win.

The playing XI was revealed a day after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) revealed the new 16-member squad, which announced Babar Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Naseem Shah would be dropped.

29-year-old all-rounder Kamran Ghulam, who was previously part of Pakistan’s squad against New Zealand in January 2023, but did not play, will be making his test debut on October 15.

Pakistan will also be bolstering their bowling line-up after England made a historic 823 runs in the last test, the fourth highest test innings score ever.

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“The most important thing is we must also learn how to pick 20 wickets,” captain Shan Masood said following the loss against England.

Spinners Noman Ali, Zahid Mehmood, and Sajid Khan are being put on the team in order to help with that.

Ali took seven wickets in the second innings of his last test outing against Sri Lanka in July of 2023. Mehmood took a total of six wickets in his last test outing against England in December of 2022. All-rounder Sajid Khan last played for Pakistan against Australia in January of 2024, taking a total of three wickets.

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PAKISTAN playing XI: Shan Masood (c), Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammed Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mehmood.