Following the birth of his second child, Mohammad Amir to join Pakistan team in England
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced that the left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir will be joining the team in England. Mohammad Amir was initially pulled out of the tour as the dates of the T20Is supposedly clashed with the birth of his second child. He has been blessed with a second daughter last week.
The cricket board also said that as per the request of the team management, it agreed to send Mohammad Imran, a masseur at the National High-Performance Centre, to England. Both of them (Amir and Imran) were tested for COVID-19 on Monday. They require two negative tests to be eligible to travel to England.
If the report of the first tests returns negative, they will be moved to a bio-secure environment in Lahore. Then, both of them would be tested again on Wednesday.
Once Amir will join the team, the reserve wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir will be released from the squad in England. The PCB also informed that the departure of Shoaib Malik has been delayed until the second week of August as India extended the ban on international flights until July 31.
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Pakistan is scheduled to play 3 Tests and as many T20Is against England which will begin from August 5. The first Test will be played in Manchester starting August 5 while the final two Tests are scheduled to be played in Southampton from August 13 and August 21, respectively. Meanwhile, all three T20Is will be played at a single venue in Manchester on August 28, August 30, and September 1, respectively.
-PTC News
