{"id":51327,"date":"2024-10-06T13:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=51327"},"modified":"2024-10-06T13:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:48:35","slug":"aamir-jamal-returns-as-pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-multan-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/aamir-jamal-returns-as-pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-multan-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Jamal returns as Pakistan&#8217;s playing XI announced for first Multan Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MULTAN: Pakistan announced the return of pacer Aamir Jamal after injury into the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/england-announce-playing-11-for-first-test-against-pakistan\/\">playing XI<\/a> led by Shan Masood for the first home Test of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/sky-sports-secures-last-minute-deal-for-england-test-tour-of-pakistan\/\">three-match series<\/a> against England, scheduled to start on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah will make a comeback to the side after being left out of the second Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Abrar Ahmed, who displayed a standout performance in the England tour in 2022, will join the bowling attack to wizard English batters.<\/p>\n<p>Low ebb Green Shirts will take on England in the first Test on October 7 (Monday) at Multan Cricket Stadium after a string of inconsistent performances in the last few years. Meanwhile, England is coming off a successful summer and will aim to dominate Pakistan at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\">Pakistan&#8217;s last Test victory on home soil came against South Africa in Rawalpindi in February 2021. Since then, Pakistan has endured a dry spell, losing six matches and drawing four \u2013 their longest winless run since earning Test status in 1952.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">The Pakistan vs England Test Series 2024 trophy was unveiled by skippers \u2014 Shan Masood and Ollie Pope \u2014 at Multan Cricket Stadium today ahead of the three-match series.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bank Alfalah presents the Kingdom Valley Pakistan vs England Test Series 2024 trophy unveiled at Multan Cricket Stadium <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvENG<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TestAtHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TestAtHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAfQsmUzWx\">pic.twitter.com\/tAfQsmUzWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1842839318747881801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, England also announced the playing XI for the first Test. Ben Stokes was ruled out of the match due to a hamstring injury and Ollie Pope will captain his side. Pacer Brydon Carse was handed the Test debut while Zak Crawley and Jack Leach made a comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\">Captain Shan Masood said The team is excited, and we\u2019re hoping for memorable results. \u201cWe have a huge opportunity to turn things around against England, and we\u2019re looking to make a strong start in Multan,\u201d Skipper said earlier in the week in a press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-container cf\">\n<div class=\"post-content-right\">\n<div class=\"post-content description\">\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\"><strong>Pakistan Playing XI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\">Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmad<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\"><strong>England Playing XI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonospacing\">Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MULTAN: Pakistan announced the return of pacer Aamir Jamal after injury into the playing XI led by Shan Masood for the first home Test of the three-match series against England, scheduled to start on Monday. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah will make a comeback to the side after being left out of the second Test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":51332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51333,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51327\/revisions\/51333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}