Karachi : Pakistan’s new chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has demaded seaming pitches for preparation before the national team embarks on England’s tour next month.
Taking cognizance of England’s impressive Test results in home conditions, Inzamam has told the PCB’s chief curator that players who attend the camp from May 29 in Lahore should be given fresh seaming pitches, similar to what they will encounter in England, for practice.
Inzamam has also convinced the Pakistan Board to send the team two weeks earlier to England to set up an acclimatization camp in Hampshire County before the tour officially kicks off in late June.
A PCB source told that the chief selector has also taken into account the recent Test record of England on away tours and how they overcame South Africa in the Test series earlier this year.
The chief selector is keeping his fingers crossed that tained left arm pacer, Muhammad Aamir gets a visa to travel with the team to England in June.”The feeling is that while Pakistan’s batting will be really tested out in English conditions the bowling has enough depth to cause problems for the English batsmen, something that other teams which have played against England have lacked notably when India lost in 2014,” the source said.
Around 31 probables are currently attending a boot camp at the military academy in Kakul to raise fitness levels.
