KARACHI: The West Indies-bound 11 Pakistan Test squad members will depart from Lahore on July 26 for Barbados, where will unite with remaining players following the conclusion of a 10-day training and conditioning camp at the National Stadium here on Saturday.

The 11 players are Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mahmood.

The players will enter a bio-secure bubble in a Lahore hotel on July 22 before their departure. Before entering the bubble, the players will undergo Covid-19 tests at their respective home towns on Monday.

They will have another round of Covid-19 testing on their arrival in the team hotel in Lahore on Thursday, while a final round of testing will be conducted next Saturday before the 11 cricketers leave for Barbados via London.

Pakistan, led by all-format captain Babar Azam, are currently in England where they lost lost the One-day International series 3-0 but are1-0 ahead in the three-match Twenty20 International rubber. They head to the Caribbean next week to start a five-game T20 series from July 27.

The first of two Tests at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica will be played from Aug 12 with the final game starting from Aug 20.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2021