LEEDS (Dunya News) – Pakistan cricket team has arrived in Leeds for the test series against England.
The national team will practice at Headingley Cricket Ground on Monday (today) at 9:30 am.
For the unversed, the Test series, which is Pakistan's first in England since 2020, will get underway on August 19, with the opening fixture scheduled to be played at Headingley in Leeds until August 23.
The iconic Lord's Cricket Ground will host the subsequent fixture from August 27 to 31, while the third Test will be played at Birmingham's Edgbaston from September 9 to 13. Notably, the Green Shirts enter the assignment with a morale-boosting 1-1 series draw against West Indies, during which they registered their first triumph in an away Test since July 2023.
پاکستان انگلینڈ ٹیسٹ سیریز قومی ٹیسٹ سکواڈ لیڈز پہنچ گیا پاکستان ٹیم کل صبح ساڑھے نو بجے ہیڈنگلے کرکٹ گراؤنڈ میں پریکٹس کرے گی پاکستان اور انگلینڈ کے درمیان تین ٹیسٹ میچز کی سیریز شیڈول ہے پہلا ٹیسٹ میچ انیس اگست سے شروع ہوگا pic.twitter.com/VRW1X7tye3
— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) August 16, 2026Pakistan squad for England Test series
Babar Azam (c), Aamir Jamal, Ali Usman, Abdullah Shafique, Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel* (subject to fitness), Shan Masood and Ubaid Shah.
Schedule for England series:
19-23 August – First Test at Headingley, Leeds, 27-31 August – Second Test at Lord's, London, 9-13 September – Third Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham
A three-test series is scheduled between Pakistan and England, with the first test match starting on August 19 at Headingley.
Pakistan cricket team's test squad left the West Indies for England after completing its tour of West Indies.