International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to carry out dope tests on four Pakistani players, including leg spinner Yasir Shah, who was incidentally suspended for three months in December, Misbah-ul-Haq, Junaid Khan and Azhar Ali.
Yasir was provisionally suspended in December last year after he failed a dope test for chlortalidone, a masking agent under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances. He was banned for a period of three months after he pleaded guilty and told the ICC that he had unintentionally taken his wife's medication for blood pressure. His ban was lifted in late March, making him eligible for the England tour.
Besides Shah, Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, one-day skipper Azhar Ali and fast bowler Junaid Khan were also tested but Shah´s test could be targeted.
After the training camp is over, a final Pakistan squad is to be announced for the four-Test series against England commencing in July.
While the reports of the samples will come later, the leg spinner is seen as Pakistan's key weapon for the four-match Test series in England, which starts at Lord's from July 14.
Pakistan will also play five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 international (T20I) during the tour.
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