Sohail Khan dominates day-one of intra-squad game

Sohail Khan’s five-wicket haul was the highlight of the day-one of the intra-squad practice game as top middle-middle order batsmen, who are likely to be part of the team for England Test, failed to impress on Friday.

After being put into bat by Sarfaraz-led PCB White, Karachi native pacer quickly removed both openers of PCB Green, Shan Masood (9) and Abid Ali (1), with only 10 runs on the board. Captain of the PCB Green Azhar Ali also didn’t last for long as he was trapped leg-before-wicket (lbw) for 6 by Sohail.

Pakistan limited-overs captain Babar Azam top-scored with 32 before being caught behind by Sarfaraz Ahmed on the bowling of pacer Imran Khan.

All-rounder Faheem Ashraf also impressed with the ball as he picked up crucial wickets of middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq (9) and in-form wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan (18), who scored an unbeaten century in the previous practice match.

They were bowled out 113 runs, with Sohail picking up his second fifer of the tour and ended up with figures of 5-37 in 16 overs.

This fixture is Pakistan’s last match practice before the much-anticipated Test series kicks off on August 5 at Old Trafford Manchester.

14-player lineups:

PCB Green: Azhar Ali ©, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah

PCB White: Sarfaraz Ahmed ©, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Fawad Alam, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Khushdil Shah, Musa Khan, Sohail Khan and Usman Khan Shinwari