KARACHI: Pakistan suffered another injury blow when fast bowler Naseem Shah was ruled out on Tuesday of the third and final Test against England in Karachi this week.
A shoulder injury kept Naseem out of the second Test in Multan, won by England by 26 runs on Monday, and the 19-year-old has still not fully recovered.
“A niggle in the bowling shoulder has ruled out Naseem from the third and final Test in Karachi,” the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a news release.
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The third Test begins on Saturday.
Naseem will undergo further assessment at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore before beginning rehabilitation, it said.
Pakistan are facing their first-ever 3-0 Test series loss at home after also losing the first Test in Rawalpindi by 74 runs.
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The team has been jolted by injuries to its fast bowlers, with spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi ruled out before the start of the series with a knee injury.
Haris Rauf was also ruled out of the last two Tests with a quadriceps injury suffered during the first match.
England are on their first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005.
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