| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Joe Root (c) | Top-order batter |
| Jofra Archer | Bowler |
| Gus Atkinson | Bowler |
| Sonny Baker | Bowler |
| Harry Brook | Middle-order batter |
| Sam Cook | Bowler |
| Jordan Cox † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Ben Duckett † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Emilio Gay | Opening batter |
| Dan Lawrence | Middle-order batter |
| Ollie Pope | Middle-order batter |
| Ollie Robinson | Bowler |
| Shoaib Bashir | Bowler |
| Jamie Smith † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Josh Tongue | Bowler |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGENG |  | 290 & 208 | beat | 110 & 194 |  | PAKPAK | 27/08/26 | Pakistan tour of England 2026 |
| ENGENG | | 409 | beat | 171 & 135 | | PAKPAK | 19/08/26 | Pakistan tour of England 2026 |
| ENGENG | | 267 & 112 | lost to | 344 & 37/1 | | PAKPAK | 24/10/24 | England tour of Pakistan 2024/25 |
| ENGENG | | 291 & 144 | lost to | 366 & 221 | | PAKPAK | 15/10/24 | England tour of Pakistan 2024/25 |
| ENGENG | | 823/7d | beat | 556 & 220 | | PAKPAK | 07/10/24 | England tour of Pakistan 2024/25 |
In Saud Shakeel, Pakistan have a rare player who appears to value the ability he has, and, in what feels almost radical, tries actively to hone it
All five players are yet to make their Test debuts, three of them are pace bowlers and one of them has over a decade's experience
Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin try to make sense of a week in which the PCB flew seven players home mid-tour and called up five uncapped replacements for a dead rubber
"The message we're sending to the recalled players is that you have to raise your game on important tours and compete, and we should be able to see some effort," Aaqib Javed says
