A squad of 20 members in Pakistan, along with 11 support staff members, arrived in Manchester on Sunday night. The players arrived on a chartered flight from Lahore and were seen leaving the airport wearing masks and maintaining an adequate distance between them.
The 10 Pakistani cricketers, who had tested positive for the coronavirus in initial tests conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), were not included in the first set of the contingent sent for the 3-match test series and they will join the players later. if they return negative on the next Covid-19 test.
The squad of 20 members, including 11 support staff officials, will now undergo a 14-day quarantine period in Worcester before being transferred to Derbyshire Ancora County grounds on July 13.
Pakistan team arrival Manchester #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/FWWPtgUjEs
– Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) June 28, 2020
The Cricket Board of England and Wales (ECB) has arranged for their tests before passing a 14-day isolation period, during which they will be allowed to train.
Of the 10 Pakistani cricketers who had tested positive for the coronavirus previously, six had tested negative in the recent PCB test.
The negative players were Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, and Wahab Riaz.
The cricketers who once again tested positive for Covid-19 were Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Kashif Bhatti, and Imran Khan.
The players who arrived here on Sunday are Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam (vice-captain), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmad, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad. Abbas, Musa Khan, Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, Usman Shinwari, and Yasir Shah.
Zafar Gohar, the left-arm spinner who played an ODI in 2015, will join the England team and only participate in pre-match preparations.

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