Pakistan has shown a far from satisfactory erformance in the four ODIs it played against Sri Lanka and let the hosts win it 3-1. Had the rain not washed away the fourth ODI, the result may have been 4-1 in favour of Sri Lanka too.
As for Pakistan's Misbah, who has been suspended by ICC for "serious over-rate offence" in the 5th ODI, names of Faisal and Ayub are being taken as Misbah's replacement. Pakistan were found to be three overs short of their target even after time allowances were taken into consideration.
As reported by Cricinfo, the suspension will cost Misbah the chance to break the Pakistan record for most consecutive Tests as captain. Misbah was on 15 Tests, with nine wins, five draws and one defeat. Abdul Hafeez Kardar was captain for 23 matches in a row, while Imran Khan and Waqar Younis had led Pakistan in 16 consecutive Tests.
As for Sri Lanka, allrounder Thisara Perera and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara have been included in 15-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan. Besides, allrounder Jeevan Mendis, who is yet to earn a Test cap, has also been picked. Angelo Mathews has been named vice-captain, replacing Thilan Samaraweera .
The likely opposing squads are:
Sri Lanka: KC Sangakkara , DPMD Jayawardene , TM Dilshan , HAPW Jayawardene , KMDN Kulasekara , TT Samaraweera , UWMBC Welagedara , HMRKB Herath , AD Mathews , NT Paranavitana , S Randiv , NLTC Perera , LD Chandimal , BMAJ Mendis , Nuwan Pradeep
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez , Misbah-Ul-Haq (suspended) , Younus Khan , Mohammad Sami , Umar Gul , Saeed Ajmal , Taufeeq Umar , Faisal Iqbal , Abdur Rehman , Asad Shafiq , Azhar Ali , Adnan Akmal , Junaid Khan , Aizaz Cheema , Afaq Raheem , Mohammad Ayub
The match is scheduled from Friday 22 June to 26 June 2012. Each day match will commence at 10:30 local time / 05:00 GMT
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