Mohammad Haris appointed captain of Pakistan Shaheens' white-ball team

Mohammad Haris has been named the white-ball captain for Pakistan Shaheens for the two 50-over matches and the nine-team Top End T20 series, scheduled from August 4-18 in Darwin, Australia.

Haris previously captained Pakistan Shaheens in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 in Colombo, where they triumphed over India by 128 runs in the final to retain the title.

Pakistan Shaheens are currently in Darwin for two four-day matches against Bangladesh ‘A’ from July 19-22 and July 26-29. Their 50-over matches will be against Northern Territory (NT) on August 4 and Bangladesh ‘A’ on August 6, before the T20 series starts on August 9. Other teams in the T20 series include ACT Comets, Bangladesh ‘A’, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Northern Territory Strike, Adelaide Strikers, and Tasmania.

For the white-ball matches, there have been seven changes from the red-ball squad. Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqoob, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Imran Jnr, and Usman Khan will replace Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Ali, Mubasir Khan, Tayyab Tahir, and Umar Amin.

This will be the second consecutive year that Pakistan Shaheens participate in the Darwin series. Last year, NT Strike defeated Shaheens in the Top End T20 Series final by 46 runs, but Shaheens went on to win the One-day matches against PNG by 224 runs and Northern Strike by 84 runs.

Squad: Mohammad Haris (captain), Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqoob, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah (wicketkeeper/batter), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Khan

Player Support Personnel: Abdul Rehman (head coach), Mohammad Masroor (Assistant coach-cum-manager), Mohammad Asad (physiotherapist), Imranullah (trainer) and Usman Hashmi (analyst).

Schedule of white-ball matches

• 4 Aug – 50-over match vs Northern Territory (NT)
• 6 Aug – 50 over match vs Bangladesh ‘A’
• 10 Aug – vs Perth Scorchers (Top End T20 Series)
• 11 Aug – vs Melbourne Stars (Top End T20 Series)
• 13 Aug – vs Tasmania (Top End T20 Series)
• 15 Aug – vs Melbourne Renegades (Top End T20 Series)
• 16 Aug – vs Bangladesh ‘A’ (Top End T20 Series)
• 17 Aug – vs ACT Comets (Top End T20 Series)