LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PC) on Sunday announced that Faheem Ashraf will take no further part in the series against Australia following Sunday’s ODI and will return to Pakistan on Monday (today). The decision has been made by the national selection committee in consultation with the team management keeping in view of their policy of giving sufficient rest to their frontline players ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be played in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July. Faheem has played a Test, seven ODIs and eight T20I since September 2018. In the lead up to their World Cup opener against the West Indies on 31 May at Trent Bridge, Pakistan have a series against England comprising a T20I and five ODIs. In the build up to the series against England, Pakistan will also play three warm-up matches against Kent (27 April), Northamptonshire (29 April) and Leicestershire (1 May), while two World Cup warm-up matches against Afghanistan (24 May in Bristol) and Bangladesh (26 May in Cardiff) have also been scheduled for Pakistan. It has also been decided no replacement will be sought for Faheem as the team already includes five fast bowlers.
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