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Babar Azam Among 11 Players Called for Red-Ball Training Camp at NCA | Sports-Games
The Pakistan Cricket Board has organized an 11-player red-ball camp focusing on skill and match readiness to prepare for the ICC World Test Championship series against South Africa.
- On September 6, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced an 11-player red-ball training camp at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore, including former captain Babar Azam, with players reporting by September 8 for a September 9 start.
- To prepare for the South Africa Tests, an 11-player camp was organised excluding those in the Hanif Mohammad Trophy to ready players for Pakistan's home Test series and ICC World Test Championship 2025-27.
- Interim red-ball head coach Azhar Mahmood and NCA coaches and support staff will oversee the 20-day camp featuring scenario-based matches and players including Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique, Ali Raza, Azan Awais, and Kamran Ghulam.
- The Test schedule shows the first Test in Lahore and second in Rawalpindi , while Mohammad Rizwan and Naseem Shah remain unavailable due to CPL commitments.
- Given Pakistan's WTC 2023/25 finish, the tour includes a T20I leg from October 28 to November 1 and an ODI leg in Faisalabad from November 4 to 8, marking ODI cricket's return there after 17 years.
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