The five players who were tested are Bilal Asif, Imran Butt, Mohammad Nawaz, Musa Khan and Rohail Nazir along with masseur Mohammad Imran.

Following first phase of COVID-19 assessment 10 cricketers, from a total of 35, were tested positive for the deadly bug.

The Men-in-green have suffered a major blow ahead of their departure for England on June 28, as 10 squad members were tested positive for coronavirus.

Barbados-born pacer’s injury had ruled him out of England’s tour of Sri Lanka and the IPL before both were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Men in Green will depart for England on June 28 from Lahore to Manchester through a chartered flight.

The PCB medical panel is in contact with the three who have been advised to immediately go into self-isolation.

England players will honour key workers with their names on training shirts.

Abbas was signed by Nottinghamshire as one of their overseas players and had been due to feature in nine Championship games.

The team will depart on June 28 for Manchester, before driving to Derbyshire for their 14-day quarantine period.

The duo – Haider Ali and Haris Rauf – were named in 29 member squad which is expected to depart for England this month or early July.

The ECB last month named a 55-strong training group.

Shaheen is part of the 29-member squad who will depart for England next month.

The opener also revealed that he has made slight adjustments in his batting technique which he hopes to benefit in prolonging his career.

The veteran cricketer hanged up his boots from longest format of the game in 2018, however, due to COVID-19 crisis, former captain said he is ready to down white kit once again if needed.

Athletes across a range of sports have spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd.

PCB name 29-member squad for England tour today.

Both players withdrawn themselves for family reasons.

More than 40,000 people are confirmed to have died from Covid-19 in Britain's outbreak so far.

“Mushtaq has been one of my mentors,” says Yasir Shah.

“Excellent opportunity to learn from Younis during a pressure series,” says Azhar Ali.

Khan has been appointed as team’s batting coach for tour of England.

Imam ul Haq and Naeem Shah were seen practicing alongside limited-overs captain at Abdul Qadir Cricket Academy.

The board is already in discussions with the ECB to bring forward their early July departure date for England so the Pakistan squad can benefit from the additional practice time there.

Pakistan team will play three Test and same number of Twenty20 Internationals in England.

The three-match series will be played in a bio-secure environment.

Mushtaq Ahmed to travel as spin bowling coach to further bolster head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and fast bowling coach Waqar Younis.

Pacer is training at Sabina Park in Jamaica ahead of the tour.

England pacer has lauded his team for its diversity.

The men-in-green will play three Test and same number of T20Is on the tour.