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Six players eligible to join squad in England following second negative Covid-19 test

LAHORE: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have been tested negative for COVID-19 for the second time in three days and, as such, are now eligible to join the Pakistan men’s national cricket cricket team in Worcestershire, England.

The players were retested on Monday, June 29, following a first negative test on June 26, said a spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Board here on Tuesday.

“The PCB will now start making their travel arrangements and the departure details will be shared in due course”, he said.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.