According to a formal announcement released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Hasan has replaced Mohammad Ali, who, like Faheem Ashraf, has been instructed to compete in the Pakistan Cup currently taking place in Karachi, while Kamran has replaced Azhar Ali, who announced his retirement last week.

Hasan played the final of Pakistan’s 21 Test matches against Sri Lanka at Galle in July of this year but was benched for the England series, which the Babar Azam-led team most recently dropped at home by a score of 3-0. Contrarily, Ghulam has participated in 44 first-class matches, scoring 3268 runs on the way to an average of 47.36, including 10 centuries and 18 half-centuries.

As he is healing from an injury he got while fielding in the Rawalpindi Test, fast bowler Haris Rauf was left off the roster. Fast bowler Naseem Shah, who missed the tests in Multan and Karachi against England because of a shoulder ache, has been deemed healthy and is, thus, still included in the squad.

Now, the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi will host the first Test of the two-match series from December 26–30. The second Test will be held in Multan from January 3–7. Now, January 10, 12, and 14 will see the three ODIs played in Karachi.

First Test of the two-match series from December 26–30

Second Test will be held in Multan from January 3–7

The World Test Championship (WTC) cycle will include the two tests between New Zealand and Pakistan. The three one-day international matches between the two countries will be a part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, which will decide who qualifies for the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.

As a result of the 2021 trip being postponed only minutes before it was set to begin in Rawalpindi, New Zealand will visit Pakistan for the first time in twenty years. Following the tour, New Zealand will go to India from January 18 to February 1 for a visit that will include three ODIs and as many T20Is.

Pakistan Test squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood and Zahid Mehmood

PCB also announced the list of umpires and match referees for both Test and ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand: –

1st Test, Karachi: – Alex Wharf and Aleem Dar (on-field), Ahsan Raza (third umpire), Asif Yaqoob (fourth umpire); Mohammad Javed Malik (match referee)

2nd Test, Multan: – Alex Wharf and Aleem Dar (on-field), Ahsan Raza (third umpire), Rashid Riaz (fourth umpire); David Boon (match referee)

1st ODI, Karachi: – Aleem Dar and Asif Yaqoob (on-field), Ahsan Raza (third umpire), Faisal Afridi (fourth umpire); David Boon (match referee)

2nd ODI, Karachi: – Aleem Dar and Rashid Riaz (on-field), Asif Yaqoob (third umpire), Faisal Afridi (fourth umpire); David Boon (match referee)

3rd ODI, Karachi: – Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza (on-field), Rashid Riaz (third umpire), Faisal Afridi (fourth umpire); David Boon (match referee)

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