KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan are sending tall left-arm paceman Mohammad Irfan to Sri Lanka to bolster their one-day squad.
“The management have asked for Irfan as cover for Junaid Khan who was injured in the second test in Colombo,” a Pakistan Cricket Board official told Reuters yesterday. Junaid was hit on the head by a bouncer in the second and final test that ended on Monday and did not bowl or bat after being taken to hospital for precautionary scans.
Pakistan lost the test series 2-0.
Irfan has not played for Pakistan since injuring his hip in the Twenty20 series against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates last year.
The three-match one-day series starts in Hambantota on Saturday.
