Pacer Hasan Ali would like to play against a full-strength Australian side when they visit Pakistan for a for a three-match Test and One-day International series as well as a solitary T20 International next month.
With the first Test set to be played from March 3 in Karachi, there has been talk about some Austra-lian players willing to opt out of the tour as the side nears their first visit to Pakistan after 1998.
Australia skipper Pat Cummins, however, said most of the players, if not all, are expected to fea-ture in the tour, in which the the Test series will be played as a part of the ICC Test Championship.
Even with crucial points at stake, Hasan said he did not want to compete against a Australian side any less than the best.
In an interview he said that “I’d prefer their [Australia’s] full strength side to visit so that we also can gauge our strengths and weaknesses in our home conditions,”.
“So far, I think, the full team is coming, but we can’t say much about it right now.
” Lauding the Pakistan Cricket Board’s efforts in bringing back full-time international cricket to the country after a tough decade, Hasan said he is look-ing forward to the much-awaited series.
—Agencies
