{"id":21938,"date":"2026-11-04T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/pcb-patrons-xi-sri-lanka-warm-up-islamabad\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T04:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T04:11:21","slug":"pcb-patrons-xi-sri-lanka-warm-up-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/pcb-patrons-xi-sri-lanka-warm-up-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB Patrons XI set for Sri Lanka warm-up in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Mohsin Ali<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: The PCB Patrons XI will face Sri Lanka in a three-day practice match at the Islamabad Club Ground from Wednesday as preparations continue for the upcoming two-Test series.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides trained at the Islamabad Club on Tuesday, a day before the start of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Patrons XI head coach Ijaz Ahmed Junior said the fixture would give players named for the Test series an important chance to get ready in match conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He said the players included in the Patrons XI squad had been involved in domestic cricket and hoped the match would produce a strong and competitive contest.<\/p>\n<p>PCB Patrons XI captain Saad Baig said red-ball cricket demanded patience and players had to adapt quickly to the requirements of the longer format.<\/p>\n<p>Saad said he was honoured to captain the Patrons XI and was pleased to take on the responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-member Patrons XI squad features seven players from Pakistan\u2019s Test squad, allowing them to secure useful match practice before the series against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board has also decided that two additional fast bowlers from the Patrons XI will be added to the national Test squad after the practice match concludes on November 6.<\/p>\n<p>The first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is scheduled to begin in Rawalpindi on November 9, while the second Test will be played in Lahore from November 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PCB Patrons XI will meet Sri Lanka in a three-day practice match in Islamabad from Wednesday ahead of the two-Test series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21939,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21938\/revisions\/21939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}