Australia are set to name a full-strength squad for the tour of Pakistan

Steve Smith and David Warner will be free to play for Australia.

The last time Australia toured Pakistan was way back in 1998, under Mark Taylor’s captaincy.

Australia will travel to Pakistan with a full team since no player has raised reservations about visiting the country, which has not hosted top-flight international cricket in nearly a decade because to security concerns.

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Pakistan last hosted an ICC tournament on its land in 1996, when it co-hosted the World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. Test cricket was banned until 2019 due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009.

New Zealand and England withdrew out of a trip of Pakistan last year, just before the T20 World Cup, citing security concerns, with the Kiwis pulling out at the eleventh hour.

“I think one of the great things and possibly one of the reasons the players performed so well in the Ashes was there were a number of players who got a good bank of Shield cricket in prior to that series.

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