Pakistan players failed fitness test. Image Source: File Pic[/caption]Internet Desk: Some of the top Pakistani cricketers, including national T20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Umar Akmal, have failed to meet the required fitness standards, set by trainer Grant Luden.
Other players who failed to attain the required points in the different fitness tests include Sohaib Maqsood, spinners Saeed Ajmal and Zulfiqar Babar along with some others.
"The fitness trainer of the Pakistan team, Grant Luden and his team have devised a points system for the fitness tests with 17 set as the benchmark for players to confirm their fitness is of required level," one PCB official said.
"Unfortunately some players could not reach the benchmark," he added.
He explained the tests are being held as contracted players are given goals to achieve within three months those who fail to achieve the goals are fined, while those who achieve or surpass them are rewarded financially.
Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq also joined the tests on Tuesday after returning from performing Umra and interestingly he and senior batsman, Younis Khan are said to be the two fittest players in the program despite their age.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is preparing a special case in a bid to secure a visa for left- arm pacer Muhammad Aamir to travel with the national team to England this summer.
According to PCB sources, Chairman Shaharyar Khan and other high-ups have held consultations with their legal advisors and are also in touch with the England and Wales Cricket Board and British High Commission over the matter.
Under the UK s immigration laws a person who has been convicted and served time in a UK jail or been deported cannot be issued a visa atleast until 10 years after his sentencing.
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