{"id":12713,"date":"2022-03-21T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/pak-vs-aus-2022-3-test\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:24:17","slug":"pak-vs-aus-2022-3-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/pak-vs-aus-2022-3-test\/","title":{"rendered":"PAK vs AUS, 2022, 3. Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lahore will be organizing a test for the first time since the format returns to Pakistan in 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nearly 12 years into his international career, 93 Tests, nearly 7,000 runs and 19 hundreds for good, Azhar Ali is finally back home.<\/div>\n

On Monday, when he steps on the pitch at the Gaddafi Stadium against Australia, Azhar will play his first test on what is his home country. The last test of the series, with no result so far, is the first in the city of Pakistan to have its headquarters since testing back in the country in late 2019. Pakistan has been playing tests in Karachi and Rawalpindi since then.<\/p>\n

“It’s a really emotional feeling,” Azhar told the PCB website. “When you are young, Gaddafi Stadium is such an iconic place. Even if we were to pass it, I would think I really want to play on this pitch.<\/p>\n

“I have played first class level here of course, but since my Test debut all our cricket has been outside of Pakistan. Once upon a time we felt like we would never play another Test in Pakistan. But finally we got a chance – we had such long waited to play in Pakistan, and then after returning we had to wait longer to play in Lahore.<\/p>\n