Pakistani mountaineer Asad Ali Memon has achieved a historic feat by completing his journey to summit the highest peaks of all seven continents.
According to details, mountaineer Asad Ali Memon completed the world-famous Seven Summits Challenge by climbing the highest peak in Oceania.
Asad Ali Memon climbed Mount Elbrus in Europe in 2019 and Aconcagua in South America in 2020.
The Pakistani mountaineer climbed Africa’s Kilimanjaro in 2021 and North America’s Mount Denali in 2022.
In 2023, he climbed Mount Everest, the highest peak in Asia and the world, while earlier this year he also climbed Mount Vinson in Antarctica.
38-year-old left-arm spinner Asif Afridi will make his Test debut in the first Test match against South Africa.
According to media sources, the Pakistan team management has decided to field a possible seven batsmen, two regular fast bowlers and two spinners in the first Test.
Sources say that off-spinner Sajid Khan will not be able to join the playing XI due to viral fever, and Asif Afridi will be part of the team in his place.
Interim head coach Azhar Mahmood is also impressed with Asif Afridi's bowling and is in favor of his debut.
In the first Test against South Africa in Lahore, the 11 players of Pakistan will include Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hassan Ali, Noman Ali and Asif Afridi.
It should be noted that the match between Pakistan and South Africa will start at 10 am tomorrow.
The captains of Pakistan and South Africa unveiled the Test series trophy.
According to details, national Test team captain Shan Masood and South African Test team captain Aiden Markram unveiled the trophy at the National Cricket Academy Lahore.
On this occasion, South African team captain Aiden Markram also visited the museum at the NCA.
Shan Masood told Aiden Markram about the trophies in the museum.
VGOTEL Mobile Presents @BankAlfalahPAK Pakistan vs South Africa Test Series 2025 trophy unveiled at National Cricket Academy, Lahore 🏆✨
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 11, 2025
Hear from the captains ahead of the first Test 🇵🇰🇿🇦©️ #PAKvSA | #GreenPeYaqeen pic.twitter.com/a6WY9Za8S4
It should be noted that the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa will begin tomorrow.
This two-Test series is part of the ICC World Test Championship.
National cricket team captain Shan Masood says he will try to make a good start to the Test Championship.
During a press conference in Lahore, captain Shan Masood said that this time the PCB has done a lot of work for red ball cricket. Camps were organized for red ball, the players played county cricket.
Shan Masood said that South Africa is the champion team, they will improve their morale by playing well against them. To win Test matches, you have to take 20 wickets.
He said that home series are very important in the Test cycle. The results in the last Test Championship were not good but there are some positives. We will try our best to make a good start.
The Test captain said that if both teams score 600 runs on a flat track, it is of no use. For good results, one has to sacrifice one's runs. Runs are scored according to the conditions, a century is not necessary in every match.
Shan Masood further said that if there are new conditions at Gaddafi Stadium, they will try to understand the conditions quickly.
He said that Sajid Khan is our most important bowler in these conditions, unfortunately he had a viral flu, and that the team will be prepared by looking at the fitness of the players.
The Test captain said that it is very important to take advantage of home conditions, each team prepares the conditions according to its own. Earlier, in these conditions, they went with three spin bowlers and one fast bowler, but now they will decide after seeing the conditions. The element of reverse song has also been included in the team formation.
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