Players around the world have been challenged to keep up their physical fitness levels in the face of the global shutdown in all activity due to the coronavirus outbreak. Several boards have addressed the issue by sending across customised workout plans and kits, with equipment tailored to meet each player’s requirements, with the teams’ trainers monitoring their progress on a periodic basis.

Pakistan’s players were originally set to undergo their fitness tests, which have been held on a quarterly basis since former national team captain Misbah-ul-Haq took over as head coach and chief selector.

In all, over 200 players will be subjected to the assessment, including the 19 centrally-contracted players, and the 192 domestic cricketers who play for the six provincial teams – each team has 16 players each as part of their first and second XIs.

Players will have to perform a range of physical movements as part of the assessment. Those include 60 push-ups, 50 sit-ups and 10 chin-ups, all over a minute each and in full range motion, in addition to 30 burpees in one minute, 25 Bulgarian split squats on each side, a 2.5-metre standing broad jump, reverse plank for two minutes, and a Level 18 Yo-Yo test.