Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar and former captain Aamir Sohail are to line up against Australia in their three-day tour match against English county Somerset starting on Friday.
A spokesperson for Somerset said the pair had been recruited to strengthen the side to ensure Australia were given a good match.
Somerset’s England players, pace bowler Andrew Caddick and opening batsman Marcus Trescothick, have been rested with the second test looming next week.
Shoaib has been playing for a club side in southern England since June after missing the end of Pakistan’s England tour through illness.
Left-handed opening batsman Sohail, who has not played for Pakistan at test level since March last year, has been playing club cricket in Manchester.