A Pakistan Cricket Board official said Razzaq had not been cleared to play in the Lahore test starting on November 29 as he was still recovering from the injury that kept him out of the first two matches of the series.

PCB director of cricket operations Saleem Altaf said "He has improved 40 percent but the medical board says he needs more time to be 100 percent fit."

He added "Even when he is cleared, obviously we would like him to play a couple of practice games and see him bowl a few overs before he can be considered for national selection."

Altaf said it was too early to say if Razzaq would be fit in time for the five-match one-day series starting on December 10 in Lahore.

Pakistan go into the third test without pace bowler Shabbir Ahmed after he was reported for a suspect action and all rounder Shahid Afridi, who picked up a one-match ban for scuffing the pitch in the second test.