Islamabad, Sept. 17 -- Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has expressed his desire to play Test cricket for his country ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka will tour Pakistan, the bottom dwellers in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table, in November. Rauf, a white-ball cricketer predominantly, has featured in only 14 first-class games, taking 47 wickets at an average of 27.04, with three five-fors, including best figures of 6/47.

His only Test for Pakistan came against England back in 2022, in which he took one wicket.

"There is always a purpose that is driving you when you play cricket," Rauf said, as quoted by ICC.

"I am trying to put my name forward for the Sri Lanka series, and Pakistan is also in n...