Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday named former players Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, and Salman Butt as consultant members to chief selector Wahab Riaz.
Lyon will enter the home summer with 496 Test wickets, and considering his record in Perth, he has a good chance of being the eighth bowler, and third Australian, to achieve 500 during the match.
Pakistan will travel to Australia for a three-match series as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship, starting from December 14 onwards and Ayub is in the running for selection after he was named in an 18-player squad earlier this month, as per ICC.
After finishing World Cup 2023 as Player of the Tournament and the leading run-scorer, India's star batter Virat Kohli has gained in ODI rankings and is closer to the number one spot
Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz attacked speedster Haris Rauf for backing out from the forthcoming Australia Tests and said that it would hurt the 'Men in Green'.
Coming down heavily on his Assam counterpart and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma over his remarks at a poll rally in Rajasthan the day before, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said he was speaking more than he should to please his political masters in the saffron camp.
"If we do not speak something about Hindus in India, then for whom will we speak? On Babar, Aurangzeb? We will proudly speak about Hinduism," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Former cricketer Mohammad Hafeez will serve as Pakistan's head coach for the upcoming Australia and New Zealand tour, according to a report by ESPNcricinfo.
Days after Virat Kohli reached the milestone of 50 ODI centuries, former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal said that Babar Azam could break the star Indian player's record.