England's stand-in captain Ollie Pope acknowledged the damage Joe Root is capable of causing with his "golden arm" to opposition batters if the pitch turns out to be favourable for spinners over five days in the opening Test against Pakistan in Multan.
Pakistan Test skipper Shan Masood is not expecting a dip in England's performance without their designated captain, Ben Stokes, in the opening Test in Multan from Monday.
Pakistan will be hosting England for a three-match Test series, with first one at Multan from Monday onwards. The side does not feature pacers like James Anderson and Mark Wood, who previously played the 2022 series which England won 3-0. Also, skipper Ben Stokes will miss the first Test as
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced its playing XI for the first Test against England in Multan, with notable comebacks and strategic selections.
Shaheen Shah Afridi has been reinstated to the team, leading a three-pronged seam attack alongside Naseem Shah and Aamir Jamal. Both
Stokes has been ruled out of the Multan Test on Monday after he failed to recover from his hamstring injury. In the absence of Stokes, wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Pope will lead the Three Lions against Pakistan in the first Test.
England wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Pope to lead the Three Lions in the absence of Ben Stokes in the upcoming first Test match against Pakistan in Multan.
India recently completed their 2-0 series win against Bangladesh at home. In the Kanpur Test, Team India missed two days of action due to rain and wet outfield after Bangladesh ended the first day at 107/3 in the first innings.
The series, starting from October 7 with the first Test at Multan, will be important for Pakistan not only from ICC World Test Championship standpoint, but also regarding form of their most premier batter. In his last eight Tests, Babar's performances have been sub-par, scoring 317 runs at a
he national air carrier of Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) escaped a major accident when all of its tyres burst during its takeoff from the Dubai International Airport, in the plane carrying 172 passengers from Dubai to Multan
Pakistan have included the left-arm spinner Noman for the first Test of the three-match series starting from October 7 in Multan. He has played 15 Test matches for Pakistan, taking 47 wickets at an average of 33.53. In his last Test match for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Ali had ta