England Vs Pakistan News

English left armer Josh Hull has been sidelined from the forthcoming England men's Test tour of Pakistan due to a quad injury. He recently garnered attention for his Test debut with England against Sri Lanka at The Oval earlier this month and will now miss England’s important tour to Pakistan.

The England Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a 17-man squad to travel to Pakistan for a three-match Test series, starting October 7. Spinners Jack Leach and Rehan Ahmed have been called up while Dan Lawrence has been dropped after failing to perform in the red-ball series against Sri Lanka.

Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam has become the only sixth player from his country to get to 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. The 28-year-old achieved the feat on Day 3 of Pakistan’s third Test match against England after reaching 45 in the second innings in Karachi’s National Stadium.

Top batters often rely on their quality of strokes to score runs and it rarely happens that they add to their tally courtesy of fielding error from the opposition. However, Babar Azam managed to get to his fifty against England as a rocket throw from Ben Stokes crossed the boundary ropes.