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Aftermath of Pakistan and England 1st Test Match

   It has been a very disappointing and humiliating match for Pakistan however if you look at it from an English Perspective there are a lot of positives to look forward too. In a time such as this for England with 2 of their longest serving and consistent bowlers retired 1 after another the future is still bright for English fans.    Without doubt England dominated this match whether with bat or ball. The ever consistent Joe Root stood up and shined bright alongside the destructive Harry Brook. Joe Root got to a score of 262 runs of 375 balls. Meanwhile Harry Brook made an austonding career best in international cricket of 317 runs of 322 balls. England declared with the score of 823/7.     Not long after did the bowlers have to strike and become the star of the show. On the very first ball of Pakistans second innings Abdullah Shafique played all around Chris Woakes's ball nipping back inside. Wickets kept falling as Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse took 2 wi...

Pakistan predicted starting XI against England 1st Match

 Pakistan is set to play England in a 3 test match series at home starting from 7th October 10:30 AM local time. Pakistans luck in tests recently had been a mix as they have not been playing well recently however there have been glimpses of hope for Pakistan. The squad that the PCB has selected is as follows: Shan Masood(C) Babar Azam Abdullah Sahfique Noman Ali Abrar Ahmad Naseem Shah Shaheen Affridi  Aamer Jamal Sarfaraz Ahmad(WK) Mohammad Rizwan(WK) Muhammad Hurraira  Mir Hamza Salman Ali Agha Saim Ayub Pakistan should play this as their starting team: 1.Saim Ayub 2.Muhammad Hurraira  3.Shan Masood 4.Saud Shakeel 5.Mohammad Rizwan(WK) 6.Salman Ali Agha 7.Aamer Jamal 8.Shaheen Affridi 9.Naseem Shah 10.Noman Ali 11.Abrar Ahmad A lot of you may be confused why I have not included Abdullah Sahfique or Babar Azam in this team. Well the plain reason is that Abdullah Shafique had not been playing well for the past few series. I feel he should be given rest same as Babar ...