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Spinners Jack Leach and teenager Rehan Ahmed shared six wickets between them as England dismissed Pakistan for 304 Saturday on the opening day of the third and final Test in Karachi.
KARACHI, Pakistan : Pakistan's top order batsman Azhar Ali will quit international cricket after the third and final test against England beginning in Karachi on Saturday, the country's cricket board said.
MULTAN, Pakistan : Pakistan made three injury replacements for the second test against England in a blow to their hopes of levelling the three-match series in Multan on Friday.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan :England made a bold declaration and then short-ball tactics to great effect to be on course for a comprehensive victory in the opening test against Pakistan on Sunday.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam recently took to Twitter to share a picture with his teammates. "With the boys!" he captioned it. In the picture, Babar is accompanied by Shan Masood, Sarfaraz Khan, Fawad Alam and Azhar Ali and all five, dressed in fine casuals, are seen looking at the same direction. Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan replied to the Tweet with a hilarious comment. "Muje esay kyu dekh rahe hei sab? (Why is everyone looking at me like this?)" he wrote.
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz have been picked to play the first Test against Sri Lanka as the tourists announced their XI On Friday. Yasir, 36, will play his first Test since August last year after recovering from a thumb injury, Pakistan said in a statement on the eve of the two-match series starting Saturday in Galle. Nawaz, a left-hand batsman who bowls left-arm spin, will return to the side after almost six years.
Previously, top players were offered one contract and could be called on to play any version of the game, but specialisation has made this out of fashion for many cricketing nations. "These contracts are part of our vision and strategy to identify, groom and develop specialists for the traditional and purist format of the game," chief selector Mohammad Wasim told press conference.
Veteran Azhar Ali scored his 7,000th Test run on Wednesday during the series-decider against Australia in Lahore, joining an elite list of Pakistan batsmen. The 37-year-old swept spinner Nathan Lyon to reach the landmark before being caught and bowled by Australia captain Pat Cummins for 78. It took Azhar 94 matches to achieve the milestone and he becomes only the fifth Pakistan batsman and 54th in all to cross the 7,000 Test-run mark.