Heavy defeats in the first two Tests, at Headingley and Lord's, prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board to send seven players home before the tour was finished, with head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling chief Umar Gul sacked from their posts as well.

Pakistan will try to salvage something from the wreckage of a woeful tour of England with an upset victory in the third Test at Edgbaston starting on Wednesday.

Interim Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson hopes his drastically revamped squad can come through some all too familiar "chaos" with a much-improved showing against England in next week's third and final Test in Birmingham.

Jamie Smith and Jordan Cox both scored fifties as England recovered from a top-order collapse against Pakistan to reach 248-9 when bad light ended Thursday's opening day of the second Test at Lord's.

The first Test victory by an innings and 103 runs marked the start of Joe Root's second stint as Test captain but he was seething when addressing the media on Tuesday following another embarrassing disciplinary breach.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who sat out of the first ICC World Test Championship 2025-2027 match against England due to a finger injury, is set to make a return for the Lord's Test commencing on August 27.

Robinson and Josh Tongue bagged five wickets apiece as Pakistan were dismissed for just 171 in their first innings and the duo, who received good support from Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson, took three more each second time around.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Headingley starting Wednesday.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam suffered an injury during the second day of a warm-up match ahead of next week's first Test against England.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam was ecstatic after his side broke a three-year drought away from home with a victory over Pakistan in the second match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Trinidad.

Pakistan beat the West Indies by eight wickets on the fourth day of the second and final Test at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Wednesday to level the series.

Babar, the only visitor to emerge with any credit from a disastrous second innings of the first Test when he finished unbeaten on 58, was again unbowed on 86.

Pakistan on Sunday replaced struggling Test captain Shan Masood with Babar Azam, who will start a third stint as skipper on the tours of the West Indies and England starting later this month.

The Pakistan team arrived at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium amid heavy downpours on Friday, ahead of their second and final Test against hosts Bangladesh starting tomorrow.

Pakistan will be strengthened by the return of star batsman Babar Azam for the second and final cricket Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet, head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed said on Friday.

Babar suffered an injury to his left knee during the practice session on Thursday

“Don’t stress, I will play in all three formats,” he said, adding that it is not for players to decide which format to skip. “A player’s job is to play.”

Pakistan’s next red-ball assignment will see them travel to Bangladesh for a two-match Test series starting May 8.

Ponting harbours concerns that Babar no longer has the power he once possessed to maximise the middle overs of a batting innings, pondering whether he’s playing the right role for the team.

Saim Ayub and Babar Azam hit half-centuries and Mohammad Nawaz took five wickets as Pakistan thrashed Australia by 111 runs to sweep the T20 series 3-0 on Sunday.