All-round Ayub in line for Test comeback as Pakistan ponder XI
Ubaid Shah and Razaullah could add pep to pace attack while decision needs to be taken on spin
09/09 - 06:00 AM EDT
3rd Test, Pakistan tour of England at Birmingham, Sep 9-13 2026
09/09 - 06:00 AM EDT
3rd Test, Pakistan tour of England at Birmingham, Sep 9-13 2026
Match Day
Aaqib warns of Imam 'inquiry', calls overhaul a 'message' to team management
"The message we're sending to the recalled players is that you have to raise your game on important tours and compete, and we should be able to see some effort," Aaqib Javed says
Joe Root endorses Kevin Pietersen, backs Emilio Gay
Test captain says "honest opinions" welcome ahead of old team-mate's return to white-ball set-up
Babar: Pakistan's wholesale squad changes were 'news to me'
Captain admits he was left in the dark by the PCB's upending of the Test squad, post-Lord's
Sarah Taylor: Keeping it real in the men's game
England's World Cup-winning wicketkeeper on transferring her talents to the men's senior squad
'All we can do is add positivity' - Noffke seeks calm as Pakistan reshape Test attack
Pakistan's interim bowling coach backs Pakistan's young quicks to add pace and variety, and urges the team to block out the chaos
Archer displays his new-found durability ... even if Pakistan have not
Fast bowler is on course to feature in his 35th professional fixture this season, having overcome years of injury
Batta Fast podcast: The PCB bingo card is full
Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin try to make sense of a week in which the PCB flew seven players home mid-tour and called up five uncapped replacements for a dead rubber
Ghazi Ghori set for an exam he hasn't been prepared for
With Mohammad Rizwan sent home after the Lord's Test, Ghazi Ghori - still young, still inexperienced - will step in at Edgbaston with pressure on him from every quarter
Pakistan's Test decline in numbers: A powerhouse in freefall
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Pakistan's overall win-loss ratio in Tests has fallen below 1.00. What has gone wrong?
Shrinking Shakeel makes room for himself amid the constant and the change
In Saud Shakeel, Pakistan have a rare player who appears to value the ability he has, and, in what feels almost radical, tries actively to hone it
From Minhas to Imrans: Introducing Pakistan's replacements for Edgbaston Test
All five players are yet to make their Test debuts, three of them are pace bowlers and one of them has over a decade's experience
PCB to investigate conduct and discipline of Pakistan players in England
At this stage, there is no information about who the investigation is specifically targeted against, or any timeline for its completion
Preview
Which Pakistan will turn up at Edgbaston? That's the killer question
After an almighty upheaval between Tests, visitors will be scarcely recognisable as they seek to salvage pride