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
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
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
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
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