England Faces a Setback Ahead of First Test Against Pakistan
After losing the ODI series at home against Australia, England are now on the tour of Pakistan. England will play a 3-match Test series against Pakistan. This is a decisive series for England in terms of the World Test Championship final. The first match of this series will be played in Multan on October 7. Before this first match, England suffered a big blow. England’s regular captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the first match due to injury. The English team has announced the playing eleven for the first match 2 days before. England Cricket Board has given information about this through social media.
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Ben Stokes Out, Ollie Pope to Lead England
Ben Stokes was injured in The Hundred. Stokes is yet to fully recover from the injury. So Stokes has to miss the first match. Ollie Pope will replace Stokes to lead English team in the opening match. Ollie Pope also led English team in the Test series against Sri Lanka. Under Brook’s captaincy, England won the series 2-1.
Debut for Brydon Kars and Return of Chris Woakes
England team management has given fast bowler Braydon Kars a chance to make his debut. Also, Chris Woakes will be seen playing a Test match in Asia for the first time since 2016 and outside English team after two and a half years.
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England Playing XI for the first Test: Ollie Pope (captain), Zach Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Kars, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.
Pakistan Squad for the first Test: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Amir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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