Tag: England v Pakistan 2020

England will take a late decision on the balance of their XI to take on Pakistan in the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday, after Joe Root acknowledged there was still a slight doubt about Ben Stokes' readiness to feature as a front-line seam option.Stokes produced one ...

Joe Root will wait on a late fitness test for Ben Stokes before deciding on the make-up of his England XI for the series opener against Pakistan on Wednesday. If the all-rounder is fit to bowl, a headache resurfaces over which seamer to leave out. England have grappled with ...

They may have a poor record at the start of a series, but Joe Root believes England have a "head start" before their first game against Pakistan.England have, infamously, lost the first Test in eight of their 10 most recent series (excluding the one-off match against Ireland), including the ...

England’s condensed summer of Test cricket resumes on Wednesday and it could get better. The West Indies series was a minor triumph; the bizarre process of Test cricket behind closed doors, though inferior to the real thing, worked (rather better than the one-day internationals against Ireland). After 15 daily ...

The last time Misbah-ul-Haq was here in 2016 he was leading the Pakistan team on the field and demonstrating that as a 42-year-old he was still capable of some impeccable press-ups at the end of an arduous Test at Lord’s. Now he is back as the team’s head coach, ...

Misbah ul Haq believes that the dry conditions on offer at Emirates Old Trafford could persuade Pakistan to go into this week's first Test against England with a twin-spin attack, alongside a trio of fast bowlers who are all adept at bowling reverse swing.Speaking in the build-up to Wednesday's ...

England captain Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood will once again have a selection dilemma about the make-up of their pace attack after an unchanged 14-man squad was named for next week’s first Test against Pakistan. Having rotated their frontline fast bowlers during the 2-1 raisethebat series win over ...