English team is visiting Pakistan after 17 years, Last time England visited Pak for test series in 2005, This time England came to Dubai for Pakistan's home series.
England team is very excited about this series and they are participating with their best players, like James Anderson and Moeen Ali who even visited Pakistan in 2005 for test series.
On other hand, in Pakistani management is willing to give a chance to new comers like Abrar Ahmad and Muhammad Ali. Yasir Shah, Hassan Ali, and Fawad Alam have been dropped from the 18-member squad.
Abrar Ahmad is going to replace them, He played 14 first-class matches and got 76 wickets. Yasir Shah, who gave the best performance in the domestic session this year.
Yasir shah's performance against England remain outstanding in the previous series. since 2019, he took 46 wickets in 23 innings. He picked 244 wickets in 48 test matches with 16 times 5 wickets and 636 wickets in 157 domestic matches. He also made remarkable 100 against Australia.
Fawad Alam has scored 43rd century in domestic cricket but his name is not in the squad in this series. In test cricket, he made 5 centuries and 2 fifties.
Remember, that in ICC Test Championship Pakistan is at 5th position and England is at 7th position. So this series is a chance to improve in ranking for both teams.
Pakistan and England played 47 test matches 26 won by England and Pakistan won 21. Both the teams played first time in 1954. Last match between both teams was played in Aug 2020. No match has been drawn of them.
