The

Pakistan cricket team The Pakistan men's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Counc ...

toured England between April and June 2018 to play two

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. Ahead of the Tests, Pakistan played first-class matches against

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and

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. They then travelled to

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to play

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in their first Test match, before playing a two-day match against

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ahead of the first Test against England.County cricket 2018 fixtures released as champs Essex face Yorkshire in opener

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, 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018. At the end of the tour they played two

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s (T20Is) against

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in Edinburgh. The Test series was drawn 1–1.

Squads

In April 2018, Pakistani leg-spin bowler

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was ruled out for ten weeks, due to stress fracture of a hip, causing him to miss the entire tour. Yasir reportedly needed to "undergo extensive rehabilitation". The Pakistan selectors were said to be considering either leg spinner

Shadab Khan Shadab Khan (; born 4 October 1998) is a Pakistani international cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He captains Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), and under his leadership they won the PSL 2024 for a ...

(who was chosen) or left-arm spinner Kashif Bhatti as replacement.

Babar Azam Mohammad Babar Azam (Urdu, ; ; born 15 October 1994) is a Pakistani international cricketer and a former Captain (cricket), captain of the Pakistan national cricket team , national team in all three formats of the game. A right-handed top-orde ...

of Pakistan was ruled out of the remainder of the Test series after fracturing his forearm when he was hit by a delivery from

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on the second day of the first Test. For the second Test, Keaton Jennings was added to England's squad, with Mark Stoneman being dropped.

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was also added to England's squad for the second Test, as cover for Ben Stokes, who suffered a hamstring injury.

Tour matches

First-class: Kent vs Pakistan

First-class: Northamptonshire vs Pakistan

Two-day match: Leicestershire vs Pakistan

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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