The Pakistan vs England Test series is set to kick off in Multan on Monday, October 7. While the series is important for both the teams from the World Test Championship (WTC) points perspective, players from both teams are on the verge of achieving huge personal milestones.
The series is evenly poised at 1-1 after the culmination of two Tests. While England won the first Test in Hyderabad by a narrow margin of 28 runs, India made an impressive comeback and claimed the second Test by 106 runs.
England left-arm spinner Jack Leach has been ruled out of the second Test while AB de Villiers has preferred Sarfaraz Khan over Rajat Patidar for India in Vizag with a few players unavailable. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 1.
"Leach ruled out of the second Test. Unfortunately, the knock he took resulted in a haematoma in his leg. It's a big shame for us, a big shame for Jack, obviously after a long time out of the game with his back. To sustain that injury, first game back, obviously it's frustrating," Stokes said.
IND vs ENG 1st Test: England are pushed way behind in the first Test match by India as the hosts lead them by 175 runs in the first innings with still three wickets in hand. The spinners Jack Leach, Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed and Joe Root could not do much. Meanwhile, England have more troubles now.
New Zealand's number five batter Henry Nicholls was dismissed in one strange fashion, a kind of dismissal that rarely comes by in any form of cricket.
England's Jack Leach has been ruled out of the first test against New Zealand following a head injury.
England were on Saturday left frustrated and their captain Joe Root miffed after a blunder by Anil Chaudhary denied them the wicket of India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane after a DRS review.
The left-arm spinner on his first tour of India, was taken to the cleaners by a marauding Pant on the third afternoon of the first Test.
Riding on Leach (4/76) and James Anderson's (3/17) fine bowling, England crushed India by 227 runs in Chennai to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
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