The England team announced a 17-man squad for the tour of Pakistan next month. Under the captaincy of Ben Stokes, head coach Brendon McCullum decided to take 6ft 7in tall left-arm fast bowler Josh Hull on the tour. However, he has now been ruled out of the Pakistan tour due to a quad injury. This has dealt a big blow to the England team. With this, Pakistan would have breathed a sigh of relief. Because Hull has managed to make it into England’s Test team at the age of just 20. He is tall in stature and has the ability to bowl a certain line-length with his left arm at a speed of over 140 kmph. This quality of theirs makes them dangerous. That’s why England gave him a chance to replace veteran bowler Mark Wood.
Injured during the Sri Lanka series
Josh Hull made his Test debut at the Oval during the Sri Lanka Test series. He got injured in his debut match. After this he was sent for recovery. It was expected that he would be fit by the Pakistan tour. But according to recent updates, Hull may take some time to recover from his injury. That’s why first he had to withdraw from Australia and now Pakistan series.
In the debut match against Sri Lanka, Hull took 3 wickets for 53 runs in 11 overs in the first innings. In the second innings he bowled 6 overs but could not take any wickets. Hull’s career is still too short. So far he has played 11 First Class, 9 List A and 21 T20 matches, taking a total of 63 wickets.
The condition of Pakistan was bad
The England team will tour Pakistan for the second time in the last two years. Earlier in 2022, under the leadership of Ben Stokes, this team went to Pakistan after a long gap of 17 years. Then this team created a bad situation for Pakistan. The Pakistani team under the captaincy of Babar Azam lost the Test series 3-0. However, this time Shan Masood is the captain of the Test team, but recently under his leadership the team had a clean sweep at the hands of Bangladesh 2-0. So Pakistan is afraid of defeat again.
When is the competition?
The Test series between England and Pakistan will start from October 7. The second Test will be played from October 15 and the last match will start from October 24. These three matches will be played in Multan and Rawalpindi. However, it is not clear which match will be played in which stadium.
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