The

Pakistan cricket team The Pakistan national cricket team or Pak cricket team, often referred to as the Shaheens (), Green Shirts, Men in Green and Cornered Tigers is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The team is a Full Member of the International ...

toured England between April and June 2018 to play two Test matches. 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

Yasir Shah Yasir Shah SI (; born 2 May 1986) is an international cricketer from Pakistan. He plays as a bowler, and is the joint-second fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets, as well as also being the fastest to pick up 200 wi ...

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

Shadab Khan Shadab Khan (Urdu, Punjabi: شاداب خان) is a Pakistani international cricketer who plays for and vice-captains the Pakistan cricket team in limited overs cricket. He captains Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), and N ...

(who was chosen) or left-arm spinner

Kashif Bhatti Kashif Bhatti (born 25 July 1986) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Balochistan. He represented Karachi Kings in the second edition and Multan Sultans in 3rd season of Pakistan Super League. Domestic career He was the leading wicket-take ...

as replacement. Babar Azam of Pakistan was ruled out of the remainder of the Test series after fracturing his forearm when he was hit by a delivery from Ben Stokes on the second day of the first Test. For the second Test,

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was added to England's squad, with

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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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