LORD’S CALLING!

Who can forget the last appearance of team green in The Lord’s, it was loaded with cheerful moments, records, and the unforgettable push-ups! It was back in 2016 when Pakistan and England meet last, form the home of cricket team Pakistan made their way to the lofty Test Mace after they were ranked as the best test side. Things are changed enough in these two years, the middle order support, the experienced duo, Misbah -ul-Haque and Younis Khan are history now! Then it was Alastair Cook vs Misbah-Ul-Haque now it will between Joe Root and Sarfaraz Ahmed. What's to come is in the hands of youngsters now, upheld by a portion of our test specific players. 
Tomorrow, 24th May 2018 the national team will again be venturing in the ground of Lord’s, following their schedule against the English side. Team England is called out as the favorite, while Pakistan is capable enough to daze the world by turning the table. After an unstable performance in 1st, only and inaugural test of Ireland, the skipper of visiting side, Sarfraz Ahmed is eyeing to get a hand full in series against England.The debutant pair, opener, Imam-Ul-Haque along with the all-rounder Fahim Ashraf have so far proven their selection. The senior players, not much impressively but have obeyed their role to some extent (in the tour matches). Something big from the skipper’s side is yet to come. From the bowling side, Mohammad Abbas has done a colossally noteworthy job while Mohammad Amir is all set to release some awesome pace, in addition, the promising lad Shahdab Khan has an advantage of being new to England. The threating bowling side of away team is firm and confident that they can fill the absence of magical Yasir Shah, his performance in the last test at Lord’s is being a blast from the past, where he stood as the man of the match with 10 wickets.
Captain Sarfraz has given much to his in other two formats of cricket (T20 and ODI), the team gained ICC 1st T20 Rank under his captaincy, in the historic final against India, The Champions Trophy came home, also under his leadership. With expectations, hope and bucket full of positive wishes, looking forward to much more achievements to join with his name and our team.
The teams report via ESPN so far line up following names.England 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Mark Stoneman, 3 Joe Root (capt), 4 Dawid Malan, 5 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler, 8 Mark Wood/Chris Woakes, 9 Dom Bess, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson.England's is likely to opt one between Chris Woakes and Mark Wood for the final pace-bowling slot.Pakistan 1 Azhar Ali, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Asad Shafiq, 5 Babar Azam, 6 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Rahat Ali/Hasan Ali, 11 Mohammad Abbas.