Peter Handscomb was forced to miss his county match against Leicestershire in England after testing positive for COVID-19.
Meanwhile, the sports ministry has asked the PCB not to offer a long-term contract to its incumbent director of cricket Mohammad Hafeez yet, who came into the role after the 50-overs World Cup last year.
Pakistan's bowling coach Morne Morkel hoped that spinners would lift their game against Sri Lanka, a virtual semi-final, on Thursday.
Former Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to take over as Pakistan team chief selector.
Cheteshwar Pujara's double century on debut for Sussex was the 14th of his first class career -- the most for any cricketer since the beginning of the 21st century.
Navdeep Saini, who made a comeback to the Indian Test squad, will miss three matches for his English county side Worcestershire.
Cheteshwar Pujara continued his good form in the English County championship with a second successive hundred for Sussex against Worcestershire but could not prevent his team from being enforced the follow-on.
ICC withdraws demerit point to Rawalpindi stadium
Senior India batter Cheteshwar Pujara continued his stellar show in the English County Championship, scoring a his third century in as many games for Sussex in Hove on Friday.
The decision to send the Pakistan team for the ODI World Cup in India next year will be taken at the government level, newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi said.
Cheteshwar Pujara continued his incredible form and hit a double century on captaincy debut for Sussex to put his side in a commanding position against Middlesex at Lord's on Wednesday.
The out-of-favour India batter, who is in sparkling form, is making most of his county stint. He now has scored two hundreds and as many double centuries in his five innings.
Steve Smith continued his build up for the fourth Ashes Test by heading straight to the practice nets after being dismissed in Australia's tour match against Derbyshire on Thursday.
Cheteshwar Pujara said his stint for Surrey will hold him in good stead when India takes on England in the one-off Test in July.
Out-of-favour India Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara's debut for Sussex has been delayed until next week due to visa issues and he will miss the side's first County Championship match of the season starting Thursday.
England's Test squad came under criticism after they lost the Ashes series 4-0 against Australia
India will enter the upcoming limited overs series against England on a positive note, having beaten Northamptonshire by 10 runs after an impressive display by the bowlers in their second warm-up T20 match in Northampton on Sunday.
Shiv Thakor, an all-rounder with the Derbyshire County Cricket Club and a former England captain of the Under-19 team, was labelled as "Shifty Shiv" by one of the victims after he exposed himself through a "gap" in his jogging pants.
India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has been issued a British work permit and is set to join Derbyshire County Cricket Club this week for the remainder of the English County Championship.
Rampaul, a member of the 2012 World Cup winning squad, played his last T20 match against Sri Lanka in 2015 and returns to bolster a solid looking lineup that will look to deliver an unprecedented third title for a single team.
Skipper Rohit Sharma will be travelling to the port city on Wednesday and is expected to feature in the series-opener.
Indian top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara failed to impress on his County debut after managing just seven runs for Derbyshire in the four-day Division Two first-class match against Glamorgan in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Pujara will compete in both first-class and List A games for Sussex.
Smith was ruled out of the third Test due to concussion and Hohns said the form of his replacement, Marnus Labuschagne, would be a factor in finalising the batting order.
Cheteshwar Pujara's debut for Derbyshire County Cricket Club, for which he has recently signed a contract to play in the remainder of the English County Championship, has been delayed simply because he has not yet been granted a British work visa. Consequently, he hasn't reached England and missed Derbyshire's crucial ongoing Division II match against Worcestershire at Derby in LV County Championship.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored the 27th first-class century of his career and the first one in county cricket as Derbyshire seized the initiative against Leicestershire in a Division Two encounter in Derby.
Pakistan's team will arrive in England on Sunday before entering a two-week quarantine period ahead of their tour, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday. Three Test matches and three T20 internationals are scheduled behind closed doors.
Pakistan players' playing kits to feature Shahid Afridi Foundation's logo
Rodrigues, Kaur, Mandhana and Sharma were also a part of the now-defunct Kia Super League (KSL) in 2019, the ECB's domestic T20 tournament that made way for the Women's Hundred.
Former players are of the opinion that if Amir is available and fit, then he should also be considered for the Test series against England.
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla's good run in English county circuit continued with a match haul of 10-wickets for Somerset against Derbyshire in a Division One game London.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum smashed the second-highest Twenty20 score of all time when he hit a typically belligerent 158 not out in 64 balls for Birmingham against Derbyshire on Friday.
Indian batsmen and bowlers warmed up with a morale-boosting five-wicket win against Derbyshire in their second three-day tour game on Thursday, ahead of the first Test against England in Nottingham starting July 9.
The left-arm spinner claimed five wickets in the second innings but couldn't prevent Middlesex from going down to Derbyshire in the four-day County match.
Shoaib Malik has been stuck in Pakistan while his wife, tennis player Sania Mirza, and one-year-old son Izhaan, have been in India due to the ban on international travel due to the pandemic.
The county championship Division one was scheduled to start on April 12 before it was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was adjudged out for handling the ball on the opening day of Derbyshire's County Championship four-day match against Leicestershire at Derby on Tuesday.
Virender Sehwag did not play against Sussex as he was resting a back injury.
India's Virender Sehwag was resting a back and did not play against Sussex.
Hundreds of people descended on the town of Ashbourne in central England on Tuesday to play a traditional football game in which the rules are hazy and the goals three miles apart.
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