Harry Brook became only the sixth England batter to hit a triple century in Tests as the visitors piled on the runs on Day 4 of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan on Thursday.
Pakistan's wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, who had hit 42 sixes last year.
Pakistan would be desperate to plug the gaping holes and hope their star players regain form when they open their World Cup campaign against a free spirited Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday.
IMAGES from the Asia Cup Super 4 match played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo on Thursday.
Current senior selector Aaqib Javed and former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq are in fray to replace Gary Kirsten as Pakistan's new white ball coach after the former Proteas batter stepped down
'Babar Azam needs to listen to suggestions'
With this thrilling win, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
Faheem and Hasan Ali are expected to regain full fitness before the second Test (12-16 March).
Rizwan said he had had some quality discussion with Pujara on perception of Indian players about being engaged in bilateral cricket with Pakistan.
In 28 innings this year, Suryakumar has scored 1,026 runs at an average of 44.60. One century and nine half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best score of 117. These runs have come at a strike rate of 186.24.
A washout in England-Namibia game in the same group will see Scotland go through.
'There is hard work involved and that is why I have been able to give good performances.'
Images from the T20 World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and Australia, in Dubai, on Thursday.
Shafique and Salman pummel Sri Lanka, Pakistan eye series sweep
Former captain Younis Khan said Pakistan had made some tactical blunders when it mattered the most.
Australia's cricketing DNA is constructed by meticulousness and Pakistan's by explosiveness.
The tourists had resumed on 30-1 on Monday and then lost four wickets for 13 runs before Rizwan and Fawad Alam stopped the rot with a cautious partnership of just 28 runs in 17 overs.
Opening batter Mohammad Rizwan was awarded the 'Man of the Match' for his half-century in the semi-final against New Zealand.
The PCB said that the change had to be made as Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture
Images from Day 2 of the first Test match between England and Pakistan in Manchester, on Thursday.
India steamrollered Pakistan by seven wickets in a lopsided blockbuster match at a heaving Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday to maintain their unblemished 50-overs World Cup record against their arch-rivals.
The central contracts stand-off between Pakistan Cricket Board and top national players ended on Wednesday.
A slew of records were broken as Pakistan recorded a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka after chasing down a mammoth 345 in their ICC World Cup match in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A sold-out crowd descended on Eisenhower Park on Sunday for a clash of cricketing arch-rivals India and Pakistan.
Pujara was dismissed in the 24th over on day two of the division two game against Derbyshire
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between Pakistan and Ireland in Lauderhill, USA on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test between Pakistan and England in Multan on Sunday.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
'We tried to be positive and play our shots. The team needed this knock, so I tried to bat for as long as I could.'
Hasaranga claimed three wickets in one over and Pramod Madushan claimed a career-best 4-34 to bowl out Pakistan for 147 in exactly 20 overs.
Former Pakistan cricketers and the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Mohsin Naqvi came down heavily on the team management and the players, after their six-run loss to India on Sunday.
Babar Azam became the first batsman to twice score three consecutive centuries
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Chennai, on Friday.
India and Pakistan will play at least two games in the Asia Cup, and possibly a third if they feature in the final.
Chasing 152, Pakistan got off to a steady start as openers Rizwan and Azam took Pakistan to 35 after five overs. The two batsmen looked in great touch and eventually steered the side to a 10-run victory.
Afghanistan registered a thrilling seven-wicket victory against Pakistan with one ball to spare in the second Twenty20 international in Sharjah.
Half-centuries from Mohammed Rizwan and Babar Azam helped Pakistan outclass Namibia by 45 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has refused to wear and endorse the logo of a betting firm during the upcoming Lanka Premier League.
Virat Kohli made handsome gains after he produced a dominant batting display (276 runs in five matches) in the Asia Cup T20 in the UAE, including a first international century in almost three years.
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