Set to play nine Test matches in the next five months, Pakistan's hectic schedule in red-ball cricket got off to a damp start with a wet outfield due to overnight rain delaying the start of the opening Test against Bangladesh here on Wednesday.
The International Cricket Council updated their annual team rankings on Friday and Pat Cummins' side rose to the top in five-day cricket on the back of their stunning 209-run triumph over India in the World Test Championship decider at The Oval last year.
Fire is the Test of gold, and Team India’s top order melted in this test of fire at The Ovals…
So two intra-squad practice matches in Durham had been spoken of before vague assurances of a game with a combined XI of county players came to be made.
But as the summer’s Tests end, attention will shift to the Indian Premier League, set to commence in the United Arab Emirates next month and to last until November 10. The tournament will see many Indian and international stars dust out their kit bags for the first time in months. While cricket in England was played sans spectators, the Emirates Cricket Board hopes the games will see at least some viewers and estimates of between 30 and 50 per cent attendance have been offered, subject to government approval.
England had played their first away Test match -- which was also the first officially recognised Test match -- under James Lillywhite's captaincy in 1877.
The 27-year-old stylish cricketer stated that he would love to be teammates with somebody like Ben Stokes in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Bumrah is just 12 Tests old and already has 62 wickets to his credit.
Widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, it was under Bradman's captaincy that Australia began their rise in cricket and he is still seen as a symbolic figure in the country's sporting history.
The win has made Virat Kohli the joint-most successful captain for India along with MS Dhoni who had retired from Test Match cricket in 2014.
