One Imran Khan interview, plus a reported threat to boycott the Test series against England, minus any briefing to the head coach or players. First, Sarfaraz confirmed Babar Azam would miss the opening Test at Headingley in Leeds. The sum is familiar: classic Pakistan cricket – unpredictable at every stage. So far in the three-Test series, Pakistan head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed has already had to sit through two uncomfortable press conferences in England. Second, the head coach faced a barrage of tough questions from reporters after Joe Root ‘s England outplayed the visitors in all departments on the second day of the Lord’s Test.
With Babar-led Pakistan folding for 110 and England taking a handsome 261-run lead on the second day, Sarfaraz ducked half a dozen sharp questions on the batting no-show, England’s impressive bowling, and youngster Azan Awais holding the fort for a crestfallen side. one English reporter cut to the PCB boycott question – the elephant in the room While all Pakistani journalists kept pressing Sarfaraz on the horror show of the visitors at Lord’s.
