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Key Highlights Shahid Afridi believes Shadab Khan will be the new captain if Mike Hesson stays as head coach. Afridi highlighted Shadab’s strong relationship with Hesson from their time at Islamabad United in PSL. Pakistan’s campaign is hanging by a thread, needing to defeat Sri Lanka or hope for New Zealand to lose to England. Shadab faced criticism after poor performances but showed promise…

Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson said it was Ishan Kishan’s counter-attacking knock, rather than a top-order collapse, that proved to be the difference between the two sides in Pakistan’s 61-run submission to India in Colombo. Hesson said that his bowlers felt the pressure against the opener and ended up conceding 25 runs more than the par-score for the conditions. “The ball was spinning quite a…

Firing the first salvo ahead of high-profile Asia Cup clash against arch-rival India, Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson on Thursday termed left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz as “best spinner in world cricket”. Nawaz, who recently got a five-for against Afghanistan in the tri-nation T20 final at Sharjah, will headline Pakistan’s spin department alongside wrist spinners Sufiyan Muqeem and Abrar…

Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team in white-ball cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. Hesson will take over from Aqib Javed, who was appointed on an interim basis in November, a month after Gary Kirsten resigned, barely six months after taking the job. Hesson’s appointment will be effective from the…