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By Matt Hardy Babar Azam has been dropped from the Pakistan squad to face England on Monday in Multan. The former three format captain, alongside leading pace bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, have been ‘rested on the basis of current form and fitness’, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board. Pakistan became the first nation to score 500 in a Test match and go on to lose by an innings. England knocked over 800 runs and whittled the hosts out in Multan last week for a famous victory in Pakistan. It is understood that the same wicket will be used for the second Test due to the unresp…

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