Pakistan

WINNER: England and Yorkshire's Harry Brook pulls to the legside in the third Test of the Ashes against Australia at Headingley earlier this year. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

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Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com - Yorkshire captain Shan Masood.

Yorkshire’s Shan Masood named new Test captain of Pakistan

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Lahore Qalandars' players celebrate after the dismissal of Multan Sultans' captain Mohammad Rizwan (not pictured) during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 cricket final in March 2023. Lahore and Yorkshire are launching a new talent pathway in the UK (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Yorkshire CCC launch new talent pathway with Lahore Qalandars

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How Kevin Rodd aims to create golden era for hidden art gem

Eight people have been rescued after being trapped inside a cable car in Pakistan

Pakistan: Rescuers save eight people trapped in cable car

Ali Shan Rupyal Tent Pegging Club event with Radio Sangam and Sangam Festival., Heckmondwike. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 20th August 2023

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Protesters gathered outside the University of Hull to protest against the visit of Pakistani judge Humayun Dilawar following the sentencing of Imran Khan. (Picture: Katie Pugh/Hull Live)

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South Africa's Ryan Rickelton has joined Yorkshire for the next four County Championship matches (Picture: PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Ryan Rickleton asked to fill Shan Masood's boots at Yorkshire CCC

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Coming together: Northern Diamonds' Lauren Winfield Hill, Yorkshire captain Shan Masood and Darren Gough at the Eid Milan celebrations. (PictureL Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com)

Masood keen to embrace all ethnicities in role as Yorkshire captain

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 04: England batsmen Jonny Bairstow (r) and Joe Root leave the field not out at the end of day four of the Fifth test match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 04, 2022 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Recalled England star Jonny Bairstow reveals his ‘dark times’

Yorkshire captain Shan Masood in action against Durham in Chester-le-Street. Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images.

Shan Masood proud to follow in the footsteps of some great players at Yorkshire

Yorkshire captain Shan Masood. Photo by Farooq Naeem AFP via Getty Images.

Yorkshire make contingency plans while hoping Masood kickstarts season

PC Sharon Beshenivsky was killed while on duty in Bradford in 2005. Picture: West Yorkshire Police/PA Wire

Man extradited from Pakistan charged with murder of PC in 2005

An image from the exhibition Zaibunnisa by photographer Maryam Wahid, at the Impressions Gallery, Bradford. Picture: Maryam Wahid

New photography exhibition explores a mother and daughter's journey to Lahore

An archive photograph from the new exhibition, Zaibunnisa by Maryam Wahid, has just opened at the Impressions Gallery in Bradford charting the journey that Wahid took with her mother to revisit her family home in Lahore, Pakistan. Picture: Maryam Wahid

New exhibition in Bradford charts a mother and daughter's journey to Lahore

Darren Gough is delighted to have finally got the signing of Saud Shakeel over the line after delays concerning the player's visa. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images.

Yorkshire CCC sign Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel

SAME AGAIN PLEASE: Northern Diamonds captain Hollie Armitage holding with Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy from 2022, with team-mates Lauren Winfield-Hill and Katie Levick. Picture by Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com

Winfield-Hill confident Diamonds can repeat 2022 success
LAUREN WINFIELD-HILL says she was blown away by the development displayed by the Northern Diamonds up-and-comers during their pre-season tour of Spain.

Ben Foakes of England had a good tour of New Zealand (Picture: Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Ben Foakes warns Jonny Bairstow he has no intention of giving up the gloves

Yorkshire are waiting on the early-season availability of their new captain and opening batsman Shan Masood. Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images.

Yorkshire boss Darren Gough searching for batting cover ahead of the new season

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Baz and Ben - the power-plot men. Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images.

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Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

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England's Harry Brook celebrates his Test centuray against Pakistan in Multan in December. (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Harry Brook's named international cricket's player of the month

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022.

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TON UP: Yorkshire's Harry Brook celebrates after scoring his first Test century for England on day one of the first Test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed.

Yorkshire's Brook rewarded for brilliant form with England ODI call-up

LEADING MAN: England's Ben Stokes guides the ball down to the long leg boundary as he helps his team to victory on the fourth day of the thirdTest match between Pakistan in Karachi.

How 'insatiable' captain Stokes is showing way forward in Test cricket

PROUD: England captain Ben Stokes, left, chats with Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam after winning the third test cricket match in Karachi Picture: Photo/Fareed Khan

England captain Stokes full of pride over historic series' triumph in Pakistan

HISTORY BOYS: England's Ben Duckett, right, celebrates with captain Ben Stokes after winning the third test cricket match against Pakistan, in Karachi Picture: AP Photo/Fareed Khan

England make more history in Pakistan with Test series whitewash
BEN STOKES and Ben Duckett successfully guided England to a historic series whitewash in Pakistan, needing just 38 minutes on the fourth day in Karachi to wrap up an eight-wicket win.

Five-star debut: Rehan Ahmed became the youngest men's player to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut. Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images.

‘Slippery customer’ Rehan squeezes life out of Pakistan - Chris Waters

England's Jonny Bairstow faces a tough task getting back into the England team (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Has Harry Brook done enough to keep Jonny Bairstow out of England team

Harry Brook of England celebrates his century during Day Two of the Third Test between Pakistan and England at Karachi National Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Karachi (Picture: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Harry Brook scores yet another England century as Yorkshire CCC star impresses

RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 03: Rehan Ahmed of England pictured during the First Test Match between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on December 03, 2022 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Rehan Ahmed to break Yorkshire legend Brian Close's long-standing record

Smiles on faces: England's Mark Wood, left, celebrates with his captain Ben Stokes after taking the decisive wicket of Pakistan's Saud Shakeel on the fourth day of the second Test in Multan. (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

'It's a special time to be an England cricketer' - Mark Wood on England win

Ben Stokes salutes the crowd after leading England to a 2-0 series victory in Pakistan, their eighth win in nine Tests under his inspirational captaincy. Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images.

Under Stokes and McCullum, England are making the extraordinary look ordinary

England's skipper Ben Stokes, center, is congratulated by team's officials after winning the second test cricket match against Pakistan, in Multan, Pakistan. PIC: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

England's win in Pakistan is reward for bold approach to tests - The YP says

Mark Wood of England celebrates after winning the Second Test Match between Pakistan and England at Multan Cricket Stadium (Picture: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Mark Wood carries England to series-clinching Test win against Pakistan

Breakthrough: England's wicketkeeper Ollie Pope, right, celebrates the dismissal of Pakistan's Imam-ul-Haq during the fading light of day three of the second Test. (Picture: Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Harry Brook's century is not built on as England struggle to finish Pakistan

Abrar Ahmed puts England in a spin as Pakistan dominate in Multan

It’s a big day for for Sheffield great-great-granddad Haji Ghulam Mohammed – he’s had a card from King Charles as he celebrates his 108th birthday, and is thought to be Sheffield's oldest man

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Welcome aboard: Neil Wagner, pictured bowling for New Zealand during the Headingley Test match last summer, has joined Yorkshire for 2023. Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images.

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Ben Stokes of England pictuerd after the First Test Match between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi (Picture: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Ben Stokes warning to Pakistan - England will be even more adventurous in Multan

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MAGICAL MOMENT: Captain Ben Stokes (centre) and Joe Root (right) celebrate after winning the first Test against Pakistan with the rest of the England team in Rawalpindi. Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Stokes hails England's 'incredible' Test match triumph in Pakistan

England's Ollie Robinson (2R) celebrates teammate after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha (not pictured) during the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test match between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

England's footballers and cricketers show fortune favours the brave - YP comment

England's Ollie Robinson (2R) celebrate after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha (not pictured) during the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test match between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Bold England beat the setting sun and Pakistan in historic, thrilling Test win

ON YOUR WAY: Yorkshire's Harry Brook is bowled out by Pakistan's Naseem Shah on day four as England looked to build a commanding lead in Rawalpindi Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed.

England happy to play game of risk in pursuit of victory in Pakistan

BACK ON FORM: Yorkshire's Joe Root pushes through the covers in his knock of 73 for England against Pakistan on day four of the first Test match in Rawalpindi Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

England score quickly to set up thrilling final day against Pakistan

ON A ROLL: Yorkshire's Harry Brook plays a reverse sweep shot during his memorable innings of 153 for England on the second day of the first Test cricket match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Brook confident England can still win first Test against Pakistan

The pitch at Rawalpindi is coming in for criticism as bat continues to dominate ball. Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images.

Pitches must be better than the one in 'Pindi' for Test cricket to thrive

England's Harry Brook plays a shot during the second day of the first cricket Test match between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Picture: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Harry Brook breaks record for most runs in an over on otherwise dull day

SO CLOSE: Yorkshire's Harry Brook, left, is congratulated by England captain Ben Stokes after scoring century on the first day of the first Test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Yorkshire's Harry Brook on his Test match heroics for England

TOP MARKS: Yorkshire's Harry Brook celebrates his half century in the first Test match between Pakistan and England in Rawalpindi Picture: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Yorkshire's Brook shines with the bat for England in Pakistan

Yorkshire's Harry Brook will be aiming to cement his place in the batting line-up as England play Test cricket in Pakistan for the first time in 17 years. Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images.

All eyes on historic series as England prepare for Pakistan assignment

James Anderson of England pictured during a Nets Session ahead of the First Test match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on November 28, 2022 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Picture: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Pakistan Test series a whole new ball game, even for 40-year-old Jimmy Anderson

LEADING DUO: England head coach Brendon McCullum (left) and Ben Stokes, pictured during a nets session at Old Trafford earlier this summer. The first Test against Pakistan starts this Thursday. Picture: Nigel Frnech/PA.

England coach McCullum wants players to perform like 'rock stars' in Pakistan

MAGIC MAN: England's Sam Curran celebrates taking the wicket of Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan during the T20 World Cup Final match at the MCG in Melbourne on Sunday, a match they won by five wickets. Picture: PA

Yorkshire CCC legend hails Curran after World T20 triumph