The third Test begins next Wednesday, with England heavy favourites to complete a series sweep over tourists who have slipped into meltdown in recent days. In remarkable scenes, the Pakistan Cricket Board sent seven players home, called up a raft of replacements and replaced red-ball head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed with his white-ball counterpart Mike Hesson.
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