England

England will be playing a Test series on Pakistani soil after a gap of 17 years. They last played a Test match in Pakistan in 2005, losing the three-match series by 2-0. The visitors' had played a seven-match T20I series in the country here in September-October, which they won 4-3.

England Cricket shared a video of team arrival at Islamabad airport on their various social media handles. "Touchdown in Pakistan for our Men's Test squad," read the caption. England's Test squad had spent time in Abu Dhabi as part of the preparation for the series against Pakistan. England will be playing a Test series on Pakistani soil after a gap of 17 years.

England had a greater share of possession but managed just three shots on target while the United States had one as both sides lacked a cutting edge in attack. "I thought it was a very solid performance from the team, obviously against a good opponent," Pulisic said. "There were times when we dominated and created chances and could have won the game. We managed the game well and to come out with a draw is a decent result."

On Friday evening at the Ali Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar, the 90-minute dual ended without a goal being scored. A win for England would have meant qualification to the knockout stage and the first team to seal the last 16 spot. A lot was expected from England, especially after their 6-2 drubbing of Iran, in their first Group A match.

England suffered a big defeat of 221 runs (D/L method) in the rain curtailed third ODI on Tuesday after losing the first two ODIs by six wickets and 71 runs respectively. New Zealand, who had lost pole position to England in September this year, have now regained the No.1 status in the ODI Team Rankings chart.

On Tuesday, Australia's openers, Travis Head (152) and David Warner (106), broke several records on way to a 269-run partnership in the hosts' 221-run victory (D/L method) but regrettably only 10,406 fans were in attendance at the MCG, which has a capacity of more than 90,000.

England, chasing a revised target of 364 from 48 overs, never got going and lost wickets at regular intervals as Zampa (4-31), Pat Cummins (2-25), and Sean Abbott (2-45) helped the hosts bowl out England for 142 in 31.4 overs to hand their archrivals biggest defeat ever in 50-Over format.

On Sunday, Shaheen underwent appendicitis surgery, which PCB says will require three-four weeks' rest following which he will resume his two-week rehabilitation on his right knee. Apart from him, Hasan Ali, Fawad Alam and Yasir Shah are not a part of the Test squad for the series against England.

Kane's 51 goals from 75 appearances for England mean he is just two behind Rooney's total of 53 goals and if England are to have a chance of glory in this World Cup finals, he will probably need to break the record over the next month. "Hopefully I'll break it as soon as possible," Kane told the press on the eve of England's opening game against Iran, reports Xinhua.

In pacer Josh Hazlewood's ODI captaincy debut, Smith hit 94 off 114 balls and was well-supported by Marnus Labuschagne (58) and Mitchell Marsh (50) hitting fifties each as Australia posted 280/8 in 50 overs. Chasing 281 in a bid to level the series, Starc took out two wickets for zero runs. England were then reduced to 34/3 in 5.1 overs.