Hesson says Pakistan players used to 'chaos' after shake-up

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Mike Hesson, interim head coach of Pakistan's cricket team, hopes his revamped squad can improve against England in their next match after a 2-0 series lead. The Pakistan Cricket Board made significant changes to the team, sending home seven players and replacing the Test coach with Hesson. Key to these changes is that only two of the new replacements have Test experience, while the old players have likely been used to "chaos" in their team dynamics. Hesson believes his team can now present a more balanced attack against England's lineup.
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Mike Hesson, the interim red-ball cricket coach of Pakistan, has taken over as test coach for the third and final Test against England in Birmingham. The change is part of a major overhaul of the team by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which dropped 7 players from the squad and replaced them with new ones after two consecutive defeats at Lord's and Headingley. Hesson, who was already Pakistan's white-ball coach, said that his players are more used to "chaos" than he is, referring to the sudden changes and departures within the team. The PCB also appointed a new bowling coach, Ashley Nofke, and dropped test coach Sarfaraz Ahmed from the position. The third Test is scheduled to start on September 9 at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

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“Both articles describe the same incident (Pakistan Cricket Board dropping seven players for next week's dead rubber) at the same time and place (Birmingham), with similar quotes from Coach Hesson.”
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“Both articles describe the Pakistan Cricket Board's reaction to consecutive defeats in the England Test series, including sacking coaches and players, calling up replacements, and initiating an investigation”
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Birmingham England New Zealander Pakistan The Pakistan Cricket Board

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Pakistan GPE · 5× Hesson PERSON · 4× England GPE · 2× Babar Azam PERSON · 1× Birmingham GPE · 1× Imam-ul-Haq PERSON · 1× Mike Hesson PERSON · 1× Salman Ali Agha PERSON · 1× Sarfaraz Ahmed PERSON · 1× The Pakistan Cricket Board ORG · 1×

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The Pakistan Cricket Board responded to those defeats in dramatic fashion, taking the extraordinary step of sending seven players home, calling up another seven and replacing sacked Test coach Sarfaraz Ahmed with Hesson, already Pakistan’s white-ball boss.
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2026-09-04 · Dawn
Hesson says Pakistan players used to 'chaos' after shake-up · assertive framing

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Interim Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson hopes his drastically revamped squad can come through some all too familiar “chaos” with a much-improved showing against England in next week’s third and final Test in Birmingham. asserted
squad → hop → Birmingham
Pakistan suffered an innings and 103-run loss in the series opener at Headingley, before going down by 194 runs at Lord’s on Sunday as England took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match campaign. asserted
England → suffer → campaign
The Pakistan Cricket Board responded to those defeats in dramatic fashion, taking the extraordinary step of sending seven players home, calling up another seven and replacing sacked Test coach Sarfaraz Ahmed with Hesson, already Pakistan’s white-ball boss. asserted
Board → respond → Hesson
Senior players Imam-ul-Haq and Salman Ali Agha — Pakistan’s captain at Headingley when Babar Azam was injured — were among those told to leave. asserted
Azam → injure → those
Left-arm spin bowler Ali Usman, who claimed a five-wicket haul at Headingley, and seamer Khurram Shahzad were also sent home. asserted
who → claim → Headingley
Of the seven replacements, only batsmen Saim Ayub and Abdullah Fazal have Test experience. asserted
Ayub → have → experience
Hesson, however, feels the whole squad can now unite and give a better account of themselves when the third Test at Edgbaston starts on September 9. asserted
Test → feel → September
The New Zealander had recently been in Japan preparing for the Asian Games and was only due to travel to the UK for the squad’s audience with King Charles, which took place on Wednesday. asserted
which → prepare → Wednesday
“I was heading over to see the King and be part of a nice occasion. asserted
I → head → occasion
That got expedited,” Hesson told reporters at Edgbaston on Friday, as quoted by the BBC. asserted
Hesson → expedite → BBC
“The last couple of days have been challenging for being in a hotel with some players coming, some players going and then the arrival of everyone. asserted
players → challenge → everyone
There is no doubt they have been disappointed, incredibly disappointed. asserted
they → be → ?
We have had to park that and go ‘righto, where to from here?’ asserted
We → have → that
Hesson added: “I don’t think anyone wants this to happen in the middle of a series. asserted
this → add → series
“From my perspective, it is about putting a balanced squad together, not only for this Test, so we actually have some variety in our attack,” he adds. asserted
he → put → attack
“Pakistan is known for the pace, unusual actions, mystery spin — we haven’t really been able to present any of that.” asserted
we → know → that
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