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(Yasir Shah celebrating Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Pakistan lost the first Test by three wickets after Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes staged a brilliant fightback in the fourth innings. Many former players raised concerns over Azhar Ali’s captaincy. The team faced a lot of criticism for letting England off the hook after dominating the majority of the Test match. But this Pakistan side has a lot of potential, and according to their head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, his team has the flair of making a comeback in the Test series. Misbah, in a column published on the Pakistan Cricket Board's website, wrote. "It is easy to curse yourself when you have lost.”  “But, we should remember that we were right on top until pretty much the last session of the game.” “We will do our best to come back in this series, which I really believe this team is capable of doing." So what makes Misbah remain adamant about this Pakistan side? Let us look at some of the reasons. 1)  In-form Top Order:  One of

(Sebastian Vettel Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Sebastian Vettel’s final season at Ferrari is going from one disappointment to another. The four-time world champion has struggled throughout the season so far. He has managed to score only 10 points from five races and sits 13th in the Drivers' Championship. In the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the strategy that Ferrari opted for Vettel made no sense at all. After starting the race on hard tyres, He could have easily stayed out there for a significant amount of laps. It would have helped him stay out of traffic and gain positions to get among points. But the team called him for an early pit stop against Vettel’s will. By doing this, Ferrari shot themselves on their foot with Vettel finishing at P12. Vettel’s outburst during the race was heard on the radio, letting the team know of its costly mistake. Vettel also did not do any good for him with a lap one spin, but Ferrari’s decision of that meaningless pit stop is what truly hurt him the m

(Racing Point and Mercedes F1 Cars Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Breaking news in the world of Formula One. Renault's protest on the legality of the Racing Point's 2020 F1 car (RP20) has been upheld and Racing Point not only have 400 thousand Euro fine they have been ducked 15 points in the constructors' standings. So how did this happen? How have we got to this point? It all started at the beginning of the season around February and March when Racing Point revealed their F1 car for the 2020 season. A lot of people immediately pointed out that the car looked eerily similar to the last year’s Mercedes car. Hence the name Pink Mercedes or the Tracing Point has been circulating on social media throughout the season so far. Though a lot of teams were not convinced about the legality of the car, Racing Point admitted that their car was inspired by the 2019 Mercedes. They further added that they analysed photos and TV footage and manipulated their own design to make a car similar but

(F1 gears up for the 70th Anniversary at Silverstone Photo Courtesy Twitter) Round 5 of the 2020 F1 season marks the 70th anniversary of Formula One racing. It all began here at Silverstone in 1950 and has held 1,022 races this then, spanning across 32 countries. Last weekend we witnessed some of the most extraordinary scenes on an F1 track. The British Grand Prix sprang into action three laps from the end. Lewis Hamilton limped his way to victory while his teammate at Mercedes Valterri Bottas was not as lucky. Charles Leclerc and Ferrari gained heavily from this and picked up their second podium of the season in a car which is struggling this season. Pirelli (F1 tyre supplier) will be the focal point of the race following a series of tyre failures. On investigating the tyre blowouts, Pirelli concluded that the failures were the result of “extremely long use” after early stops under a Safety Car triggered by Daniil Kvyat’s crash. It’s a venue that Mercedes have dominated, winning on se

(All eight Pakistan pacers in the 20-player squad Photo Courtesy: Twitter) After a couple of intra-squad warm-up games, Pakistan look all set for a three-match Test series against England, starting tomorrow. The hosts are yet to register a series win against Pakistan since 2010. The visitors, on the other hand, have won two of their last four Test series contested, while the other two ended in a draw. As we approach the first Test, we look at five key players worth keeping an eye on. 1)  Babar Azam:  (Babar Azam celebrating Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Babar Azam will be at the forefront of Pakistan’s batting. Given his recent form, Babar Azam was handed over the reins of the ODI and T20 squad. In 2019 he had a good stint with Somerset in T20 Blast where he was the highest run-scorer with 578 runs at an average of 52.54. His numbers in Tests are even better. Since he scored his maiden Test century, Babar Azam averages 73.42 with five Test hundreds. In his last seven Test innings, Babar has

(Lewis Hamilton's front left punctured Photo Courtesy: Twitter) A dramatic final few laps of the British Grand Prix saw race leader Lewis Hamilton hobble his way to the chequered flag to claim his seventh British Grand Prix. Undoubtedly, the most bizarre win of his career at Silverstone, after a puncture to his left-front tyre with half a lap still to go.  (Hamiton with his winning trophy at British Grand Prix  Photo Courtesy: Twitter) The Mercedes driver displayed yet another dominating performance in his home Grand Prix until his tyre burst just half a lap from victory. The Brit stretched his Formula One world championship lead to 30 points with his third win on the trot.  (Valtteri Bottas with a punctured tyre Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Mercedes were cruising in for yet another one-two finish up until Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture of his own with just two laps to go, handing him a P11 finish. Even though Hamilton ended up winning the race, it was a disapp