Du Plessis to miss Lord’s Test

“Faf’s wife gave birth to their first child last week, but the difficult nature of the delivery has delayed his return to the UK”

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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Lord’s as he wants to stay with his wife following the “difficult” birth of their first child.

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Arthur confident Pakistan will bounce back after disastrous performance against India

“We’ll go back to the drawing board and we’ll hopefully come back a lot stronger”

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Despite expressing concerns after Pakistan were thrashed by 124 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in their clash with arch-rivals India, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has backed his side to rebound in their next two group stage matches.

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