Pakistan players are used to ‘chaos’, coach Mike Hesson says after squad shake-up

Mike Hesson hopes Pakistan’s drastically reshaped squad can come through the team’s familiar “chaos” and produce a better performance against England in next week’s third and final Test in Birmingham.

Pakistan lost the opening match by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley, then fell by 194 runs at Lord’s on Sunday. England’s second victory secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series.

The Pakistan Cricket Board responded with a sweeping overhaul. It sent seven players home, called up seven replacements and replaced dismissed Test coach Sarfaraz Ahmed with Hesson, who already leads Pakistan’s white-ball teams.

Senior players Imam-ul Haq and Salman Ali Agha, who captained Pakistan at Headingley while Babar Azam was injured, were among those told to leave. Left-arm spinner Ali Usman, who took five wickets at Headingley, and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad also returned home.

Among the seven replacements, only batsmen Saim Ayub and Abdul...