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Cricket: Pakistan fires two coaches and sends seven players home after losing first two Tests to England

# Cricket: A new-look Pakistan will face England in the final Test at Edgbaston, starting next Wednesday. Head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Umar Gul were fired and seven players sent home after the visitors’ bad showing in the first two matches. Pakistan lost by and innings and 103 runs at Headingley, and by 194 runs at Lord’s. The team had been labelled as the country’s worst ever. New Zealand’s Mike Hesson takes over from Ahmed, and Australia’s Ashley Noffe from Gul.