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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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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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