The future of Pakistani cricket is up in the air after the cricket board decided to send seven of their players home from the tour of England and sack the coaching staff.

Pakistan have replaced head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and pace-bowling chief Umar Gul, and sent seven players home, in a dramatic response to successive Test thrashings by England.

The axed players include Salman Ali Agha, who captained Pakistan in their first Test in Leeds