Pakistan’s head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed (AP photo)

Pakistan’s head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed (AP photo)

Asked about the incident after the end of play on Day 2, Sarfaraz said the reported developments had not reached the dressing room and insisted his attention remained on the match. Imran Khan, 73, remains one of the most prominent figures in Pakistan’s cricket and political history. He spent 21 years as an international cricketer and led Pakistan to their first World Cup triumph in 1992.

Pakistan head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed has said he and his players were completely unaware of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s reported threat to withdraw from the Lord’s Test after Sky Sports aired an interview with Imran Khan ’s sons.

We don’t know about the interview,” Sarfaraz told reporters. The controversy emerged during the lunch break on the first day of the second Test between England and Pakistan, with reports claiming the PCB had warned the England and Wales Cricket Board that Pakistan could abandon the match and potentially pull out of the remainder of the three-Test tour if the interview was broadcast. “I don’t know anything. I’m just focusing on the match. You’re talking about the interview? The interview in question featured Suleiman and Kasim Khan, the sons of former Pakistan captain and prime minister Imran Khan, and was conducted by former England captain and Sky Sports broadcaster Michael Atherton.