Let's face it, it hasn't been a good few days for Pakistan's devoted cricket followers with three of the team's best players now spending time at Her Majesty's pleasure and allegations abound about the involvement of other players in spot and even match-fixing.
But all is not woe as our latest piece for All Out Cricket explains. Indeed, under the unassuming captaincy of the dogged Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan increasingly look like being a tough proposition for England when the two teams clash in the United Arab Emirates in the New Year.
Read Is There Hope From The Wreckage For Pakistan and see if you agree.
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