Pakistan look to tame Zimbabwe without injured Yasir

Pakistan take on Zimbabwe without key leg-spinner Yasir Shah in a two-Test series which starts in Harare on Thursday, but are "confident" after beating South Africa earlier this year. Yasir has been an integral part of Pakistan's Test bowling attack since making his debut in 2014, only missing two tours -- to Ireland for a single Test and a two-match visit to England -- both in 2018. Yasir, who has taken 235 wickets in 45 Tests, is absent with a knee injury. The visitors will also be without frontline seamer Mohammad Abbas, now starring for Hampshire in English county cricket, who lost favour with selectors early this year.