This McCullum fella needs to chill out a bit

Both captains named their XIs in advance, which saves us engaging in futile speculation. Brydon Carse, who has jumped the cab rank in the last six weeks, will make his Test debut for England. No new faces for Pakistan but Aamer Jamal, who was hugely impressive in his debut series in Australia last winter, returns from a back injury to join Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah in an eyecatching pace attack.

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