Pakistan's captain backs Babar Azam to show his credentials against England

‘He is up there with Steve Smith and Virat Kohli,’ says Azhar AliNaseem Shah, aged 17, confirmed to play first Test at Old TraffordAzhar Ali believes his Pakistan batsmen are ready to take on Test cricket’s toughest away conditions and has tipped Babar Azam to show why he now belongs in the same bracket as Steve Smith and Virat Kohli.Until late last year such an endorsement of Babar’s credentials against the red ball would have been slightly fanciful with the right-hander