All the juicy stats from CT17 Classic Fantasy, including the best overall ICC Champions Trophy Dream Team and the highest performing players Pakistan, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, emerged victorious in Sunday’s Champions Trophy final against India at The Oval. Pakistan brought their A-game and India simply had no answer. Many Classic Fantasy gamers watched on with extra interest, hoping their picks would rake in the points to propel them to the top of the leaderboard and the nature of the game meant that were huge rewards on offer for those who didn’t simply back the usual suspects.
Sarfraz Ahmad to lead Pakistan in all three formats As had been widely expected, Sarfraz Ahmed will become Pakistan's 32nd Test captain. At a reception held at the prime minister's residence in honour of Pakistan's Champions Trophy victory, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan announced he had offered the role to Sarfraz, who accepted it. Sarfraz will now lead Pakistan in all three formats. He took over the T20I captaincy after the 2016 World T20, when Shahid Afridi stepped down following Pakistan's early exit, and became ODI captain when Azhar Ali resigned in February this year. Tuesday's announcement ends speculation over the identity of Misbah-ul-Haq's successor as Test captain. Misbah, who retired at the end of Pakistan's tour of West Indies in May, was Pakistan's longest serving and most successful Test captain, leading them to 26 wins in 56 matches. And even though Sarfraz is unarguably Pakistan cricket's most prized asset at the moment, Misba