{
  "id": 548267,
  "title": "Keep Babar Azam away from English media, ex-Pakistan captain's bizarre request to PCB",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/keep-babar-azam-away-from-english-media-ex-pakistan-captains-bizarre",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:08:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/keep-babar-azam-away-from-english-media-ex-pakistan-captains-bizarre-request-to-pcb-1.500637124"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has floated an unusual suggestion to the Pakistan Cricket Board ahead of the team’s three-match Test series in England, proposing that Babar Azam be kept largely away from press interactions with English journalists during the tour. Speaking on Geo News’ Score programme, he said, “An England tour is a difficult assignment, and the English media often tries to…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}