Between 13 and 16 October 2024, The Guardian published a series of articles which made erroneous observations about the group selecting the Pakistan men’s cricket team:

1. That in the last four years the selection committee has had more members than The Fall.

2. That their pivot from a pace-dominated bowling attack to picking seven spinners was less a volte face, more a volte farce.

3. That replacing Pakistan’s best player with an uncapped 29-year-old was the essence of madness.

4. That you could leave them alone in a brewery for 48 hours and they would emerge sober, whistling Happy Go Lucky Me.

5. That they are unable to distinguish between their elbow and their hindquarters.

This was a collective failure of process and we apologise for any offence caused.