England cricket staff will journey to Pakistan in October to play two T20Is.© England Cricket/Instagram
Pakistan cricket authorities on Friday confirmed that the England cricket staff will play two Twenty20 internationals in October on their first tour of the nation since 2005. “The England males’s aspect will go to Pakistan in October for 2 Twenty20 internationals. Each matches will probably be performed on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 13 and 14 October,” mentioned a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) launch. New Zealand’s cricket staff may even tour Pakistan in September — their first after a spot of 18 years — considered one of many excursions that may additional restore Pakistan’s picture as a secure host for worldwide matches.
The West Indies and Australia are additionally on account of play in Pakistan within the subsequent seven months.
Pakistan grew to become a no-go space for worldwide groups after a lethal 2009 assault on the Sri Lanka staff bus in Lahore.
However a fast enchancment in safety lately has step by step seen the return of worldwide cricket, with Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and South Africa touring within the final six years.
England final toured Pakistan in 2005. In 2012 and 2015 Pakistan needed to host England within the United Arab Emirates.
“England’s males’s and girls’s groups will arrive in Islamabad on 9 October and each groups will play Twenty20 internationals on October 14 and 15,” mentioned the PCB.
England’s ladies may even play three one-day internationals on October 17, 19 and 21 on the Rawalpindi stadium.
Oct 9- England males’s and girls’s sides arrive
Oct 13- Pakistan ladies v England ladies; Pakistan males v England males (T20I double-header)
Oct 14- Pakistan ladies v England ladies; Pakistan males v England males (T20I double-header)
Oct 17- Pakistan ladies v England ladies, 1st ODI
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Oct 19- Pakistan ladies v England ladies, 2nd ODI
Oct 21- Pakistan ladies v England ladies, third ODI
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