T20Is will be held in Karachi and Lahore as England makes its 17-year comeback to Pakistan
Following the T20 World Cup, England will play three Test matches in the nation; New Zealand and the West Indies are also slated to visit.
The men’s squad will play seven T20Is in Karachi (the first four) and Lahore starting on September 20, marking the start of England’s first visit of Pakistan in 17 years (the last three). Before England travels to Australia for the men’s T20 World Cup, the final game is on October 2. They will play their first Tests in Pakistan since the 2005-2006 tour when they visit again in December for a set of three matches.
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In what the PCB referred to as Pakistan’s “bumper international season,” they will also host New Zealand twice, first for five ODIs and five T20Is in April of next year and then for two Tests and three ODIs in December and January. In late January, West Indies will visit Pakistan for three Twenty20 internationals. The PCB announced that the schedules for the Test series against England, as well as the games against New Zealand and the West Indies, would be made public “in due course.”
The only other occurrence of a lengthy bilateral series was the 2019 matches between the men’s sides of Malawi and Mozambique. The series will be the second of seven T20Is or more.
Pakistan will also host the Asia Cup in 2019 for the first time since 2008. The 2022 Asia Cup, which has been moved to the UAE, will begin at the end of August. Pakistan was previously scheduled to host the T20 Asia Cup this year, but swapped with Sri Lanka. However, the 50-over version will now likely take place in Pakistan the following year, leading up to the 50-over World Cup, which will be held in India in October and November. As a result of worries that the SLC wouldn’t be able to hold a multi-nation tournament of this calibre in the midst of the nation’s economic and political turmoil, this year’s Asia Cup was shifted to the UAE (though the SLC remains the host).
On September 20, 22, 23, and 25, Karachi’s National Stadium will host T20 Internationals against England before the action moves to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium for the matches on September 28 and 30, as well as October 2. This was first reported by ESPNcricinfo in early July. The matches all begin at 7.30 p.m. Pakistan time under floodlights.
“We are absolutely delighted to confirm hosting England for seven T20Is in Karachi and Lahore as a curtain-raiser to a busy, entertaining and exciting season of home internationals,” Zakir Khan, PCB director of international cricket, said in a statement. “England is one of the top-ranked T20I teams and them playing the shortest format in the lead up to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Pakistan will not only help the team management to finalise their preparations, but will also set the tone for December’s three-Test series.”
In late July, a three-person ECB security assessment team visited Pakistan to evaluate the arrangements. The group returned content enough to approve England’s first trip to Pakistan in 17 years.
“We demonstrated our event planning and operational skills in the highly-successful series against Australia in March-April and I am confident we will be able to replicate these when England visit us for the first time since 2005,” Zakir said. “We have been able to confirm schedule of the T20Is following a successful tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board recce team, which was pleased and satisfied with all our arrangements.”
“We have been liaising closely with the PCB over arrangements for this visit and the Tests later in the year, and will continue to work closely with the PCB, British High Commission and other relevant authorities as we continue to prepare for these tours”
England have not toured Pakistan since 2005, and two of home Pakistan’s home series against them, in 2012 and 2016, were played in the UAE. England also chose to withdraw their men’s and women’s teams’ tours to Pakistan last year citing “bubble fatigue” and increasing concerns about travelling to the region”. This came soon after New Zealand had withdrawn their men’s team, citing similar concerns.
“We are looking forward to returning to Pakistan and playing these seven T20Is as the team builds up to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” Rob Key, the ECB’s managing director of men’s cricket, said. “We have been liaising closely with the PCB over arrangements for this visit and the Tests later in the year, and will continue to work closely with the PCB, British High Commission and other relevant authorities as we continue to prepare for these tours.
“We would like to thank the PCB and the city authorities for all their ongoing assistance with planning for the tours, including hosting the recent pre-tour planning visit by ECB representatives and the PCA CEO.”
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