Pakistan will tour UK; to arrive on Sunday, confirms ECB
Cricket | Jun 27, 2020, 09:39 AM ISTThe announcement from the ECB comes even though as many as ten Pakistan players tested positive for COVID-19.
The announcement from the ECB comes even though as many as ten Pakistan players tested positive for COVID-19.
The Pakistan squad will reach England on Sunday without the ten cricketers who were tested positive for coronavirus.
On Wednesday morning Hafeez clarified on Twitter that he and his family have tested negative and even shared the medical report to back his claim.
As many as 10 out of the 29 England-bound Pakistan cricketers have tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus
On Tuesday, Pakistan's tally of coronavirus positive cases shot up to 10. But both boards are confident about the tour.
The Pakistan cricket squad will leave for England on June 28 to play three Tests and three T20Is.
After Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan, seven more Pakistan cricketers on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total count to ten.
The Pakistan squad of 29 players and 14 officials is due to take a chartered flight to London where they will spend 14 days in quarantine in Derbyshire.
"The board has made it clear to players their families can't travel with them and also explained to them it would be of no use even if their families reached and stayed in England separately.
While Misbah spoke about how he has had the constant support of Younis as skipper of the national team, he also said that Mushtaq as mentor would help the youngsters in the team prepare for the challenge that comes with playing in English conditions.
In addition to Younis, the PCB has also appointed wrist spinner and a veteran of 52 Tests Mushtaq Ahmed as the team's spin bowling coach and mentor for the three-Test and three-T20Is series, which will be played in August-September.
It seems to be an opportune moment for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to cut a deal for a return tour with England, who like several countries hasn't toured Pakistan citing security concerns following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009.
Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive, Wasim Khan told a news channel that the PCB has agreed "in principle" to tour England in July.
Pakistan are due to play three Tests and as many T20Is in England during the tour.
The Pakistan Cricket Board and the England and Wales Cricket Board officials are due to have a video conference on May 18 to discuss how they should proceed with the tour given the situation because of the pandemic.
The first Test will be played at Lord's while the second will take place in Manchester (from August 7) with the final game being hosted at Trent Bridge from August 20.
England will next face Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday and Joe Root believes it is imperative the squad maintain full confidence in the methods.
After the final match of the five-ODI series against Pakistan, Eoin Morgan said the continuous improvement in performance by the players has made the selection meeting extremely difficult.
Asif Ali's daughter Noor Fatima, who was battling stage IV cancer, passed away in a hospital in the United States.
Pakistan, who are usually termed as a very good bowling side, lacked bite and conceded totals in excess of 300 in the four completed matches against England and lost all of them.
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