PCB CEO feels England tour 'on track' despite 10 players testing COVID-19 positive
Cricket | June 23, 2020 20:10 ISTThe Pakistan cricket squad will leave for England on June 28 to play three Tests and three T20Is.
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.
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif said that it is difficult to predict the outcome of the series as both the teams are playing in unprecedented circumstances.
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 results have hence put their participation in the impending England tour in doubt.
Latif feels Sarfaraz will keep wickets in the T20I series and will sit on the bench in the Tests.
Shoaib, who won the trophy once in 2009, stated Pakistan have a very good bowling attack and that is why they will be one of the top contenders at the tournament.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and three ODIs in England.
Haider earned his first senior call-up recently for the 29-man squad that will travel to England next month.
Pakistan and India last played a bilateral series in January 2013. Since then, the two have only faced each other only in ICC and Asia Cup tournaments.
The first test will be taken on Monday and the second on Wednesday when the cricketers assemble in Lahore for departure.
In the 2019-20 season, the PCB had offered 192 contracts to the domestic cricketers of which 186 cricketers had accepted the contracts.
Naseem has already set his sights on doing well in the country and hailed the presence of fast-bowling great Waqar Younis in the coaching staff.
Pakistan will take on England in three-Tests and as many T20Is, starting August 1, following the conclusion of West Indies' three-Test series against the same opposition, which begins on July 8.
Pakistan team is scheduled to reach England by the end of this month to play a three-Test and three-T20 series in August and September.
Hafeez also said that he wants to help the team win the T20 World Cup slated to take place in Australia
Pakistan missed out on a semifinal berth as a result of India's defeat to England in the league stage of World Cup 2019
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and as many T20Is. However, ECB are yet to finalise the dates.
Misbah said everyone in Pakistan will keep a close eye on the series because they are the one's who will be travelling to England next after West Indies.
Wahab was named on Friday in the 29-member squad announced for the full tour, starting next month.
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