KARACHI – The England cricket team is set to land in Pakistan’s largestcity Karachi tomorrow (Thursday) to play Twenty20 Internationals.
All preparations have been completed by the Pakistan Cricket Board for themuch-anticipated home series against England, who are set to visit thecountry for the first time in 17 years.
The visiting team will take a day’s rest before starting training onSeptember 16. English captain Jos Buttler will hold an on-arrival pressconference at a local hotel in the port city.
Sindh capital will host the first four games between September 20 to 25,and the remaining matches will be played in Lahore from September 28 toOctober 2.
England announced T20 squad including Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali,Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, RichardGleeson, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, OllyStone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, and Mark Wood.
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Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board will announce the squad for the T20series against England in the next two days as the performance of thebatters in the recently concluded T20 Asia Cup 2022 prompted the selectioncommittee to make changes in the squad.
Reports suggest that the batting line-up is likely to be changed, while twowicket keepers in the squad may also be possible.
England team is set to visit South Asian nation a year after canceling itsmen’s and women’s white-ball tours citing concerns over the mental andphysical wellbeing of player.
