The England and Wales Cricket Board is likely to not include somemulti-format cricketers during the upcoming T20I series against Pakistandue to their busy cricket schedule in the coming six months.
The Eoin Morgan-led side will leave for Pakistan on September 15, just 72hours after the England summer concludes against South Africa, and then onto Australia, for three more T20Is to acclimatize for the T20I World Cup.
The five-match T20I series was scheduled for last year but it was postponedafter the New Zealand cricket team called off its tour of Pakistan minutesbefore the first match, citing security concerns.
Earlier this year, the Pakistan Cricket Board and England and Wales CricketBoard had agreed to play seven T20I matches in the rescheduled series inSeptember this year.
Speaking on the development, the newly appointed Test captain Ben Stokessaid,
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The schedule is definitely something that needs looking at. It isridiculous the amount of cricket people are expected to play. The factthere is a Test match and one-day series overlapping sums it up.
The English white-ball setup will be playing the T20I mega event inAustralia in October-November followed by three ODIs against Australia andwill then return to Pakistan for the three-match Test series.link
