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England team reached Pakistan
after 17 years to play a series of seven T20 International matches
The England squad under the
leadership of wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler arrived at Karachi’s Jinnah
International Airport where the visiting team was welcomed by the top officials
of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The England team has come to
Pakistan after 17 years where the visiting team last visited Pakistan in 2005.
In 2005, a Test and ODI series
were played between the two teams, which will be the first time that the two
teams will be competing in the T20 series in Pakistan.
Team England have arrived in Karachi for the first leg of the #PAKvENG tour 🙌 pic.twitter.com/RWXcDaHbtx
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 15, 2022
Jos Buttler, captain of the
England team arriving in Karachi, will hold a press conference at a local hotel
at 2 pm.
From September 16 to September
19, both teams will conduct a practice session at the National Stadium, after
which the first match of the seven-match T20 series will be played on September
20 and the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced to donate the gate money of the
first match of the series to the flood victims.
In the first phase of the series,
4 T20 matches will be played between the two teams at National Stadium Karachi,
these matches will be played on September 20, 22, 23 and 25.
Later, the England cricket team
will leave Karachi for Lahore where the last three matches of the series will
be played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on 28, 30 and 2 October.
Jos Buttler will not able to play
complete series against Pakistan
England cricket captain Jos
Buttler will not be able to play T20 series against Pakistan due to injury.
According to British media
reports, England captain Jos Buttler will not be able to play the 7-match T20
series against Pakistan due to a shin injury, while Moin Ali will lead the team
in his place.
Earlier, the English Cricket
Board (ECB) has already asked Jos Buttler not to play in the opening matches. In
this regard, the English captain while talking to the journalists said that I
will try to participate in the last two matches of the series.
England have included 5 new
players in the announced squad for the tour of Pakistan, including batsman
Jordan Cooks, fast bowler Tom Helm, batsman Will Jacks, Ollie Stone and Luke
Wood.
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali
(vice-captain), Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Dickett, Liam Dawson,
Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Val Jacks, David Mullan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt,
Ollie Stone, Reece Topley, David Valley, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, Mark Wood.
Pak vs England T20 Series
Schedule
First T20: National Stadium
Karachi, September 20
2nd T20: National Stadium
Karachi, September 22
3rd T20I: National Stadium
Karachi, September 23
4th T20: National Stadium
Karachi, September 25
5th T20I: Gaddafi Stadium,
Lahore, September 28
6th T20I: Gaddafi Stadium Lahore,
September 30
7th T20I: Gaddafi Stadium,
Lahore, October 2