England and Pakistan to make use of T20 sequence to evaluate World Cup preparations

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England and Pakistan to make use of T20 sequence to evaluate World Cup preparations

England will start their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years with a seven-match Twenty20 sequence on Tuesday, which assumes even higher significance for either side forward of subsequent month’s World Cup in Australia.

England was initially imagined to tour Pakistan final 12 months, however it didn’t materialize attributable to safety issues. Jos Buttler’s males got the inexperienced gentle to tour this 12 months after a safety group assessed the state of affairs on the bottom.

England will play 4 matches in Karachi and three in Lahore earlier than returning in December to play three Tests within the second leg of the tour.

With Butler recovering from a knee harm to overlook the Karachi leg, the group can be led by Moeen Ali, whose grandfather moved to England from Pakistan after World War II.

“Playing in front of a Pakistani audience is going to be memorable and it’s a huge honor to deputize for Jos Buttler while he recovers from injury,” Moeen wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.

“Of course, this tour is essential for cricket and it’s also essential for us as a group.

“Seven T20s in these conditions will be a tough test and a good indicator of where we are ahead of the World Cup in Australia next month,” the all-rounder stated.

England final toured Pakistan in 2005, however no less than 10 members of the present group have some expertise of native circumstances attributable to their Pakistan Super League (PSL).

One of them, Alex Hales, can be notably eager to impress after a three-year absence from worldwide cricket attributable to an off-field concern.

Meanwhile, Pakistan will look to beat the frustration of shedding to Sri Lanka within the Asia Cup last earlier this month.

Skipper Babar Azam’s fall in kind and his total batting method in 20-over cricket have been key factors of debate and Pakistan will look to handle the difficulty through the sequence.

England started their Twenty20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Afghanistan in Perth on October 22, a day earlier than Pakistan’s opener in opposition to arch-rivals India in Melbourne.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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