The Cricket Governing Body of Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is anticipated to unveil the complete-schedule for the forthcoming 3-match Test-Series versus England within the next two or three days.
As the much awaited Pakistan vs England test series gets closer, the visitors are facing some issues as their skipper Ben Stokes is still battling his injury issues.
Ben Stokes suffered a hamstring-injury in the month of August but England have still gone ahead with the decision of including him in the squad for the tour of Pakistan despite the 33-year old not getting the complete fitness clearance.
The Three Lions skipper is set to undergo fitness scans next-week to evaluate his match readiness for the first test-match, which is set to start from the 7th of October onwards.
The PCB have decided to host the matches of the test series against England in the Multan International Cricket Stadium of Multan and Rawalpindi’s Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with the board planning to organise the first two test matches in the Multan International Cricket Stadium.
The decision of not allowing Karachi to host a test match is due to the construction-work going on in the stadium at present.
While the confirmed schedule of the three-match Test Series is not revealed yet, the intention of the Pakistan Cricket Board is to let the Green Shirts make full use of the favourable conditions in the Multan International Cricket Stadium by organising two test matches at that venue.
However, an alternate option of letting the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium play host to the first & third test-matches of the series is also an option which the PCB can consider.
England’s squad for the Test-series versus Pakistan
Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Stokes (Captain), Harry Brook, Shoaib Bashir, Jordan Cox, Brydon Carse, Josh Hull, Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Jack Leach, Joe Root, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Jamie Smith (WK) and Chris Woakes.
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