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England Team Reached Pakistan After 17 Years

Players and support staff from England, who last played in Pakistan in 2005, touched down in Karachi on Thursday for the seven-match T20I series.

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England Team Reached Pakistan After 17 Years

England’s 19-man cricket team, led by Jos Buttler, reached Karachi for a T20 International series against Pakistan. The first four T20 international matches between the two countries will be played at Karachi National Stadium in the first phase of the cricket series, while the Pakistan Cricket Team for this series ahead of the ICCT20 World Cup scheduled for next month will also be announced today.

Strict security arrangements have been made for the visiting team’s arrival via Dubai. Following their arrival, England captain Jos Buttler will hold a press conference at a nearby hotel at 2 p.m.

The first four matches of the series will be played at the Karachi National Stadium on September 20, 22, 23, and 25, with the final three scheduled for September 28, 30, and October 2 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Both teams will begin their practice matches in Karachi at 7 p.m. on Saturday; this process will continue on a daily basis until the matches begin at 7:30 p.m.

Moeen Ali has been named vice-captain of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s 19-man squad, which includes Harry Brooke, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, David Mullan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ollie Stone, Rhys Topley, David Wiley, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, and Mark Wood.

PCB, on the other hand, has announced the commentary panel for the series with England, which will include England’s David Gower, Mark Butcher, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aamir Sohail, Bazid Khan, and Urooj Mumtaz. The host will be Zainab Abbas.

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