England’s away series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates has been finalised.
The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed Thursday that the series will include three Tests, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20s in October and November.
The first Test will take place in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Cricket Stadium between October 13-17, with the second at the Dubai Cricket Stadium starting five days later and the final test at Sharjah Cricket Club from November 1-5.
“We are pleased to have agreed the schedule for this series. Our last tour to UAE saw Pakistan win the Test series while we were victorious in both the ODI and T20 series.”
“We expect this autumn’s tour will be equally hard fought,” said ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison.
Pakistan jumped to No.3 in Test rankings after defeating Sri Lanka 2-1 in the series last month while it also took an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match ODI series after beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets on Wednesday in Colombo.
While England lost the test series in 2012, it went on to beat Pakistan both in the one-day and Twenty20 series.
“As is evident from its away wins in Sri Lanka, Team Pakistan is upwardly mobile and we hope that it would maintain this trajectory against England across the three formats,” chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Shaharyar Khan said in a statement on Thursday.
Abu Dhabi will organize back to back ODIs on Nov. 11 and 13 while the remaining two ODIs will be played at Sharjah (Nov. 17) and Dubai (Nov. 20).
England will round of its tour with two Twenty20s on Nov. 26 and 27 at Dubai before Sharjah hosts the last T20 on Nov. 30.
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Itinerary:**
Oct. 13-17: First Test at Abu Dhabi
Oct. 22-26: Second Test at Dubai
Nov. 1-5: Third Test at Sharjah
Nov. 11: First ODI at Abu Dhabi
Nov. 13: Second ODI at Abu Dhabi
Nov. 17: Third ODI at Sharjah
Nov. 20: Fourth ODI at Dubai
Nov. 26: First T20 at Dubai
Nov. 27: Second T20 at Dubai
Nov. 30: Third T20 at Sharjah
Re: England expect ‘tough fight’ as Pakistan series is confirmed (13 Oct - 30 Nov 201
It will be a tough series but one which I expect Pakistan to win at least in the tests. Hopefully attack consisting of Amir, Irfan, Wahab and Yasir will be too hot for England to handle.
Re: England expect ‘tough fight’ as Pakistan series is confirmed (13 Oct - 30 Nov 201
It will be a tough series but one which I expect Pakistan to win at least in the tests. Hopefully attack consisting of Amir, Irfan, Wahab and Yasir will be too hot for England to handle.
UAE kai midanon main jitini game Pakistan nay khela.. aik tarah say homeground ban chuka hia... Fatah pakistan ki hi hogi.
Re: England expect ‘tough fight’ as Pakistan series is confirmed (13 Oct - 30 Nov 201
Most of Pakistan’s controversies in cricket happen when we are playing England because the British press is just so intrusive. This is a fact. Just to cite a few recent examples
1992- reverse swing by Wasim and Waqar blamed on ball tampering. But reverse swing suddenly became an asset or art when Flintoff and others mastered it!
2006 - Ovalgate or more aptly Inzi’s Goof-up
2010 - Spot-fixing
Some in the British media incl. David Lloyd have already said that they don’t want to see Amir and others playing international cricket again and he and others are likely to make a big noise if Amir returns against England
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So in order to save Amir unnecessary embarrassment or intense scrutiny by the British media, will Shaharyar play the diplomacy card and delay Amir’s return until after the England series I wonder? PCB could always use an excuse like ‘Amir needs more time and practice to return to full international fitness’
Re: England expect ‘tough fight’ as Pakistan series is confirmed (13 Oct - 30 Nov 201
Just as I predicted above.
***PCB doesn’t want Amir to play against England in UAE as they want to protect him from English Media! *His international ban ends next month. Amir likely to make his comeback against New Zealand early next year
