Cricket fans who were eagerly awaiting for England's tour of Pakistan for a short T20 series early next year will have to wait for few days. According to the report, the tour is set to be postponed to October due to matters related to costs and unavailability of top players.
The tour which was tentatively scheduled for January-February, is expected to be pushed to October before the T20 World Cup in India. According to sources, the problem arising is that early next year England will be engaged in series with Sri Lanka and India and some of their T20 Top players are also signed up for the Big Bash in Australia. The source further added, "As it is just a three-match series with Karachi the likely venue, the costs of flying England team by a chartered flight after holding a training camp in Dubai does not make it cost effective for the England board. The boards had discussed the more viable option of shifting the series to October as that would allow the full England T20 team to stop over in Pakistan for the short series before flying to India.
For the unversed, England has not played in the country since 2005 due to security reasons and the talks of Pakistan's England tour gave a big boost to Pakistan cricket. Besides this Pakistan will also host South Africa early next year for two Tests and three T20 matches.
Also Read:
Union Sports Ministry has announced incentives to fund 500 Private academics
Birthday Special: Yusuf Pathan first IPL batsman to get obstructing the field decision
Lewis Hamilton equals Schumacher's world title record, Formula 1 race