The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to go on a tour of England in July. Pakistan and England will have a series of Tests and T20 matches on this tour, but amid Coronavirus, the board has said that there will be no pressure on the players that they have to go to England. Pakistan Cricket Board will not force players to give consent for this tour. Players have to decide between this epidemic themselves.
PCB chief executive Wasim Khan has told a news channel that Pakistan has “theoretically” agreed to tour England for three Tests and three T20 internationals. Wasim Khan has said, “We (Pakistan Cricket Board) had a very detailed and extensive discussion with the ECB on Friday about the tour and the PCB has now agreed in principle to send their cricket team to England in July “.
During a discussion with the England Cricket Board held via video link on Friday, it also agreed that the Pakistan and England teams would play matches at the vacant stadium. There is also a hotel inside this ground, but players will not ask to go against their will. Wasim Khan said, “If a player does not want to leave, we will accept his decision and will not take any disciplinary action”.
Wasim Khan said 25 players would fly to England in the first week of July on four chartered flights and the players would be placed in quarantines. “Manchester and Southampton will be potential venues for the Test series and the ECB will announce the third place soon,” Khan said. He has also said that bio-secure arrangements will made by the host country and the medical staff will be with our team throughout the tour.
