Players to assemble in Lahore on 20th for England tour

LAHORE: The Pakistan team bound for England and the West Indies tours after spending five days in isolation in Lahore and Abu Dhabi will further undergo 10-day isolation in Derby. The Pakistan team for the England and the West Indies tours will assemble on June 20 in Lahore.

The touring party will play three ODIs and as many T20 internationals against England and five T20Is and two Test matches against the West Indies. The first Covid-19 tests of the squad members will be held on June 16 at their hometowns. Their arrival test will be conducted on June 20 in the bio-secure bubble of Lahore.

“Squad members will undergo their next COVID-19 test on June 23 and after which they will depart for Manchester on June 25 via a chartered flight from Lahore,” said a PCB statement. The players cannot take their families with them on the tours, sources said.

After completing their isolation in Derby, Pakistan squad will travel to Cardiff, where they will feature in the first ODI against the home team on July 8. On completion of the three-match ODI series against England, the members of the ODI squad will travel back to Pakistan on July 15.

The team will travel to West Indies on July 21, where they will be joined by the Test players on July 26 from Pakistan. The five T20I match series between both sides will be played from July 27 to August 3 after which the T20I players will travel back to Pakistan.