PCB hopes Australia, England to tour Pakistan
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Wasim Khan said he is confident of England and Australia who both will tour Pakistan as per their Future Tour Programme (FTP) commitments.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh toured Pakistan after West Indies and Zimbabwe, the move that will follow the other cricketing nations like Australia and England in days to come.
“We had decided last year that we’ll play our entire home cricket in Pakistan and since then we have left no stone unturned to ensure that we make it happen,” Wasim Khan said.
“We’ve hosted two successful bilateral series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, hosted the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), hosted women and under-16 series against Bangladesh besides staging the entire HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the country,” Wasim said in an interview with the local media.
Wasim tipped the last 10-year cricket in the country as unprecedented events, stating that these were all unprecedented events in the context of the last 10 barren years of cricket in the country and had surely restored Pakistan’s image as a safe and secure country for international cricket.
“I’m fully confident that we’ll have England and Australia tour Pakistan as per their FTP commitments in the next two years while we have home series scheduled against Zimbabwe and South Africa later in our home season. So yes I firmly believe international cricket is back with full force in the country,” he said.
“Our domestic season starts in September. The situation at the moment is a bit unpredictable but our plan A is to start the season on time. Of course, this might not be in our control if the prevailing situation either continues or deteriorates. Hence, we’ve a back-up plan of delaying the start of rescheduling the domestic season if needed,” he concluded.
