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England cricket team set to tour Pakistan after 17 years for seven T20I ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022. 

The tour will begin on September 20, as the first four games will be played in Karachi and the last three in Lahore before England travel to Australia for the men's T20 World Cup.

"We are absolutely delighted to confirm hosting England for seven T20Is in Karachi and Lahore as a curtain-raiser to a busy, entertaining and exciting season of home internationals," Zakir Khan, PCB director of international cricket, said in a statement. 

"England is one of the top-ranked T20I teams and them playing the shortest format in the lead up to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Pakistan will not only help the team management to finalise their preparations, but will also set the tone for December's three-Test series," he added.

A three-member ECB security-assessment team visited Pakistan to take a look of the arrangements in late July. The team was satisfied and permitted the tour of Pakistan.

"We demonstrated our event planning and operational skills in the highly-successful series against Australia in March-April and I am confident we will be able to replicate these when England visit us for the first time since 2005,"

"We have been able to confirm schedule of the T20Is following a successful tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board recce team, which was pleased and satisfied with all our arrangements,"

Schedule:

1st T20I: September 20, Karachi

2nd T20I: September 22, Karachi

3rd T20I: September 23, Karachi