England will play two more T20Is during the Pakistan tour in 2022

By Talat Masood Updated: Nov 26, 2021, 15:50 IST

"We are pleased to announce that we will play two additional T20Is with white balls on our men's tour through Pakistan in September-October 2022," says the ECB chief

England will play two more Men's Twenty20 Internationals in addition to the originally planned five T20Is when they tour Pakistan in September / October 2022, said Tom Harrison, Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), on Tuesday after their meeting the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ramiz Raja. known . The men's team will then return to Pakistan in November / December as part of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Australia 2022 to complete three tests that are part of the ICC World Test Championship.

The English team will return to Pakistan in November-December after the Men's T20 World Cup in Australia to play three test matches that are part of the ICC World Test Championship, the statement said.

"Myself and Martin Darlow, Senior Director of the ECB, visited Lahore to speak with the PCB in person about some of the things that have happened in the past few weeks that led to the cancellation of our tour in October," Harrison was quoted by the Circuit board.

"We also wanted to talk about the future as the two boards of directors have a historical relationship and want to shift the agenda towards a forward-looking rather than a retrospective agenda," he said.

“We are excited to announce that we will be playing two additional white ball T20Is on our men's Pakistan tour in September-October 2022. We will then return to the test match element of Australia after the ICC T20 Men's World Championship. to complete this tour.

“This is just to reaffirm our commitment to Pakistani cricket, to get English teams, men and women teams to eventually play at home in Pakistan. "I don't think there is a cricketer in England who doesn't want to test his skills against the huge talent in this country and in the conditions he knows best."

PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja said: “The ECB has shown its generosity to be here, for which I am grateful to Tom and Martin. It means a lot to us. " The PCB chairman said he was thrilled that England had committed to play two more T20Is as part of their September-October 2022 White Ball tour.

"We have gone to great lengths to ensure that all visiting teams are comfortable in Pakistan, so Pakistani fans are proud to welcome Australia and England in 2022," he said.