England Men's and Women's tour of Pakistan (2021)

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The England men’s side that will feature in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will visit Pakistan in October for two Twenty20 Internationals. Both matches will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 13 and 14 October.

Eoin Morgan’s side, along with Heather Knight’s team, will arrive in Islamabad on 9 October and while the men’s squad will depart for Dubai on 15 October, England women will stay back for the three ODIs to be played on 17, 19 and 21 October at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan: “We are delighted to welcome both the England men’s team for what will be their first tour to Pakistan since 2005, and the England women’s team, who will be touring Pakistan for the first time. Both are additional tours with England men’s side scheduled to return to Pakistan in the last quarter of 2022 for white-ball and ICC World Test Championship fixtures.”

Both Morgan and Knight’s sides are 50-over world champions. England men are ranked No.1 in ICC T20I Team Rankings and England women are second – just five points behind ICC Women’s T20 World Cup winners Australia.

The matches were earlier scheduled to take place at the National Stadium, Karachi, on 14 and 15 October, but have been rescheduled due to operational and logistical reasons.

Series schedule (all matches to be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, match timing to be announced in due course):

9 Oct – England men and women sides’ arrival
13 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women; Pakistan Men v England Men (T20I double-header)
14 Oct - Pakistan Women v England Women; Pakistan Men v England Men (T20I double-header)
17 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 1st ODI
19 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 2nd ODI
21 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 3rd ODI

 

[MenInG]

The schedule for England Men's and England Women's joint tour of Pakistan has been updated.

All fixtures have been moved to Rawalpindi, and moved forward one day to assist with England Men's and Pakistan Men's preparations for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

The teams will travel together and will depart the UK on October 9. Both teams will play two IT20s, before the England Men's team depart to Dubai, and England Women will take part in three ODIs.

Series schedule

13 October: 1st IT20, Pakistan Women v England Women; Rawalpindi. 1st IT20, Pakistan Men v England Men; Rawalpindi.
14 October: 2nd IT20, Pakistan Women v England Women; Rawalpindi. 2nd IT20, Pakistan Men v England Men; Rawalpindi.
17 October: 1st ODI, Pakistan Women v England Women; Rawalpindi.
19 October: 2nd ODI, Pakistan Women v England Women; Rawalpindi.
21 October: 3rd ODI, Pakistan Women v England Women; Rawalpindi.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Firebat]

2 T20Is for the men, 2 T20Is + 3 ODIs for the women.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

A good start (of foreign tours) nonetheless

 

[anonymous_guy]

The England men’s side that will feature in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will visit Pakistan in October for two Twenty20 Internationals. Both matches will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 13 and 14 October.

Eoin Morgan’s side, along with Heather Knight’s team, will arrive in Islamabad on 9 October and while the men’s squad will depart for Dubai on 15 October, England women will stay back for the three ODIs to be played on 17, 19 and 21 October at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan: “We are delighted to welcome both the England men’s team for what will be their first tour to Pakistan since 2005, and the England women’s team, who will be touring Pakistan for the first time. Both are additional tours with England men’s side scheduled to return to Pakistan in the last quarter of 2022 for white-ball and ICC World Test Championship fixtures.”

Both Morgan and Knight’s sides are 50-over world champions. England men are ranked No.1 in ICC T20I Team Rankings and England women are second – just five points behind ICC Women’s T20 World Cup winners Australia.

The matches were earlier scheduled to take place at the National Stadium, Karachi, on 14 and 15 October, but have been rescheduled due to operational and logistical reasons.

Series schedule (all matches to be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, match timing to be announced in due course):

9 Oct – England men and women sides’ arrival
13 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women; Pakistan Men v England Men (T20I double-header)
14 Oct - Pakistan Women v England Women; Pakistan Men v England Men (T20I double-header)
17 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 1st ODI
19 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 2nd ODI
21 Oct – Pakistan Women v England Women, 3rd ODI

Since it's a double header are they going to play on the same pitch?

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Just 2 T20s for men’s team.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Atleast 3 T20s and 3 ODIs can be played in 11-12 days with enough rest.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Even B teams from England should be ok to be sent I guess because it looks to be the norm as Misbahs side are struggling to beat B teams of England , only capable of beating Zimbabwe even to them they lost a game at home lol.

 

[MenInG]

The ECB will review security ahead of England's historic tour of Pakistan this autumn amid the crisis in Afghanistan.

England are scheduled to visit the South Asian country for the first time in 16 years in October, with the men's team due to play two T20s in Rawalpindi and the women's side facing two T20s and three ODIs.

However, the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns about potential new security issues in neighbouring Pakistan, which has its own ties with the Islamist organisation.

An ECB spokesperson said: 'For any tour there's ongoing security procedures and checks. We continue to plan for the men's and women's tour of Pakistan this autumn.'

Pakistan were forced to play home internationals in the United Arab Emirates following a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009, with opposition sides only touring again in recent years.

If the series against England go ahead as planned October, it could leave players with difficult decisions to make. Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales skipped a tour of Bangladesh in 2016 because of security concerns.

England are also due to return to Pakistan for full one-day and Test series at the end of next year.

Meanwhile, the Afghanistan Cricket Board expects the Taliban to block their plans to create a national women's team.

Afghanistan awarded contracts to 25 female players in November but Hamid Shinwari, the board's chief executive, told the Sports Desk podcast: 'I think it will be stopped. That is my assumption.

'We have kept the salaries and they are on our payroll. If the government decides that we don't go with the national women's team, we will have to stop it.

'It is up to the government to decide and, as an employee, we go ahead with the rules and regulations.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/c...istan-amid-concerns-conflict-Afghanistan.html

 

[MenInG]

This could become a problem, more of a political problem than an actual security one.

 

[MenInG]

Confusion, however, surrounds much of England’s winter, with doubts rising over the trip to Pakistan in October following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and increasing tension in the region following the terrorist attack on Kabul airport this week.

The England men are due to play two Twenty20 internationals, on October 13 and 14, and the women two T20s and three ODIs between October 13 and 21.

The matches have already been shifted from Karachi to Rawalpindi, but their fate will depend on the results of a security report being compiled and advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Reg Dickason, the ECB’s security officer, has been in Pakistan this week checking on security arrangements, but the situation in Afghanistan is increasing unease among England players.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/quarantine-row-threatens-ashes-tour-20210828-p58mqn.html

 

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Captain Heather Knight believes it would send a “strong message” for her England team to go and play cricket in Pakistan next month.

England women’s and men’s teams are both due to visit Pakistan in October. The women’s team have never previously toured the nation, while the men have not been since 2005 due to long-standing security concerns.

Knight is relishing the prospect of being the first woman to lead England into cricketing action in Pakistan.

“It’s obviously a big thing for us to go, and the men’s team to go as well,” she said. “There’s obviously a lot of things to consider inside of that and we’ll be advised on those things by people more in the know.

“I personally think it would be a good thing for us to go to Pakistan. It would be a huge thing as the first ever England women’s side to go and tour there.”

Conditions and details of the tour have not yet been confirmed.

“We’re still in conversations very often with the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) and the PCA (Professional Cricketers’ Association) are heavily involved as well,” Knight said.

“I think there’s a security update due very soon so we’re just waiting on that and we’re just waiting to see.

“Things are obviously changing very quickly at the moment but we’re still in conversation and we’re just waiting on a few things to try and work out what’s going to happen.

“But obviously what’s going on in that part of the world, I think it would be a really strong message if us as female cricketers were to go and play women’s sport in that region. So hopefully things are deemed safe.

“That’s out of my hands, it’s out of the team’s hands. It’s up to the people above to make those decisions so we’re in constant conversations and that will progress, I’m sure, in the next few weeks.”

England will take on New Zealand at Bristol on Thursday in the first of five-match one-day internationals in the space of 11 days.

Knight’s side will be without World Cup star Anya Shrubsole after she injured her ankle during the recent T20 series.

“It is a little one (setback),” said Knight. “Anya has been in the starting XI in the ODI squad for a little bit of time now but I guess what it does do is it gives us time to give other people opportunities.

“With the schedule that we’ve got, it’s five games in 11 days, so we are going to have to manage players really well and make sure we’re looking after people, physically and mentally.

“We’ve had a lot of cricket this summer and on the positive it also gives us a chance to give people an opportunity, give people a go and build that bigger squad that we’ve looked at doing recently to try and give us a real strong squad of players that we’re going to need for what we’ve got coming up next year.”

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine feels the Kiwis are ready to hit the ground running in the upcoming ODIs after their 2-1 T20 series loss.

“I think there’s a really positive energy in the camp at the moment, which is exciting,” the 32-year-old said.

“(We were) unfortunate not to come away with a series win but we know that we pushed England really hard so it’s nice to know that they’re in for a challenge, they’re in for a scrap.

“We trained well (on Wednesday), we’ve been at Bristol now for five days and had some excellent training which I think is going to hold us in good stead and let us hit the ground running for this first one-dayer.”