English Cricket Board apologizes, announces tour of Pakistan.

 

    

English Cricket Board apologizes, announces tour of Pakistan.

English Cricket Board apologizes, announces tour of Pakistan.

Will go to Pakistan next year to play 3 Tests and 5 ODIs: ECB Chief

LAHORE: The English Cricket Board (ICB) has apologized for refusing to visit Pakistan in October this year. Tom Harrison, chief executive of the English Cricket Board, said British cricket would now visit Pakistan next year to play a series of three Tests and five ODIs against the hosts. It may be recalled that the series of 2 T20 matches between Pakistan and England was to be held next month but the England Cricket Board had canceled the visit through people's cricket crews to Pakistan.

An assertion gave by the English Cricket Board said: "We expect that this choice will affect Pakistan cricket.We are saddened by the impact on Pakistan cricket but we are looking forward to the 2022 tours.

It very well might be reviewed that the New Zealand group had as of late finished its visit through Pakistan by defending security before the principal match, after which the series between the two nations was likewise delayed.

 

The two-match T20 series between Pakistan and England was scheduled to take place next month, but England had also apologized for the tour after New Zealand abruptly canceled the tour. Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said that he had asked the British Foreign Secretary to reconsider the cricket decision, adding that he was disappointed with the decision of the England Cricket Board.

Talking to Pakistani media in London, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that there was concern in the Pakistani community over the red list and cricket, disappointed with the decision of the England Cricket Board, asked the British Foreign Secretary to reconsider the cricket decision. The British Foreign Secretary has said that the decision was not of the government but of the cricket board. We will reconsider the decision of the England team to visit Pakistan.

The Foreign Minister said that the situation in Afghanistan and Occupied Kashmir has been discussed with his British counterpart. There has been an important debate on Kashmir in the British Parliament. There are cases that fall under the category of war crimes. He said that we have not talked about recognizing the Taliban government, we have talked to them, I think the United States and Britain are ready to talk to the Taliban government, we And the world also wants peace and stability in Afghanistan, let's work together so that human tragedy does not arise in Afghanistan.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that 75 years of diplomatic relations with Britain will be completed next year, there are historical strategic relations with Britain, British Foreign Secretary accepted the proposals of the Joint Working Group, economic relations were also discussed The Foreign Minister spoke of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Trade.