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Jos Buttler Rested As England Announce A 15-Member Squad For New Zealand Tests
England name their 15-men squad to face New Zealand in home tests. (Photo: Twitter)
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), on Tuesday, announced a 15-member squad to face New Zealand in the two-match Test series which is all set to take place from June 02. Notably, veteran English batsman, Jos Buttler has been rested for the Test series as part of the English rotation policy.
A couple of new faces, Ollie Robinson and James Bracey have been added to the 15-member squad after having shown brilliant performances in the English county this season. Both these players might earn a maiden England Test cap in the series against New Zealand as the English team hasn’t been reluctant in rotating its players.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhary, said that the England cricket team will tour Pakistan next year to take play a Test series. Chaudhary said that he is extremely delighted that England will tour Pakistan for two T20Is later this year and follow it up with a Test tour next year.
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Chaudhary recently met British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner, with cricket being one of the topics of discussion in the meeting. Chaudhary took to Twitter to reveal the discussion between the two officials regarding the England team’s tour of Pakistan.
Lovely meeting my friend @CTurnerFCDO Extremely delighted to know that after the gap of sixteen years,October this year English Cricket Team will be visiting Pak and next year again for a full test series,we have come a long way from the devastating attack on SL team pic.twitter.com/dqb8oms19c
England s Eoin Morgan with Pakistan players after a T20I match. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday announced that England’s cricket team would visit Pakistan later this year.
In a Twitter posting via @fawadchaudhry following a meeting with British High Commissioner Christian Turner, the minister said: “Lovely meeting [with] my friend @CTurnerFCDO. Extremely delighted to know that after the gap of sixteen years, October this year English Cricket Team will be visiting Pak and next year again for a full test series,we have come a long way from the devastating attack on SL (Sri Lanka)team.”
England to tour Pakistan in October, British high commissioner tells Fawad Chaudhry
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Fri, Apr 30, 2021
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Friday that the British high commissioner to Pakistan has confirmed to him that the English cricket team will be arriving in October for a tour.
Extremely delighted to know that after a gap of 16 years, October this year English Cricket Team will be visiting Pakistan, said Fawad in a tweet after a lovely meeting with British High Commissioner Christian Turner.
The minister also said that the high commissioner had communicated to him that the the English team will tour next year for a full Test series .