Pakistan plan for English summer
The summer of 2010 in the UK may turn out to be a Pakistani summer, as the PCB is involved in negotiations with various boards that could result in them playing six Tests in England next year and nearly ten limited-overs internationals.
The Pakistan board is already in discussions with Cricket Australia and the ECB to ‘host’ a series against Australia in England next year, which now consists of two Tests and two twenty20 internationals. Pakistan are now also in the running to replace West Indies next year as England’s opponents for a four-Test series.
‘Ijaz Butt [PCB chairman] has met Giles Clarke [ECB chairman] and negotiations are underway for a series of four Tests, five ODIs and two twenty20s,’ Salim Altaf, PCB chief operating officer, told Cricinfo. ‘As West Indies has toured this year for two Tests, filling in for Sri Lanka, their slot for next year may now be empty so we are in a position to fill it.’
Pakistan tours England, on average, every four to five years and last visited in 2006, a series it lost 3-0. As a touring team, Pakistan have always been popular, attracting big crowds, especially from the large British Asian communities in various cities throughout England.
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