PAKISTAN-ENGLAN-WEST-INDIES
Cricket West Indies (CWI) have offered to play host to England’s three-match home Test series against Pakistan. The series is due to be played from July 30 onwards at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.
The Three Lions are also scheduled to host West Indies for 3 Tests in June before the Pakistan team arrives for a July meetup. However, both the aforementioned series are now under scrutiny due to the menace that is the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a report by an English newspaper, the number of coronavirus cases is expected to rise around the June-July period in the United Kingdom (UK). Hence, CWI and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are now assessing multiple various options in relation to rearranging both series.
The report also claimed that there is a possibility of transfering the Windies series against England to the Caribbean, which has prompted CWI to also probe into the likelihood of hosting the Test series between England and Pakistan.
If things go as planned, Team Pakistan will play 3 One-day internationals (ODIs) against Netherlands and 2 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against Ireland in July on their European tour before locking horns with World Champions England. Whether or not all the aforementioned series take place as per the original schedule still remains to be seen.