England cricket team making its 1st trip to Pakistan

England cricket team is making its first trip to Pakistan in 17 years.

In preparation for the seven-match T20I series, English athletes and support personnel, who last competed in Pakistan in 2005, arrived in Karachi on Thursday.

When the English cricket team arrived in Karachi on Thursday. It was the first time in 17 years that they had been to Pakistan. a long halt brought on by security concerns. England was scheduled to play in Pakistan again in 2017 after their previous visit there in 2005. But they immediately cancelled their trip when New Zealand did the same due to safety concerns. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is making a gallant effort to regain its reputation for security. He referred to the behavior as “disrespectful” since it offended him.

after a horrifying terrorist attack on the bus transporting the Sri Lankan squad in Lahore in 2009. Pakistan was compelled to host England for series in 2012 and 2015 at impartial venues like the United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan has gradually started holding international cricket matches again during the past five years. Australia ended a successful tour earlier this year, which had been a first in nearly 25 years.

Enhanced Security
The PCB therefore provided a guarantee that the England matches would go off without a hitch. Noting that throughout the Australia series, “our event planning and operational skills” had “been proved.”

On game days, security personnel would shut off and patrol the roads leading from the England team’s accommodations to Karachi’s National Stadium.

The majority of violence occurs along the porous borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Which have historically served as a breeding ground for terrorism.

Rain does not stop play.

However, Baloch terrorist assaults have recently targeted Karachi and Lahore. Among the four fatalities in Karachi in April were three Chinese nationals.

The visit is taking place as Pakistan struggles to recover from catastrophic flooding that killed at least 33 million people and roughly a third of the nation.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) declared last month despite the humanitarian crisis. For the team to play in Pakistan, it was “desperate.”

Three five-day Test matches will be held in England when they return in December.

Rob Key, general director of men’s cricket, stated that ideally. Us traveling there and playing will be a good thing for what has been a really terrible time for the people of that country.

From September 20 to October 2, Jos Buttler was in charge of a 19-man England squad that played seven Twenty20 matches against Pakistan in Karachi and Lahore as part of the month-long buildup to the T20 World Cup in Australia.

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