Pakistan cricket team departed for England tour

The 31-member Pakistan contingent, which included 20 players and 11 members of the support staff, departed for England on Sunday. They are scheduled to play three Tests and three T20Is in a bio-secure environment, with dates of the matches to be announced soon.

The flight will land in Manchester and the members will then be tested for COVID-19 infection in Worcestershire. The squad,



thereafter, will undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine period.

The Pakistan Cricket Board had initially planned to send a 29-member squad. However, 10 players tested positive for COVID-19 in the initial testing. Six of them, however, tested negative during the second test. The six players include Fakhar Zaman, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Rizwan.